Working with neglected children and their families

Turney, Danielle; Tanner, Karen

doi:10.1080/02650530120090638

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“…It supported others focused on families where neglect is an issue who recognise the historical context of negative relationships (Beeman, 1997;Gaudin, et al, 1996) and power laden aspects of working relationships (DePanfilis, 2002;Petras, et al, 2002;Turney & Tanner, 2001). It also supported previous findings that parents may test the level of worker trustworthiness and attempt to reduce power inequities (Beeman, 1997;Turney & Tanner, 2001;Zeira, 2007). However, this study expanded on previous studies by exploring in depth the nature of trust development with families where child neglect is an issue, which had been raised but not explored extensively (Zeira, 2007).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 76%

“…Common family relationships that have been found to affect relationship building are marked by negative issues such as a sense of hopelessness (Polansky, et al, 1981), maternal depression (Gaudin, Polansky, Kilpatrick, & Shilton, 1993;Wilson, Kuebli, & Hughes, 2005), and a history of negative relationships and communications, such as conflict, and lack of warmth and empathy (Beeman, 1997;Gaudin, Polansky, Kilpatrick, & Shilton, 1996). These issues, which some identify as involving a reduction in, or absence of, a care relationship generally (Turney & Tanner, 2001), lead to lack of responsiveness within relationships (Beeman, 1997;. In line with this, some note that it is common for neglectful families to offend potential sources of informal support, such as neighbours (Crittenden, 1985).…”

Section: The Relationship In Neglect-related Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Others have explored the way in which power inequities between participants can hinder relationship building in such families (Turney & Tanner, 2001). This includes viewing…”

Section: The Relationship In Neglect-related Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the issues and processes relating to building working relationships with these families remain largely unexplored (Girvin, DePanfilis, & Daining , 2007).This is partly due to simplified ways of thinking about engagement in services (Littell & Tajima, 2000), which could be ameliorated by more explicit and thoughtful focus on theories regarding relationship-based practice when working with neglecting families (Turney & Tanner, 2001). …”

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Relationship-based Practice with Families Where Child Neglect is an Issue: Putting Relationship Development under the Microscope

Reimer

2013

Australian Social Work

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Child neglect is a persistent social issue in Australia, with factors that hinder efforts to intervene. Of particular concern are difficulties that have been raised regarding building working relationships with parents where child neglect is a concern. This article draws on findings of an Australian qualitative study that explored in depth multiple perspectives on the development of relationships between family workers and parents where neglect is a concern.It was found that the process of building trust, which was central to the establishment of the working relationship and increased parent willingness to engage in child-welfare related interventions, was something the parents in the study engaged in actively. They did this through testing workers' trustworthiness and by attempting to reduce perceived power inequities between workers and themselves. It is argued that resistance to workers' attempts to build relationships are a healthy protective response by parents to challenge the professional expectation they submissively build relationships with strangers who wield great influence over their lives, and the lives of others in their family. Implications for professionals include developing greater understanding of why parents might resist attempts to build working relationships, and using this knowledge to accommodate parents' resistance where it arises.Relationship building in child neglect 3Child neglect (neglect) is a concerning social issue in Australia and elsewhere, with factors that hinder efforts to intervene. It is a persistent problem and is usually recurrent (Berry,

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 76%

Section: The Relationship In Neglect-related Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Others have explored the way in which power inequities between participants can hinder relationship building in such families (Turney & Tanner, 2001). This includes viewing…”

Section: The Relationship In Neglect-related Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Relationship-based Practice with Families Where Child Neglect is an Issue: Putting Relationship Development under the Microscope

Reimer

2013

Australian Social Work

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“…And in many areas, assisting people to establish and maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships, helping them with their emotional difficulties, is the core social work task. Helping adults with the problems of child-rearing or difficulties in their own relationships, preventing child abuse (as explored, for example in Turney & Tanner, 2001) and dealing with its after effects, working with those who wish to kill themselves and with those who face their own death-all these and many others are tasks whose successful accomplishment requires expertise in relationships and whose outcome is appropriately described as therapeutic. Social workers-if suitable working arrangements are supported-are able to provide the relationship which is the medium for the amelioration of these problems.…”

Section: Expertise In Relationships Is Central To Effective Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%