What social workers talk about when they talk about child care proceedings in the District Court in Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorBurns, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorO'Mahony, Conor
dc.contributor.authorParkes, Aisling
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-24T15:07:06Z
dc.date.available2017-07-24T15:07:06Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-17
dc.date.updated2017-07-05T11:52:43Z
dc.description.abstractCourt proceedings are a fundamental and increasingly time-consuming aspect of social work practice. However, to date, there is a relatively modest body of literature considering the experiences of social workers in instituting child care proceedings and giving evidence in court. This paper draws on data gathered as part of an in-depth qualitative study of professional experiences of District Court child care proceedings in Ireland and presents findings regarding the experiences of social workers in bringing court applications for child protection orders. It seeks to answer 2 key questions: First, how do child protection and welfare social workers experience the adversarial nature of child care proceedings in the District Court? Second, what are the views of child protection and welfare social workers on the strengths and weaknesses of child care proceedings as a decision-making model for children and young people? The main findings are that social workers expressed significant reservations about the predominantly adversarial model that currently operates in Irish child care proceedings and about the level of respect that social workers are afforded within the operation of the system.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationBurns, K., O'Mahony, C., Shore, C. and Parkes, A. 'What social workers talk about when they talk about child care proceedings in the District Court in Ireland', Child & Family Social Work, In Press, doi: 10.1111/cfs.12390en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cfs.12390
dc.identifier.endpage9en
dc.identifier.issn1356-7500
dc.identifier.issn1365-2206
dc.identifier.journaltitleChild and Family Social Worken
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4247
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.rightsĀ© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Burns et al. (2017) ā€˜What social workers talk about when they talk about child care proceedings in the District Court in Irelandā€™, Child & Family Social Work, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12390. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.en
dc.subjectAdversarial decisionā€makingen
dc.subjectChild care proceedingsen
dc.subjectChild welfare removalsen
dc.subjectSociolegal studiesen
dc.titleWhat social workers talk about when they talk about child care proceedings in the District Court in Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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