The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families--A Basis for a 'Therapeutic' Encounter?

Millar, Malcolm; Corby, Brian

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch321

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“…So we refer the angry or sad service user to the expert therapist or to another agency for a specialist service instead of attempting to engage him or her ourselves. This last point may place a different complexion on the point noted above about the disowning of the term 'therapeutic' in social work literature (Millar & Corby, 2006).…”

Section: Taking Risks In Learning About Theory and Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…There is perhaps a residual view in some circles that it is oppressive to make use of psychotherapeutic knowledge and skills; as though by employing these ideas the worker necessarily forgets the impact on service users of wider social processes of discrimination and disadvantage. In a recent paper, Millar and Corby (2006) exemplify this position, apologising for their use of the term 'therapeutic' in the title of the paper investigating the impact of the Assessment Framework on the children and families surveyed:…”

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confidence: 99%

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‘Getting to the Root of Problems’: The Role of Systemic Ideas in Helping Social Work Students to Develop Relationship‐based Practice

Hingley‐Jones¹,

Mandin

2007

Journal of Social Work Practice

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This paper discusses the use of systemic ideas in shaping and informing an approach to teaching social work students on a qualifying social work programme in a UK university setting. The context of contemporary social work training and the primacy it gives to practice experience and service user and carers' perspectives will be explained, in part to remind us that service users want their practitioners to be competent, even 'expert' at using relationship in their work. From here an argument will be developed for revisiting systemic ideas in social work, the suggestion being that systemic thinking can actively promote a relationship-based approach suited to the modern context of practice that seeks to move beyond a potentially limiting, 'procedure-led' or 'surface' approach. We will give an outline of and rationale for the curriculum followed by the module in question and will suggest that its focus on systemic approaches in dialogue with other theory perspectives is a creative one; one which enables an exploration of many of the issues of concern in contemporary social work practice, from working with individuals and their families through to the wider community level of practice. Findings from a student evaluation of the module are presented to illustrate that drawing on this particular area of theory has something positive to contribute to training resilient, competent social workers, aware of the importance of relationship in their practice.

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Section: Taking Risks In Learning About Theory and Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Policy Makers' Perspectives On Social Workers In Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Getting to the Root of Problems’: The Role of Systemic Ideas in Helping Social Work Students to Develop Relationship‐based Practice

Hingley‐Jones¹,

Mandin

2007

Journal of Social Work Practice

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“…There has been surprisingly little detailed research into the wider issue of how to test the efficacy and success of the post-refocussing approach. Millar and Corby ( 2006 ) note that: ‘To date, there has been a limited amount of research into social work with children and families since refocussing’. One reason for this may be the problems of evaluation caused by mixing the purpose of assessment.…”

Section: Areas Of Uncertainty For Evaluation In the ‘Dual Purpose Modmentioning

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“…One aim of ‘psy’ discourses from which the assessment framework originates is that some therapeutic value is possible, either as a result of the process and dialogue involved in assessment itself, or as a transaction that follows assessment. One of the few qualitative studies into the effect of assessment considered whether the Initial Assessment could have its own therapeutic value (Millar & Corby, 2006 ). The results raised an interesting point: perception of therapeutic value is only evident where the process is perceived as consensual.…”

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Considering social work assessment of families

Devine

2015

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

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Since the 1990s the way in which social workers respond to referrals of children to Children's Social Care departments has evolved. It has moved through a process that ‘screens families out’ of child protection assessment to a system aiming to ‘screen families in’ where necessary, and now uses a holistic assessment aiming to screen for both risk and need. The assessment framework developed to assess children in need and their families is the modern social work response to all referrals. Little research has been carried out to assess its suitability as a widespread social work response. This article considers the debates that have emerged in relation to its use and concludes that insufficient consideration has been given to evaluating assessment as an appropriate measure of need and risk. Wider provision of non-assessed universal services would reduce the need for assessment.

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“…To continue to do so, however, would be a mistake. Child care social workers should be proactive in making constructive use of new assessment frameworks (Millar and Corby, 2006). They also need to be proactive in Children Centre work and in the formulation of local plans for children and young people.…”

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The role of child care social work in supporting families with children in need and providing protective services—past, present and future

Corby

2006

Child Abuse Review

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This article examines the way in which child care social work with deprived families has changed and developed since the inception of Children's Departments in 1948. It is argued that between 1948 and 1970 child care social workers enjoyed a fair measure of social support. A variety of reasons are considered for explaining this—specialization, smallness of size, privacy and a consensus about the needs of children. From the early 1970s it is argued that broader societal changes, including a shift away from social solidarity towards individualism, organizational changes and the advent of child abuse as a public concern, resulted in conﬂicting demands on child care social workers and a subsequent loss of credibility and conﬁdence. The 1990s have seen a return to emphasis on family support policies which has been further accelerated in the new millennium by New Labour's stated commitment to eliminating child poverty and creating better life opportunities for all children. The implications of these new developments for child care social workers engaged in meeting the needs of children living in highly disadvantaged families are considered. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families--A Basis for a 'Therapeutic' Encounter?

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

‘Getting to the Root of Problems’: The Role of Systemic Ideas in Helping Social Work Students to Develop Relationship‐based Practice

‘Getting to the Root of Problems’: The Role of Systemic Ideas in Helping Social Work Students to Develop Relationship‐based Practice

Considering social work assessment of families

The role of child care social work in supporting families with children in need and providing protective services—past, present and future

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