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040 _aAFVC
100 _aHyslop, Ian
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245 _aOuting the elephants :
_bexploring a new paradigm for child protection social work
_cIan Hyslop and Emily Keddell
260 _bMDPI,
_c2018
500 _aSocial Sciences, 2018, 7(7), 105
520 _aThis article sets out to trouble the psychologised and pathologising approach that has come to dominate child protection practice in Aotearoa-New Zealand and comparable societies. Within a neoliberal ideological frame, Governments deny the need to adjust markets, except in ways that remove protections from workers or specific vulnerable groups. In this context, social work is concerned with adjusting people to the discipline of the market. Within a risk-focused child protection paradigm, circumstances and behaviours associated with material deprivation are construed as indicators of heightened danger and harm to children as opposed to a means of better understanding family life. It is argued here that appreciation of how social inequality plays out in the lives of children and their families is critical to the development of more effective child protection social work. Poverty exacerbates the everyday struggle of parenting—it shames and disempowers, reducing confidence and perceptions of competence. With reference to contemporary Aotearoa-New Zealand, this article critiques current developments in child protection social work and outlines a new direction for development. (Authors' abstract). This article appears in a Special issue on Child Protection and Social Inequality - follow the link for other articles. All articles are open access. Record #6018
650 _aCHILD PROTECTION
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650 _aCHILD WELFARE
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650 _aPOVERTY
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650 4 _aRISK ASSESSMENT
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650 _aSOCIAL POLICY
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650 5 _9562
_aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
650 5 _aSOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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700 _aKeddell, Emily
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773 0 _tSocial Sciences, 2018, 7(7), 105
830 _aSocial Sciences
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7070105
856 _uhttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci/special_issues/Social_Inequality#published
_ySpecial issue
942 _2ddc
_cARTICLE