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Meaning In Parenting And Why It Matters, Dr Colm O'Doherty
Meaning In Parenting And Why It Matters, Dr Colm O'Doherty
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
The central premise of this article is that parental choices are influenced by economic factors and associated cultural values. Intensive parenting repertoires such as helicopter parenting have come to the fore as social mobility has stalled and economic pressures resulting from neo liberal policies have increased. As a result child rearing has become more of a technical craft than a fulfilling act. Seeking a meritocratic bulwark against increasing inequality parenting has been recast as a technocratic approach to the rearing of successful offspring. Investing in children has become more technical and politicised in order to meet the demands of globalisation. …
Exploring The Potential Of Administrative Data For Understanding And Advancing Child Protection And Family Support Policy, Practice And Research In Ireland, Donna O'Leary, Olive Lyons
Exploring The Potential Of Administrative Data For Understanding And Advancing Child Protection And Family Support Policy, Practice And Research In Ireland, Donna O'Leary, Olive Lyons
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
It is generally understood that administrative data at the level of the individual, family and wider population is fundamental to delivering client centred services which aim to support families and respond to, and reduce child abuse. They are valuable to policy makers and practitioners and play an important role in research. The focus of this paper is the potential use of administrative data from statutory family support and child protection and welfare services in Ireland for policy, practice and research. In the context of an evolving legislative and policy framework in Ireland, we provide an overview of the statutory family …
Safeguarding Adults At Risk: Critical Commentary On The Construction Of The Adult At Risk In Ireland, Susan Flynn
Safeguarding Adults At Risk: Critical Commentary On The Construction Of The Adult At Risk In Ireland, Susan Flynn
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Sociocultural constructions of the adult at risk prompt important theoretical and practical implications for adult safeguarding. Reformulations of the meaning of practice with adults at risk have been provoked by legislative, policy and procedural changes underway in the Irish context. These include the implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act (2015) with corresponding changes regarding informed consent and mental capacity; long anticipated ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD) (United Nations, 2006); and advancement of the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017. The concern is that procedural, legislative and policy advancement must not outpace critical …
Exploring Trauma-Informed Foster Care As A Framework To Support Collaborative Social Worker - Foster Carer Relationships, Maria Lotty
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Developing consistent collaborative working relationships between foster carers and social workers are important as they impact fostering stability and thus, the outcomes of children in foster care. This paper suggests a new framework, Trauma-informed Foster Care that was developed to reflect the experience of the Irish foster care system, may be helpful to support more collaborative practices between foster carers and social workers in an Irish context. Firstly, the paper explores the relationships between foster carers and social workers drawing on relevant literature. Secondly, the Trauma-informed Foster Care framework is delineated emphasising the principle of collaborative practice. Thirdly, the paper …
Reframing Social Care Within The Context Of Professional Regulation: Towards An Integrative Framework For Practice Teaching Within Social Care Education, Jennifer Mcgarr, Margaret Fingleton
Reframing Social Care Within The Context Of Professional Regulation: Towards An Integrative Framework For Practice Teaching Within Social Care Education, Jennifer Mcgarr, Margaret Fingleton
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
As CORU commence regulation of social care education, educators are tasked with ensuring that graduates meet the threshold standards set by the Social Care Workers Registration Board (SCWRB) (2017a) in the Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Workers. This paper focuses on Domain 3 of these standards which outlines the proficiencies required to deliver a safe, effective and quality service, including proficiencies pertaining to assessment, intervention and evaluation. There is limited literature in Ireland in relation to how assessment, intervention and evaluation take place in diverse social care settings. As social care educators with qualifications and professional experience in social …
