This article describes a child-centred method for engaging with children involved in the child
protection and welfare system. One of the primary arguments underpinning this research is …

Disabled children experience unique vulnerabilities in the context of child protection and
welfare services. Current research alludes to strong concerns about social inequality …

• Summary: This article investigates how newspapers in the Republic of Ireland are
delivering 'social work news' during a period of professional flux and evolving economic …

Professionals working with families in difficulty require a structured space to consider their
work. As organisations and the systems within and across them become more sophisticated …

This paper is located within a conceptual framework of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism
as seen through Critical Race Theory (CRT), cultural and racial politics of child …

This article explores the mutual benefits for social workers and young people of active
listening within a collaborative partnership incorporating foster carers, allowing the …

Ian Butler is Professor and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences,
University of Bath. He is a qualified social worker with considerable practice and managerial …

Retaining social workers in child protection and welfare organisations has been identified as
a problem in Ireland (McGrath, 2001; Ombudsman for Children, 2006; Houses of the …

The Republic of Ireland was the first country in the eurozone to adopt a neoliberal infused
'austerity budget', and the ill-judged state bailing out of a number of reckless banks and …

This book examines a key issue in the field of human and social services: how to retain
workers in child protection and welfare organisations. Research over the last decade has …