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Agency and flexible support in transition from care: Learning from the experiences of a Norwegian sample of care leavers doing well
(Nordic Social Work Research;VOL. 8, NO. S1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-11)The main objective of this paper is to investigate the role that the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) can play in assisting care leavers with their transition to adulthood. Our point of departure is that timely and ... -
Challenges for researchers when getting access to children and young people and their consent in research. A scoping review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article aims to support researchers in addressing the challenges when seeking access to CYP and their consent to participate in research. Despite the growing consensus about the need to involve children and young people ... -
Child protection investigations of child custody cases in Norway: caseworkers’ obstacles and coping strategies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In Norway, Child Protection Services (CPS) is responsible for investigating concerns about children at risk of being harmed by their parents’ conflicts. This study focuses on caseworkers’ experiences of investigating ... -
"How" we do social work, not "what" we do
(Nordic Social Work Research;7(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article explores how Norwegian social workers at municipal social services offices experience and explain social work as professional knowledge and theory, and examines examples from their experience working in new, ... -
Knitting alone – in the city – ageing and kinship availability as a vulnerability marker
(Nordic Social Work Research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-26)A basic premise underlying this article is that the social surroundings of individuals as they gradually age are not homogeneous and have influence on their well-being. Furthermore, if significant variation on the social ... -
Leading for better outcomes: social work as knowledge work
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article explores how leadership practices have the potential to improve decisions and outcomes in social work. Through a literature review, the article identifies social work managers’ use of adaptive, administrative ... -
Lost in culture: Language discordance and culturalization in social work with migrants
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Social work carried out without a shared language, can be referred to as language discordant social work. In this article we discuss links between language discordance and culturalization in social work, based on data from ... -
Negotiating client positions: parents with custodial disagreements talking about their experiences with child welfare workers
(Nordic Social Work Research;Volume 7, 2017 - Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-14)Children living with prolonged parental custodial disagreements are in a vulnerable position and may be in need of child welfare assistance. However, the responsibilities of the child welfare service (CWS) in cases involving ... -
Resistance and protest against Norwegian Child Welfare Services on Facebook - different perceptions of child-centring
(Nordic Social Work Research;Volume 8, 2018 - Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-17)Norwegian Child Welfare Services have in recent years been subject to international and national criticism. This paper addresses the protests against Norwegian Child Welfare Services that are unfolding on international and ... -
Resourceful female immigrants` experiences of the Norwegian activation field
(Nordic Social Work Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-16)This study explores how resourceful female immigrants experience their employment processes concerning user involvement within the Norwegian activation field. This qualitative analysis is based on interviews with 26 female ... -
Social support and recovery from mental health problems: a scoping review.
(Nordic Social Work Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01-04)Several systematic reviews have suggested the linkages between social support and mental health or the use of mental health services in general. There is a need to develop the knowledge on different associations between ... -
Taking the initiative: determinants of parental self-referral to the Norwegian Child Welfare Services
(Nordic Social Work Research;Volume 7, Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study investigates determinants of self-referral to the Child Welfare Services among parents in Norway. Increasing the rates of self-referral can ensure earlier intervention and assistance to more children and parents ... -
‘They said I wasn’t sick enough’: pain as negotiation in workfare
(Nordic Social Work Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-29)Women with migration experience from non-European countries living in Norway question the degree to which workfare is beneficial to their participation in working life. Welfare-workers regard ‘immigrant women’ as a ... -
The urge to work: Normative ordering in the narratives of people on long-term sick leave
(Health Sociology Review;Volume 28, 2019 - Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This study analyses the narratives of people on long-term sick leave due to low back pain. We draw upon the theory of justification – as developed by the French sociologists Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot – to investigate ...