Balancing regulation and support in child protection: using theories of power to develop reflective tools for practice
| dc.contributor.author | McGregor, Caroline | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-03T11:39:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-03T11:39:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-03-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | McGregor, C (2016) "Balancing regulation and support in child protection: using theories of power to develop reflective tools for practice" The Irish Social Worker Spring 2016, (p. 11-17). | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/617865 | |
| dc.description | The aim of this paper is to explore the theme of Regulation and Support in Child Protection with a view to considering how selective use of abstract theory (in this instance, related to power) can be used to enhance existing practice guidance and tools for supervision. By way of illustration, I use the example of understanding the balance between support and regulation in Child Protection to show how theories of power can inform practice. The focus is specifically on the skill of mediating between care and control/support and regulation in child protection and welfare. A number of frameworks for reflection in supervision are proposed. The paper concludes with the argument that we need to think of power along a continuum from No power to All power, accepting that it is rarely the case that we find ourselves, our organisations or our service users with totally no power or absolute power. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Irish Association of Social Workers | en |
| dc.subject | CHILD PROTECTION | en |
| dc.subject | CHILD | en |
| dc.subject | REGULATION | en |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL WORK | en |
| dc.title | Balancing regulation and support in child protection: using theories of power to develop reflective tools for practice | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Director of Social Work/Professor, NUI Galway. | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | The Irish Social Worker | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z |