Developing Anti-Oppressive Practice With The Person-In-Society: Reflexivity And Social Work, Stan Houston, Gerry Marshall
Developing Anti-Oppressive Practice With The Person-In-Society: Reflexivity And Social Work, Stan Houston, Gerry Marshall
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Not much has been written on the subject of reflexivity in social work practice. Taking a definition of reflexivity that encourages the inquirer to consider how various psycho-social positions and power-saturated social spheres have shaped individual meaning and narrative, this article outlines a reflexive model that can be applied by social workers to enhance their understanding and implementation of anti-oppressive practice. The model builds on earlier theoretical work and evaluation carried out by the lead author but updates it by including new theoretical insights from both authors. The conceptualisation centres on five imbricated and power-saturated domains of understanding: the domains …
Placing Irish Social Work In A Global Context: Assembling International Comparisons Through The Literature, Susan Flynn, Leigh-Ann Sweeney
Placing Irish Social Work In A Global Context: Assembling International Comparisons Through The Literature, Susan Flynn, Leigh-Ann Sweeney
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
There is an absence of literature that places social work practice in Ireland within a global context. This circumstance is obstructive to students and practitioners of social work in Ireland, who must increasingly demonstrate understanding of social work as an international endeavour. Ireland is also steadily more globalised and multi-cultural. In social work, related changes underway include increased transience of persons across national lines, and complex transnational social problems. In this context, social workers may broaden their understanding of Irish practice through drawing upon learning from elsewhere. To facilitate this, critical commentary on the literature in this article operates around …
Book Review: Sharpe, C. (2018). A Shared Experience - John Cross, His Life, Thoughts And Writing. Uk: Abbeyhill Press., Noel Howard
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
No abstract provided.
Food, Connection And Care: Perspectives Of Service Providers In Alternative Education And Training Settings, Michelle Share, Marita Hennessy
Food, Connection And Care: Perspectives Of Service Providers In Alternative Education And Training Settings, Michelle Share, Marita Hennessy
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
While the formal school system has been the focus for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers for food and nutrition-related research and interventions, there has been less attention to the Alternative Education and Training (AET) sector. A qualitative social ecological examination of food issues among marginalised young people in Irish alternative education and training settings was conducted through interviews with 15 service providers. We aimed to provide insight into the everyday food practices of young people in AETs, understand educational responses to food and eating in AETs, and determine how these educational responses might be optimised. Through a socio-ecological framework, we examined …
Children And Young People’S Participation In The Community In Ireland: Experiences And Issues, Catherine Forde, Deirdre Horgan, Shirley Martin Dr, Aisling Parkes
Children And Young People’S Participation In The Community In Ireland: Experiences And Issues, Catherine Forde, Deirdre Horgan, Shirley Martin Dr, Aisling Parkes
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This paper presents the findings of research into children and young people’s experiences of participating in their communities in Ireland. Using a social and relational understanding of participation, the research found that children and young people are engaged in a wide range of activities in their communities. They are however often misunderstood in the community and have limited opportunities for participation in decisions affecting them. Despite these problems, they report positive experiences of participating in youth clubs and organisations, where their participation is supported by adults. The paper discusses the implications of these findings for research, public policy and community.
