Gender, Parenting and Practices in Child Welfare Social Work? A Comparative Study from England, Ireland, Norway and Sweden
| Autor: | Alastair Christie, Ingunn T. Ellingsen, Julie Walsh, Karina Nygren |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health (social science)
Social work media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Gender studies Social Welfare Focus group 0506 political science Vignette 050602 political science & public administration 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Thematic analysis Welfare Structural barriers Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Social Work. 51:2116-2133 |
| ISSN: | 1468-263X 0045-3102 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa085 |
| Popis: | This article explores ways in which gender equality, family policy and child welfare social work intersect in four countries: England, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. Over time, conditions for gender equality in parenting have improved, partly due to family policy developments removing structural barriers. These changes, however, vary between countries; Sweden and Norway are considered more progressive as compared with the UK and Ireland. Here, we draw on focus group data collected from child welfare social workers in England, Ireland, Norway and Sweden to compare these different contextual changes and how these are reflected in related social work practice decisions. The focus group discussions were based on a vignette, and thematic analysis was applied. Overall, welfare social workers are aware of the need to support gender equality in parenting, there is a heavy focus on mothers in child welfare practice decisions, and fathers are largely absent. Uniquely, we show that this is influenced by both a strong child-centred perspective, and a gendered risk perspective, in which fathers are seen to pose more risk to the children than mothers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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