81 research outputs found
The Trouble With Fathers: The Impact of Time and Gendered-Thinking on Working Relationships Between Fathers and Social Workers in Child Protection Practice in England
The lives of families entering the child protection arena may be shaped by a range of troubles, including material deprivation, physical and mental health problems, and substance misuse or domestic abuse. Despite the interest in whole family approaches, the issue of how professionals fail to work effectively with fathers is long-standing and resistant to change. This article illustrates challenges in building working relationships with men, including the challenge of avoiding binary thinking in the assessment of fathers as âriskâ or âresource.â Drawing on our qualitative longitudinal study of menâs experiences of child protection in England, we highlight how both organizational (clashing time perspectives) and cultural (gendered-thinking) factors can trouble the potential relationship between social workers and fathers. We argue for a more gender sensitive approach to social work practice, which can respond more fully and effectively to the experiences of fathers and mothers
AglomeraçÔes e concentração da atividade econĂŽmica na Bahia:: um estudo da indĂșstria coureiro-calçadista para o perĂodo 2010-2014
O artigo apresenta uma discussĂŁo sobre a industrialização baiana e, especificamente, retrataa indĂșstria de calçados e couro. Para identificar e delimitar geograficamente municĂpios baianos comespecialização produtiva e o grau de concentração, aplicou-se a metodologia de elaboração de coeficientes deGini Locacionais (GL), com base nos dados RAIS/MTE (2010 e 2014) para classes da indĂșstria CNAE 2.0, 4dĂgitos por municĂpios. Para estas, calculou-se os Quocientes Locacionais (QL) por municĂpio do Estado. Parao GL, os resultados encontrados indicam que a indĂșstria de calçados e couro na Bahia Ă© muito concentrada,em todas as classes selecionadas, do ponto de vista espacial, o que pode parecer um paradigma, devido Ă scaracterĂsticas da mesma. Ao se analisar o QL, no setor âProdução de Calçados de Couroâ, os municĂpiosde Itapetinga, Santo EstevĂŁo, IpirĂĄ e Ruy Barbosa destacaram-se no cenĂĄrio estadual
Selecting social work students:lessons from research in Scotland
The issue of selection of students to social work programmes is one that remains highly contested. While it is clear that there is no single way of choosing the next generation of social work students, nevertheless, there are a number of strongly held beliefs about what âbest practiceâ means in this fraught field. These can be difficult to challenge, and even harder to shift, in spite of contrary evidence. This paper presents research conducted in Scotland in 2016 as part of the Scottish Government-sponsored Review of Social Work Education. The research set out to consider what selection processes were being used in Scotland and why; more fundamentally, it sought to explore the views of those involved in social work education alongside evidence about the outcomes of the selection processes (that is, data on student retention and success). The article concludes that while there is little evidence that one method of selection to social work programmes is intrinsically better than another, issues of fairness and transparency in selection, as well as diversity, remain pressing
The effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving access to health and mental health services for looked after children and young people: a systematic review
Background: Compared with children and young people in the general population, looked after children and young people (LACYP) are more likely to experience behavioural, physical and psychological problems. Consequently, LACYP are likely to have greater need of health and mental health services to address any specific problems. This systematic review aimed to identify and synthesise evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to improve access to services accessed by LACYP.
Methods: Searches of health, social science and social care databases were conducted and records were screened for relevance.
Results: Five studies were included (four prospective cohort studies and one non-comparative study). There was considerable variation in terms of the services, interventions and outcomes reported.
Conclusions: Little appropriate evidence was identified by this review, suggesting that the evidence base is at a very early stage
ELISA: a cryocooled 10 GHz oscillator with 10-15 frequency stability
This article reports the design, the breadboarding and the validation of an
ultra-stable Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator operated in an autonomous
cryocooler. The objective of this project was to demonstrate the feasibility of
a frequency stability of 3x10-15 between 1 s and 1,000 s for the European Space
Agency deep space stations. This represents the lowest fractional frequency
instability ever achieved with cryocoolers. The preliminary results presented
in this paper validate the design we adopted for the sapphire resonator, the
cold source and the oscillator loop.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figure
Communicating Concern or Making Claims?:The 2012 Press Releases of UK Child Welfare and Protection Agencies
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