Supports For Offenders With Learning Disabilities In The Irish Judicial System: A Critical Review, Gillian Mcnamee, Ciara T. Staunton Dr
Supports For Offenders With Learning Disabilities In The Irish Judicial System: A Critical Review, Gillian Mcnamee, Ciara T. Staunton Dr
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
There is increasing focus on the prevalence of learning disabilities in the criminal justice system. The aim of this paper is to examine the supports and resources currently in place to support people with learning disabilities through each stage of the Irish judicial process. A review of international literature regarding people with disabilities was conducted specifically in relation to the methods used to identify those who are risk of becoming offenders, the process in place when an individual comes in contact with the criminal justice system, other professionals and practitioners who undertake criminal work, their incarceration into a rehabilitation setting …
Gendering Women's Homelessness, Méabh Savage
Gendering Women's Homelessness, Méabh Savage
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
The importance of developing gender-sensitive policy responses to women's homelessness has emerged in recent literature on homelessness. To achieve this, policy responses must recognise the diverse and complex needs of all homeless women, including those accompanied or unaccompanied by their children. This paper reviews some of the key literature on homelessness to ascertain the extent to which gender is recognised in explanations of homelessness. What emerges is that current frameworks fail to recognise the depth of inequalities experienced by homeless mothers who are unaccompanied by their children. This leads to the stigmatising of this group as 'bad’ mothers. This paper …
“Some Of Them Are Alright”: The Effects Of Experiences With Community Police Officers On Irish Young People’S Attitudes Toward The Police, Helen Gleeson, Molly Byrne
“Some Of Them Are Alright”: The Effects Of Experiences With Community Police Officers On Irish Young People’S Attitudes Toward The Police, Helen Gleeson, Molly Byrne
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Community policing is regarded as a more proactive policing policy compared to traditional methods of detecting and punishing crimes already committed. Few studies have investigated the effect of such policing on young people’s attitudes toward the police and to date no research in this area has been conducted in the Republic of Ireland. Semi-structured interviews with 20 young people (12 to 18 years old) from the West of Ireland explored the effects of interactions with a community officer on overall attitudes toward the police. Findings suggest that young people make distinctions between different types of officers. While the community officer …
Relationship And Trust As A Vehicle To Improved Health Outcomes: A Qualitative Study Of A Primary Health Care Programme For Travellers, Matt York, Marcella Stakem
Relationship And Trust As A Vehicle To Improved Health Outcomes: A Qualitative Study Of A Primary Health Care Programme For Travellers, Matt York, Marcella Stakem
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Rapid changes in the control of health and social services have led to the increased adoption of narrow practice approaches driven by contemporary funding priorities, often running contrary to the wisdom, accumulated knowledge, experience, evidence and ethics of social and community development approaches. The Primary Healthcare Programme (PHCP) for Travellers has been developed nationally over the past two decades with the aim of improving the health of the Irish Traveller community. A particular emphasis has been placed upon the provision of health promotion, information, support and outreach through a range of peer delivered community based approaches. This study took place …
Identifying Key Elements Of Social Care Practice In Successful Care Settings For Older People In Ireland: Steps Towards 'Wise' Social Care, Carmel M. Gallagher Dr, Ricca Edmondson Prof.
Identifying Key Elements Of Social Care Practice In Successful Care Settings For Older People In Ireland: Steps Towards 'Wise' Social Care, Carmel M. Gallagher Dr, Ricca Edmondson Prof.
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This article examines wise social care practices in two elder care settings in Ireland, a day centre in Dublin and a nursing home in the West of Ireland. Based on interviews with staff and service-users as well as close observations of interactions in each setting, the paper describes social care practices which have empowering and enabling effects. These practices are explored in the light of understandings of practical wisdom and in the context of connectedness to surrounding communities. The article describes multi-dimensional and authentic relationships which extend beyond the centres themselves and represent a blend of affective, cognitive and ethical …
Regimes In Irish Prisons: ‘Inhumane’ And ‘Degrading’: An Analysis And The Outline Of A Solution, Kevin Warner
Regimes In Irish Prisons: ‘Inhumane’ And ‘Degrading’: An Analysis And The Outline Of A Solution, Kevin Warner
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Recent reports depict regimes in Irish prisons as ‘inhumane’, and as ‘increasingly oppressive and destructive’. This deterioration in conditions is part of a larger ‘punitive turn’ that can be identified in the Irish prison system since the late 1990s, and that is also evident in a huge increase in the scale of incarceration and much greater demonisation of those held in prison. In 1985, the Whitaker Report set standards for ‘basic living conditions’ in prisons. The Whitaker standards mirror similar ones in the European Prison Rules. For example, both stipulate that an imprisoned person should normally have a single cell. …
Book Review: Hourigan, N. (Ed.) (2011). Understanding Limerick: Social Exclusion And Change, Liam Leonard
Book Review: Hourigan, N. (Ed.) (2011). Understanding Limerick: Social Exclusion And Change, Liam Leonard
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
No abstract provided.
