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dc.contributor.authorVindegg, Jorunn
dc.coverage.spatialNorwayen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-21T08:06:33Z
dc.date.available2022-03-21T08:06:33Z
dc.date.created2022-01-13T12:49:48Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-23
dc.identifier.citationOutlines : Critical Social Studies. 2021, 22 (1), 6-31.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1399-5510
dc.identifier.issn1904-0210
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2986330
dc.description.abstractThis article presents and discusses how theories inform social work practice and what impact this has on the professional-client relation, specifically how social work professionals perceive children and interpret their possibilities. Data for the analysis to come are drawn from a qualitative study of child welfare services in Norway. The aim of the article is to bring to light how theoretical knowledge as well as social workers´ personal experiences influence the professional work, and consequently parents´ and children’s opportunities to participate. A main finding is that social workers´ interpretations are informed by underlying theoretical frameworks that engender a narrative reasoning, that is, the plots of the parents’ and the children’s past histories, as well as the current situation, provide sense and coherence to professional work and understanding. The analysis focuses on how the social workers perceive the children they deal with, particularly how they acknowledge children´s voices and participation in professional interaction. The empirical examples contribute to expand the horizon of professional practice, in terms of how theoretical perspectives influence and inform everyday practice with service users.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOutlines: Critical Social Studiesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOutlines: Critical Social Studies;Vol. 22 No. 1 (2021): Activist research in the global quest for social justice
dc.subjectTheoryen_US
dc.subjectPracticeen_US
dc.subjectChild welfare practicesen_US
dc.subjectProfessional knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectNarrative analysesen_US
dc.subjectChildren’s voicesen_US
dc.titleExploring the theory-practice dimension of social work- perceptions of children in the field of child welfareen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7146/ocps.v22i1.127156
dc.identifier.cristin1980392
dc.source.journalOutlines : Critical Social Studiesen_US
dc.source.volume22en_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.source.pagenumber6-31en_US


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