Residential child care in the spotlight: reflections on being involved in the BBC series 'social workers'

McPheat, G.A. (2004) Residential child care in the spotlight: reflections on being involved in the BBC series 'social workers'. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 3 (1). pp. 60-66. ISSN 1478-1840

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    Abstract

    Describes how a residential unit offering services for 8 children and young people became involved in the BBC Scotland series 'Social Workers', a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Edinburgh's Social Work Department. Discusses how the unit became involved, the filming process, reactions, and some issues raised. The ethics of filming and broadcasting the lives of young people was contentious. Obviously much was lost when 5 months had to be reduced to 30 minutes, but it was generally agreed the results were positive.

    Author(s):McPheat, G.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-0767
    Item type:Article
    ID code:37197
    Keywords:social care, residential child care, social workers, Social pathology. Social and public welfare
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:31 Jan 2012 09:44
    Last modified:04 Oct 2019 00:47
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/37197
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