Learning For Liberation, Teaching For Transformation: Can Education In Prison Prepare Prisoners For Active Citizenship?, Anne Costelloe
Learning For Liberation, Teaching For Transformation: Can Education In Prison Prepare Prisoners For Active Citizenship?, Anne Costelloe
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
The idea that education can imbue the learner with the skills, values and attitudes necessary for active citizenship has come to permeate mainstream educational discourse. This paper examines the relevance of that discourse for prison education and considers what it may have to offer the prison learner? It suggests that it has much to offer because 'citizenship' is itself a learning process that instils developmental and transformative change. Thus, prison educators should not only think of learning as a key dimension of citizenship but citizenship as a key dimension of learning. Accordingly, 'civic competency' should be seen to be just …
Book Review: O’Sullivan, E. & O’Donnell, E. (2012). Coercive Confinement In Ireland. Patients, Prisoners And Penitents, Mary Rogan
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
No abstract provided.
How Useful Is It To Understand Belfast As A Global City?, Philip Rea
How Useful Is It To Understand Belfast As A Global City?, Philip Rea
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
No abstract provided.
The Same But Different. Negotiating Cultural Identities By Migrant Children In Irish Mainstream Classrooms, Svetlana Eriksson
The Same But Different. Negotiating Cultural Identities By Migrant Children In Irish Mainstream Classrooms, Svetlana Eriksson
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This article looks at peer dynamics in the mainstream classroom to explore the ways Russian-speaking children/adolescents in Ireland negotiate their cultural identities and their otherness outside the home. The article presents the analysis of semi-structured interviews with thirty parents and their children between 10 and 18 years of age from Russian-speaking families from Russia and Latvia. The participants dwell on how comfortable they feel at Irish schools and what factors impact their feeling of sameness/otherness. The interviews with both generations contribute to creating a multi-dimensional picture which reveals that the perspectives of the agents involved in this study are not …
Ireland's Opportunity To Learn From England's Difficulties? Auditing Uncertainty In Child Protection, Brid Featherstone, Sue White, Dave Wastell
Ireland's Opportunity To Learn From England's Difficulties? Auditing Uncertainty In Child Protection, Brid Featherstone, Sue White, Dave Wastell
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This article draws from the authors’ experiences of research in England on aspects of New Labour’s reforms in the field of child protection to counsel caution against standardisation processes currently underway in the Republic of Ireland. It is argued that such processes are deeply problematic when dealing with the complexity of child protection work. Alternatives to standardisation are offered drawing from the literature on systems design. Such alternatives are likely to build confidence and trust in services.
The Ryan Report (2009). A Practitioner's Perspective On Implications For Residential Child Care, Noel Howard
The Ryan Report (2009). A Practitioner's Perspective On Implications For Residential Child Care, Noel Howard
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This article suggests that recent abuse reports and the Ryan Report in particular are now warning signs etched in the consciousness of social care workers. Quite rightly, this consciousness will determine how social care workers approach their work with children in the care system. In many care units the incessant, ostensibly plausible, demands of bureaucracy mean that children exist in an artificial, sanitised care bubble where they are bereft of structure, empathy, spontaneity and real relationships – the very things they crave. Written in a personal capacity and based on the author’s background practice experience, some of this article represents …
'Race', Nation And Belonging In Ireland, Jonathan Mitchell
'Race', Nation And Belonging In Ireland, Jonathan Mitchell
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Despite consistent efforts to counteract those attitudes and practices that give rise to it, most putatively modern Western nations continue to experience the concrete effects of racial discrimination. This essay argues that nationality is all too easily conflated with ‘race’ or ethnicity, such that a seeming essence or givenness is manifested amongst all those within a particular geographic boundary. It is suggested that on the contrary, there is nothing natural about nationality as commonly understood; this being so, it must be continually shored up and reconstituted through social, linguistic and material practices. For modern nations in the West, this has …
