The significance of the family to the child in care, with implications for effective social work intervention in child-caring institutions

Financial life of a family is very crucial. However less importance is given for financial literacy among structural rural poor, hence the interventional study was taken up to address the gap with Social Work Intervention. The researcher proposed In-Basket technique (one of the technique practiced in Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)) to spread financial literacy. The Present study was interventional in nature hence, Single Subject Research design (AB Model) was adopted to assess baseline and intervention phases of level of financial anxiety among families. Three structural poor families were chosen for study in Kunte village.Nelamangala block, Bengaluru rural District, Baseline assessment was done by using structured Financial Anxiety Assessment scale, Intervention was done by using In-basket technique. Considerable changes found after intervention in the level of financial anxiety of the family members.

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Mitigating the Effects of Father Imprisonment on the Family: A Study of Social Work Intervention Strategies in Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality in Eastern Cape

Journal of Human Ecology ◽

10.31901/24566608.2019/68.1-3.3188 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 68 (1-3) ◽

Author(s):

Akhona Tshaka

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Intervention Strategies ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

The Family ◽

Work Intervention ◽

Local Municipality

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Working with the families of probationers : the impact of the offence on the family and the implications for social work intervention

10.5353/th_b3124661 ◽

1977 ◽

Author(s):

Hing-tai, Christopher Chan

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

The Family ◽

Work Intervention ◽

The Impact

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Role of Narrative and Social Networks in Thwarting Violence and Sexual Abuse in Young People’s Lives

The British Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1093/bjsw/bcz114 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 50 (7) ◽

pp. 2172-2190

Author(s):

Margareta Hydén ◽

David Gadd ◽

Thomas Grund

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Sexual Abuse ◽

Social Work ◽

Young People ◽

Narrative Analysis ◽

Interpersonal Violence ◽

Sexually Abused ◽

Her Family ◽

The Social ◽

Work Intervention

Abstract Combining narrative analysis with social network analysis, this article analyses the case of a young Swedish female who had been physically and sexually abused. We show how she became trapped in an abusive relationship at the age of fourteen years following social work intervention in her family home, and how she ultimately escaped from this abuse aged nineteen years. The analysis illustrates the significance of responses to interpersonal violence from the social networks that surround young people; responses that can both entrap them in abusive relationships by blaming them for their problems and enable them to escape abuse by recognising their strengths and facilitating their choices. The article argues that the case for social work approaches that envision young people’s social networks after protective interventions have been implemented. The article explains that such an approach has the potential to reconcile the competing challenges of being responsive to young people’s needs while anticipating the heightened risk of being exposed to sexual abuse young people face when estranged from their families or after their trust in professionals has been eroded.

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Oncology social work intervention index (OSWii): An instrument to measure oncology social work interventions to advance research

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology ◽

10.1080/07347332.2020.1857897 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Julianne S. Oktay ◽

Elizabeth A. Rohan ◽

Karen Burruss ◽

Christine Callahan ◽

Tara J. Schapmire ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Oncology Social Work ◽

Work Intervention ◽

Advance Research ◽

Social Work Interventions

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A Danish Poverty Line? Poverty Judgements by Students of Social Work, Pedagogy and Health Services

World Political Science ◽

10.1515/wps-2019-0008 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 127-147

Author(s):

Merete Monrad ◽

Morten Ejrnæs ◽

Tine Fuglsang

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Social Work ◽

Health Services ◽

Poverty Line ◽

Factorial Survey ◽

Labor Market Participation ◽

Market Participation ◽

Life Situation ◽

Nutrition And Health ◽

The Family

AbstractWhen is a family poor? We examine what factors are emphasized when people judge whether a family is poor or not. The article is based on a factorial survey with 356 respondents who study social work, nursing, nursery teaching, nutrition and health. Based on theories of poverty, we study what aspects of a family’s life situation are accentuated when people judge whether the family is poor or not. The respondents primarily emphasize income in their poverty judgements. Some deprivations also enter into the judgements, while the duration of deprivations, gender and labor market participation have no or minimal significance for the judgements.

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Police, Social Work and Medical Responses to Battered Women

The Sociological Review ◽

10.1111/j.1467-954x.1983.tb00099.x ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 31 (1_suppl) ◽

pp. 109-123

Author(s):

Norman Johnson

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Workers ◽

Battered Women ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Male Violence ◽

Paramedical Personnel ◽

The Family ◽

Seeking Help

Battered women frequently experience difficulties in seeking help from formal sources. They do not always know what services are available and they may be deterred by feelings of embarrassment, shame and even guilt. They may also fear reprisals. A further problem is that services are poorly co-ordinated. This paper examines the response of the three agencies most frequently approached by battered women seeking help. The police, social workers and medical and paramedical personnel reveal the same or similar attitudes towards marital violence and the problem is either ignored or redefined (usually in terms of child care). There is a marked reluctance on the part of all practitioners to become involved in cases of marital violence which they see as peripheral to their main concerns. The privacy of the family and of marriage is constantly stressed and women are viewed primarily as wives and mothers. When practitioners do become involved, therefore, the emphasis is on reconciliation rather than firm action. This response has the effect of trivializing the problems, and the legitimacy of male violence as a means of controlling women remains largely unchallenged. It is small wonder that battered women frequently express dissatisfaction with the services concerned.

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Claim-Making Processes in Criminal Justice Social Work in India

The British Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1093/bjsw/bcaa198 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sharon Menezes ◽

Vijay Raghavan

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Criminal Justice ◽

Field Experiences ◽

Legal Rights ◽

Participatory Approaches ◽

Work Intervention

Abstract This article discusses approaches and strategies in criminal justice social work that assert the claims of criminal justice clients over welfare and entitlements, in a context where their voices are compromised. It discusses claim-making and the dynamics underlying the process. The article reflects on the field experiences of a social work intervention project that the authors are associated with, that promotes legal rights and social re-entry of marginalised populations in criminal justice. The project’s work highlights the need for claim-making and participatory approaches towards development of policy and programmes in the neoliberal era.

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