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040 _aAFVC
100 _aMcKendrick, David
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245 _aPressure drop :
_cDavid McKendrick and Jo Finch
_bsecuritising and de-securitising safeguarding
260 _bAotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers,
_c2020
500 _aAotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2020, 32(1): 61-72
520 _aINTRODUCTION: This article explores how securitisation theory is mobilised in contemporary social work discourse, policy and practice. We draw on recent child protection research to support our claim that a new practice issue, described previously as securitised safeguarding, has emerged. APPROACH: We demonstrate its emergence using securitisation theory as a conceptual mode of analysis to describe how a securitised safeguarding response depicts particular families as an existential threat which, in turn, prompts a response characterised by forms of muscular liberalism. CONCLUSIONS: We argue that this emerging practice issue requires critical consideration and suggest it will have a significant impact on social work – one that is unlikely to be beneficial for the profession and, more importantly, families being worked with. By describing a process of de-securitisation, we offer an alternative and more nuanced approach that perceives families holistically, and mobilises a welfare safeguarding model. This more closely resembles traditional social work values of emancipation, liberation and empowerment within social work practice. (Authors' abstract). Record #6600
650 _aCHILD PROTECTION
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650 _aCHILD WELFARE
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650 4 _aRISK MANAGEMENT
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650 _aSOCIAL POLICY
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650 4 _aSOCIAL SERVICES
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650 _aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
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651 _aINTERNATIONAL
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651 4 _aUNITED KINGDOM
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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700 _aFinch, Jo
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773 0 _tAotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2020, 32(1): 61-72
830 _aAotearoa New Zealand Social Work
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856 _uhttps://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/view/706
942 _cARTICLE
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