Family-Centered Early Intervention In North America: Have Home-Based Programmes Lived Up To Their Promise For High-Risk Families?, James Ponzetti, Grant J. Charles, Sheila Marshall, Jan Hare
Family-Centered Early Intervention In North America: Have Home-Based Programmes Lived Up To Their Promise For High-Risk Families?, James Ponzetti, Grant J. Charles, Sheila Marshall, Jan Hare
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
While early intervention programming is not new in North America, such programs have gone through a rapid expansion in recent years. This has been motivated by the recognition of the need for timely intervention, the development of a family rather than a child focused practice philosophy and the desire on the part of funding organizations to save money by promoting less expensive programming. This article reviews the various components of early intervention programmes in North America while also questioning aspects of current practice. There is a clear need for family-centered intervention. This should not be in question. However, the fundamental …
Valuing Equality In Irish Social Care, Niall Hanlon
Valuing Equality In Irish Social Care, Niall Hanlon
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
In this article the author critiques Irish social care by presenting an equality perspective on practice. An equality perspective involves developing emancipatory practices, that is, ways of helping that provide egalitarian solutions and outcomes. Although emancipatory values are often contrasted with traditional social care values, the author seeks a pragmatic and integrated approach to emancipatory practices rather than a restatement of traditional dichotomies. Emancipatory practice begins with an appreciation of the nature and relevance of inequalities on the lives of diverse social care users. Building a commitment to equality within social care education and practice is an important step in …
Residential Child Care Can Do With All The Assistance It Can Get, Charles Sharpe
Residential Child Care Can Do With All The Assistance It Can Get, Charles Sharpe
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Essay review of : Ward, A., Kasinski, K., Pooley, J. and Worthington, A. (eds) (2003). Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Garda Diversion Of Young Offenders: An Unreasonable Threat To Due Process Rights?, Liz Cambell
Garda Diversion Of Young Offenders: An Unreasonable Threat To Due Process Rights?, Liz Cambell
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Diversion programmes play a significant role in the field of youth justice, as an alternative to the conventional court process, which aim to prevent the entry of the child into the formal justice system. The long-established practice of diverting certain young offenders from prosecution ensures that children are not drawn into the criminal justice system and are not given a criminal record (Goldson, 2000: 35). A non-statutory diversion programme entitled the Garda Liaison Scheme was established in Ireland in 1963, which diverted less serious young offenders from prosecution (Report of the Committee Appointed to Monitor the Effectiveness of the Diversion …
Perceptions Regarding Male Suicide And Preventative Services In Co. Kilkenny, Louise Butler, Jim Phelan
Perceptions Regarding Male Suicide And Preventative Services In Co. Kilkenny, Louise Butler, Jim Phelan
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This paper examines perceptions regarding rural male suicide and the preventative services available in Co. Kilkenny to combat the problem. For every four male suicides, there is one female suicide. The problem is becoming a rural rather than an urban one. The research set out to identify gaps in services and existing policies in addressing suicide among young rural men. Data were obtained from interview with the service providers and also from focus group discussions with young rural Kilkenny men. Total participants in the focus groups were 15 young men. Limitations to this study centred around the difficulty of organising …
The Importance Of Male Staff As Role Models In Residential Childcare: Men Can Care!, Niall C. Mcelwee, David Parslow
The Importance Of Male Staff As Role Models In Residential Childcare: Men Can Care!, Niall C. Mcelwee, David Parslow
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
A 'crisis of masculinity' reached fever pitch in the British media in the mid 1990's when it was widely reported that female pupils were achieving better school results and outstripping their male counterparts in locating employment in the diminishing youth labour market (Mac an Ghaill, 1994; Connell, 1995). We had a more reserved debate in Ireland at that time but it is now gathering in momentum once again. This paper is written partly as a response to the two papers by Mark Smith (2003) and Mike Burns (2003) published in the last volume of the Relational Journal of Child and …