Reflecting on the past : children's services workers' experiences of residential care in Scotland from 1960-1975
Shaw, Julie and Kendrick, Andrew (2016) Reflecting on the past : children's services workers' experiences of residential care in Scotland from 1960-1975. British Journal of Social Work. ISSN 0045-3102 (https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcw021)
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Abstract
While contemporary responses to the issue of historic child abuse in the Scottish context have tended to focus upon the experiences of former residents of institutional care, it is clear that much can also be learned from the narratives of former child-care workers. This article draws upon the findings of a recent project, the overall aim of which was to explore children's services' workers experiences of residential care in Scotland from 1960-75. Using an oral history methodology, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-three individuals who had experience of working in, or in connection with, residential child care services, followed by thematic analysis of the data. Results highlighted a range of both positive and negative experiences, and many of the issues still have a contemporary resonance. While we should guard against complaisance and be continually vigilant to safeguard and protect children, we should not allow a focus on risk-averse practice to obscure the merits of the more positive and nurturing elements of earlier residential childcare work.
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Shaw, Julie and Kendrick, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-6051;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 56545 Dates: DateEvent28 April 2016Published28 April 2016Published Online27 January 2016AcceptedNotes: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The version of record, Julie Shaw and Andrew Kendrick, Reflecting on the past: children’s services workers’ experiences of residential care in Scotland from 1960 to 1975, Br. J. Soc. Work 2016: bcw021v1-bcw021 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1093/bjsw/bcw021 Subjects: Social Sciences
Medicine > Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health servicesDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 27 May 2016 09:35 Last modified: 16 Sep 2024 00:41 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/56545