Family concepts—a social pedagogic approach to understanding family development and working with families

Euteneuer, Matthias; Uhlendorff, Uwe

doi:10.1080/13691457.2014.945151

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“…The social workers stated that for some families, their 'family' included a child's family network (significant others, both related and unrelated), and was not limited to parents or other immediate caregivers (Euteneuer, & Uhlendorff, 2014;Gumuscu et al, 2014;Morris, 2012). Euteneuer and Uhlendorff (2014) suggest that in the 21 st century, issues such as increased migration, diversity in living arrangements as families, labour market uncertainty and changing relations within the family change our understanding of family.…”

Section: Acceptance Of Diverse Understandings Of Familymentioning

confidence: 99%

Constructing Family from a Social Work Perspective in Child Welfare

Johner¹,

Durst²

2017

JCSW

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The transformative reality of diverse Canadian families is outpacing national and provincial statutes and policies. Social workers in child welfare agencies are faced with the complex task of making decisions about families while working within the confines of national/provincial statutes and social policies, as well as within agency structures. They attempt to balance the rights of diverse Canadian families and still protect children at risk of harm with the principle of the ‘best interest of the child’. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the construction of ‘family’ and decisions about family life in protection services from the perspective of professional social workers in the prairie region of Canada. Social workers from several urban communities were invited to participate in focus groups. During the focus group discussions, themes of social worker’s nuanced and somewhat fluid understandings of family did not always converge with current legal and professional notions of families. Study findings suggest that social workers’ construction of family and the decisions they make about family life involve three primary themes: ‘acceptance of diverse understandings of family’; ‘safety and the best interest of the child’, and ‘professional discretionary decisions’

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Section: Acceptance Of Diverse Understandings Of Familymentioning

confidence: 99%

Constructing Family from a Social Work Perspective in Child Welfare

Johner¹,

Durst²

2017

JCSW

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Rethinking the meaning of “family” for war-affected young people: implications for social work education

Blanchet‐Cohen

Denov

Bah

et al. 2019

Journal of Family Social Work

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Do Family Interventions Help to Improve Family Dynamics? The Impact of PCF-AFECT 12–16

Orte,

Amer,

Quesada

et al. 2024

The Family Journal

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Objective: This paper analyses changes in the family dynamics of the participants of a family prevention program, taking into consideration possible differences between the mothers and fathers and differences according to the sex of the participating adolescents. Background: Fostering family communication and resilience, parent–child relations, and family cohesion is fundamental in positive family dynamics. Method: The study has a quasi-experimental design, with pretest and posttest assessments of the experimental and control groups. A total sample of 252 families took part in the program. Results: In the data reported by the mothers, differences were identified between the experimental group and the control group in the three factors that were analyzed (improvements in family resilience and communication, parent–adolescent relations, and family cohesion), while in the data reported by the fathers, there were differences in two factors (family resilience and communication and parent–adolescent relations). No differences were observed according to the sex of the participating adolescents. Conclusion: In comparison with the control group, better outcomes were achieved by the families who took part in the program on its completion. Implications: Preventive family interventions are a tool in improving family dynamics and in boosting protective factors for all the members of a family. They should be included in strategic social, educational, and healthcare intervention plans.

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Family concepts—a social pedagogic approach to understanding family development and working with families

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Constructing Family from a Social Work Perspective in Child Welfare

Constructing Family from a Social Work Perspective in Child Welfare

Rethinking the meaning of “family” for war-affected young people: implications for social work education

Do Family Interventions Help to Improve Family Dynamics? The Impact of PCF-AFECT 12–16

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