Book review : Insiders Outsiders: Hidden narratives of care experienced social workers by Mary Carter and Siobhan Maclean (eds)

Emond, Ruth (2024) Book review : Insiders Outsiders: Hidden narratives of care experienced social workers by Mary Carter and Siobhan Maclean (eds). Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 23 (1). pp. 224-225. ISSN 1478-1840

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Abstract

This powerful and moving collection brings together reflective accounts, extended essays, and poetry, written by social workers with care experience. As I write this first sentence, I am struck by how often the phrase ‘powerful and moving’ is used, and, as a result, how diminished its meaning has become. However, this book has genuine power. The accounts presented hit the reader with an unavoidable force. I found it impossible to put down or walk away from. Power features heavily throughout the book; the misuse of power by adults over children, moments of powerlessness as children and as practitioners, the reclaiming of power through education and action, the power of relationships with people who really care, and how these enrich, alter, and lift up the lives of others.

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