Social work, poverty, and child welfare interventions

The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a series of questions for policy, practice, and practitioners. Children and families in poverty are significantly more likely to be the subject of state intervention. This article, based on a unique mi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Child & family social work Jg. 23; H. 3; S. 364 - 372
Hauptverfasser: Morris, Kate, Mason, Will, Bywaters, Paul, Featherstone, Brid, Daniel, Brigid, Brady, Geraldine, Bunting, Lisa, Hooper, Jade, Mirza, Nughmana, Scourfield, Jonathan, Webb, Calum
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2018
Schlagworte:
care
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child Neglect
Child poverty
child protection
Child Welfare
child welfare inequalities
Children
Children & youth
Deprivation
Families & family life
Family (Sociological Unit)
Low income groups
Parent-child relations
Poverty
Risk factors
Social Work
Social workers
State intervention
Stigma
Underclass
ISSN:1356-7500, 1365-2206
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Zusammenfassung:The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a series of questions for policy, practice, and practitioners. Children and families in poverty are significantly more likely to be the subject of state intervention. This article, based on a unique mixed‐methods study of social work interventions and the influence of poverty, highlights a narrative from practitioners that argues that, as many poor families do not harm their children, it is stigmatizing to discuss a link between poverty and child abuse and neglect. The data reveal that poverty has become invisible in practice, in part justified by avoiding stigma but also because of a lack of up‐to‐date research knowledge and investment by some social workers in an “underclass” discourse. We argue, in light of the evidence that poverty is a contributory factor in the risk of harm, that it is vital that social work engages with the evidence and in critical reflection about intervening in the context of poverty. We identify the need for fresh approaches to the harms children and families face in order to support practices that engage confidently with the consequences of poverty and deprivation.
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ISSN:1356-7500
1365-2206
DOI:10.1111/cfs.12423