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The rapid expansion of and growing interest in motivational interviewing across different aspects of mental health problems has been dramatic. This book of expert contributions co-edited by William Miller, the originator of motivational interviewing, is a very welcome

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Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems

Hedy Cleaver, Pam Freeman HMSO, £22, pp 178 ISBN 0 11 321786 2

In suspected child abuse the interaction between those who investigate it and the parents is fraught with problems. Some readers of Parental Perspectives in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse may feel that it does not tell them anything they haven't experienced already. But the subject is worthy of detailed exploration. Regardless of the type of allegation that is being made, the initial response of most parents is to conclude that social services …

Parental Perspectives in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse

The Munro review of child protection. Pt. 1, A systems analysis

This article considers how young people’s developing sexualities are influenced by extra-familial social and cultural contexts, particularly in relation to experiences of sexual violence. It draws upon young people’s voices to illustrate the choices they make when they encounter, or engage with, exploitative contexts. Utilising the cumulative evidence base of our studies into sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence over the past ten years, we employ Bourdieu’s theory of the interplay between structure and agency to elucidate the relationship between young people’s choices and abusive social environments. When navigating or engaging with exploitative contexts, young people’s sexualities can be distorted through abusive normalising processes; coercive practices; professional attitudes which condone abuse; and/or structural inequalities that call for survivalist behaviours amongst young people. In exploring this social model of consent, we highlight the need to move beyond one to one (1:1) social work practices to engage with situations, contexts and relationships that disrupt young people’s developing sexualities. Such an adaptation of social work practice would adopt principles of ‘contextual safeguarding’ and we conclude by offering illustrations of interventions that have begun to explore this developmental pathway.

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Sexual Exploitation and Its Impact on Developing Sexualities and Sexual Relationships: The Need for Contextual Social Work Interventions

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Analysis of policy and legal frameworks, intervention models and intervention practices on commercial sexual exploitation of children in Chile : a discourse analysis approach

A randomized controlled trial of training in Motivational Interviewing for child protection

Communication skills are fundamental to social work, yet few studies have directly evaluated their impact. In this study, we explore the relationship between skills and outcomes in 127 families. An observation of practice was undertaken on the second or third meeting with a family. Practice quality was evaluated in relation to seven skills, which were grouped into three dimensions: relationship building, good authority and evocation of intrinsic motivation. Outcomes at approximately six months were parent-reported engagement (Working Alliance Inventory), Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), an eleven-point family life satisfaction rating, the Family Environment Scale and General Health Questionnaire and service outcomes from agency records including children entering care. Relationship-building skills predicted parent-reported engagement, although good authority and evocation had stronger relationships with outcome measures. Where workers visited families more often, relationships between skills and outcomes were stronger, in part because workers had more involvement and in part because these families were more likely to have significant problems. The relationship between skills and outcomes was complicated, although the findings provide encouraging evidence that key social work skills have an influence on outcomes for families.

What Is the Relationship between Worker Skills and Outcomes for Families in Child and Family Social Work

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Combatting child sexual exploitation with young people and parents: contributions to a twenty-first century family support agenda

Families and Communities Against Child Sexual Exploitation (FCASE) : final evaluation report

Purpose – A number of reports on child sexual exploitation (CSE) have pointed to the importance of community awareness raising as a preventative measure, a means of extending the reach of CSE services and widening the scope of social responsibility to protect children. However, little has been said about how to undertake such activities; how to do this well and the potential pitfalls to avoid. The purpose of this paper is to draw out critical questions about the notion of community and highlight what can be learnt from historical debates about multiculturalist practice. While the paper does not focus solely on ethnic minority communities, the authors do take stock of pertinent points from that literature in relation to issues of engagement, power and representation and applicable learning for awareness raising around CSE. In the second half of the paper, the authors consider the issue of awareness raising within communities. The authors draw on the limited literature on community awareness raising in CSE,...

Roma Thomas

Papers

A randomized controlled trial of training in Motivational Interviewing for child protection

What Is the Relationship between Worker Skills and Outcomes for Families in Child and Family Social Work

Combatting child sexual exploitation with young people and parents: contributions to a twenty-first century family support agenda

Families and Communities Against Child Sexual Exploitation (FCASE) : final evaluation report

Community awareness raising on child sexual exploitation: possibilities and problems