Browsing Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap (SAM) by Journals "European Journal of Social Work"
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Children’s perspectives on contact with birth parents: a mixed-methods systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This mixed-methods systematic review asks what is known about children’s perspectives on contact with birth parents when in out-of- home care. To address this question 37 studies were coded to identify children’s ... -
Collective participation of children and young people in child welfare services–opportunities and challenges
(European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-16)This study explores opportunities and challenges for the participation of children and young people in Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) through analysis from an action research project. The project aimed at collective ... -
Dilemmas and conflicting pressures in social work practice.
(European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-30)On the basis of 102 texts in which social workers describe their experiences from and reflections on their own practice, we identify and analyse a number of conflicting pressures and dilemmas social workers often encounter ... -
Hospital social workers’ contributions to increasing health literacy among parents of acutely and critically ill children
(European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-28)Hospital social workers often engage in health literacy activities to support patients’ and families’ functioning and adjustment to illness, but social work literature has seldom used health literacy terminology. This paper ... -
How children and young people understand and experience individual participation in social services for children and young people: a synthesis of qualitative studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Although there is a growing knowledge base on children and young people’s (CYP) participation in child welfare and social work, it is necessary to systematically describe and summarise the knowledge from their subjective ... -
How congruent is person-centred practice with labour activation policy? Person-centred approach to vocational interventions on immigrant jobseekers in Norway
(European Journal of Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-16)Increased migration to OECD countries has made unemployed foreignborn immigrants a new target population for ‘activation’ policies to reintroduce people into the labour market. As populations receiving employment activation ... -
Marginalised groups protest against social welfare and public health: conceptualising the challenge for social workers
(European Journal of Social Work;Volume 23, 2020 - Issue 6: Social work research, humans right and social justice in a changing welfare society, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-16)As neoliberalisation and other global disruptions change the understanding of human rights and social justice for social workers, how are protests organised by marginalised groups against social welfare and public health ... -
Mental health and quality of life among Norwegian child welfare service workers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Social workers in child welfare services play an important role in preventing crises and identifying the need for and implementing relevant measures among children and families of different ages and circumstances, often ... -
Moving forward, waiting or standing still? Service users' experiences from a Norwegian labour activation programme
(European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-23)Labour activation policy relies on a notion of temporal homogeneity, with the assumption that the service user, once enrolled in a labour activation programme, moves forward on a linear and progressive trajectory into the ... -
Not trustworthy. African parents’ perspectives on Norwegian child protection care measures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study focuses on the experiences of African parents with care measure histories and their working relations with the Norwegian Child Protection Service (CPS), investigating how these interactions affect trust and ... -
'On Caseworkers’ writing in Child Welfare − when less is more'
(European Journal of Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-02)This article describes the fragmentary and sometimes incoherent way caseworkers record cases in child welfare work. While recording practices are often criticised and the relevance of the case records, for both the child ... -
Restricting Family Life An Examination of Citizens’ Views on state interventions and Parental Freedom in Eight European Countries.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper examines the public views – a total of 10,348 persons – on restrictions of personal autonomy of others to protect the interest of children. We use representative country samples of the adult populations of ... -
A scoping review of research on coordinated pathways towards employment for youth in vulnerable life situations
(European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-11)For youth in vulnerable life situations, pathways to employment can be challenging, suggesting the need for coordinated services. The aim of this review is to explore the existing research on coordinated services for youth ... -
Should we take their children? Caseworkers’ negotiations of ‘good enough’ care for children living with high-conflict parents
(European Journal of Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-21)Few studies have explored caseworkers’ perspectives on children’s safety and emotional wellbeing in high-conflict families. Based on focus group and individual interviews with 31 Norwegian child protection services staff, ... -
Social workers use of knowledge in an evidence-based framework: a mixed methods study
(European Journal of Social Work;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-03)Since the 1990s, evidence-based practice has become part of social work, grounded in the notion that social work should be a research-based profession. However, recent studies show that social workers struggle with bridging ... -
Trust and Power in the Space Between Visibility and Invisibility. Exploring Digital and Social Media Practices in Norwegian Child Welfare Services
(European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-22)In this article, we explore how caseworkers in the Norwegian Child Welfare Services and their clients use digital and social media in information sharing. By applying Foucault’s description of Bentham’s Panopticon as an ... -
Waiting as sociality–relational waithood in Norwegian activation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)ABSTRACT In research on waiting and unemployment, waiting tends to be described as an asymmetrical power relation between those who wait and those who impose waiting within institutional contexts. This paper applies ...