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Authors:Oona Lipponen; Merja TarvainenDepartment of Social Sciences, 4344University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. This study investigates visions of hoped-for future concerning structural disability social work from the perspective of people with disabilities in Finland. The work draws on critical and progressive tradition of structural social work and uses a ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-06-30T09:26:01Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251357363
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Authors:Peter SommerfeldSchool of Social Work; 30437University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, Switzerland Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. By reflecting on his career and important influences on his personal and professional development Peter Sommerfeld draws a picture of the societal context of this career as well as of the development of social work (in Switzerland) in a historical ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-06-30T03:35:00Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251349299
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Authors:Shelly Ben-David; Sara KolomejacDepartment of Social Work97950, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada, , Corinne Tallon, Mikaela Basile, Gurvaan Mann, Julia GrayFoundry, Vancouver, BC, Canada, , Rory HiggsDepartment of Social Work97950, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada, , Yurou ZhaoFoundry, Vancouver, BC, Canada, , Skye BarbicDepartment of Occupational Science Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. Engaging youth in research is essential for enhancing the validity and positive impacts of mental health research aimed at benefitting young populations. Yet, youth are infrequently engaged as partners in health research. The current paper describes ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-06-24T08:04:10Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251354824
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Authors:Greer A HamiltonBoston University School of Social Work; Boston, MA, USA, , Josh LownBoston College School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA, , Danielle Maude LittmanUniversity of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, Denver, CO, USA Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. Social work scholars have called for greater attention to one’s social environment. Yet, there remains a dearth of literature that attends to built and social environments. This methodological paper describes embodied geographic methods as a promising ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-06-20T05:41:55Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251352909
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Authors:Khatidja Chantler5289Department of Nursing; Public Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-06-19T04:25:24Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251347807
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Authors:Jessica Steele; Irene de Haan, Ian HyslopFaculty of Arts Education, 1415University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. The article discusses the findings of a small qualitative study of how experienced social workers in child protection roles navigated changes in their professional practice when they returned to work after the birth of their first child. Insider ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-06-17T09:02:09Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251352247
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Authors:Sarah Vicary; Gillian Ferguson5488The Open University, UK Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-06-02T05:28:14Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251347800
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Authors:Lisa Morriss4396Lancaster University; UK Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-05-30T06:16:04Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251347801
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Authors:Amélie Couvrette59310Université du Québec en Outaouais; Gatineau, QC, Canada, , Nadine Lanctôt, Stéphanie Lord7321Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, QC, Canada, , Chloé Turpin59310Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. Most studies on young mothers focus on the challenges they face in adjusting to motherhood and the risks these challenges pose for their children. However, emerging research highlights the distinct developmental challenges young mothers experience, ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-04-15T10:12:41Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251335083
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Authors:Tamara HolmesDepartment of Social Work; 95522Deakin University Faculty of Health, Warrnambool, VIC, Australia Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. This paper seeks to illuminate, un/tangle and embody the experience of a social worker facilitating learning circles for community services workers. The author takes an autoethnographic approach to this journey. Context (upright font), and practice ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-04-10T07:13:46Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251331313
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Authors:Amy Rose Bromley; Carmela BastianCollege of Education, Psychology Social Work, 1065Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia, , Sarah Wendt2281University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. Cross-sector collaboration between statutory child protection and domestic and family violence services (DFV) is recognised as a best social work practice to improve the safety of women and children. However, there are many challenges in establishing ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-03-29T01:03:37Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251331301
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Authors:Jane F Gilgun5635School of Social Work; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. In this article, I show the connections between critical social work and the thought of Norman Denzin. The connection is pragmatist philosophy whose roots are European. Denzin came to pragmatism through C. Wright Mills’ notion of the sociological ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-03-19T02:12:47Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251324994
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Authors:César A Cisneros Puebla; Vanessa Jara LabarthéSchool of Social Work, 437097University of Tarapacá, Arica, Chile Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. In this essay we review the development of critical and radical social work in order to reflect on Denzin’s contributions in contrast to the Latin American movement to reconceptualize the discipline using the Chilean case as an example. The dialogues ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-03-18T01:06:08Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251324993
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Authors:Louise Oliver; Lee-Ann Fenge170790Bournemouth University, Department of Social Sciences Social Work, Bournemouth, UK Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. The focus of this paper is exploring topic avoidance in the form of family secrets and how they may influence Child-To-Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA). The research was conducted with two families experiencing CPVA using the Biographic Narrative ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-03-13T10:46:36Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251326607
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Authors:Neveen Ali-Saleh DarawshySchool of Social Work; 26731Bar-Ilan University, Israel, , Maya Lavie-AjayiGender Studies Program, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. In this collective autoethnography two academics who live in Israel explore the possibility of friendship across different social positions, religions and nationalities. The article describes how autoethnography and Denzin’s scholarship have made this ... Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-03-12T02:20:41Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251324995
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Authors:Fran Crawford; University of New England, Armidale, AU-NSW, Australia Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. This article reflects on the influence of Norman Denzin in qualitative social work. In 1992, I travelled from west coast Australia to mid-west USA to complete doctoral studies in social work with Denzin as a thesis advisor. Mystory, an autoethnography, was a class assignment in his sociology unit, Methods of Field Research. Struggling to understand what was meant by the task proved useful in exploring what it is we do when we do social work. This method enables a holding in tension the theoretical, value-based and practice elements involved in the grit of doing humanitarian, public-spirited social work. Such research can be traced in both sociology/social work to the time of Jane Addams and her cohort. Denzin’s naturalistic inquiry for social justice both affirms and updates for our discipline the strength of this heritage. Using mystory, I narrate my lived experience of becoming a practitioner through detailing three pieces of qualitative research informing my development: a library-based study (1969), a community study (1976) and an autoethnography (1994). Denzin argues that we are always positioned practitioners of social work. Gender, race, class, geography, age and other factors inscribe our lived experience. Awareness of the particulars of these dynamics is always partial. Pinch points help raise consciousness. Denzin’s work clarifies the medley of moral, political, intellectual, emotional and practical aspects of change. For a contemporary world similar to the market-driven chaos that Addams addressed, Denzin shows through scholarship and action how research for change usefully draws on critical thinking, the humanities and social theory. Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-03-04T05:07:37Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251324998
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Authors:Yuval Saar-Heiman; 26732Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. Norman Denzin was a major force in developing performance ethnography as a critical, social justice-oriented form of qualitative inquiry worldwide. In this article, I illustrate and conceptualize how performance ethnography, as Denzin developed it, is an excellent fit for research and teaching on direct social work practice. The article revolves around a performance ethnography titled “Yuval, You Decide” that presents both the evolution and utilization of the performance and the performance itself—a detailed script of a high-risk crisis intervention of which I was part as a social work practitioner at a child protection community center. Based on the performative text, I present four contributions that performance ethnography can offer to research on direct social work practice: highlighting and conceptualizing the complexity of practice, evoking and producing experiential and embodied knowledge, accessing the micropolitics of practice, and opening a space for the coproduction of knowledge. Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-03-03T05:03:39Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251324996
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Authors:Melanie Sonsteng-Person, Lea Vugić, Liana Sandell, Channel Lowery; Salem State University, Salem, MA, USA, , Lea VugićSchool of Social Work, 1846Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, , Liana SandellThe Brookline Center for Community Mental Health, Brookline, MA, USA, , Channel LowerySchool of Social Work, 5635University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. Social workers are frequently exposed to the suffering of clients and communities they partner with while navigating multiple institutional factors exacerbating their and their clients’ trauma. While significant research has identified high levels of trauma exposure response and burnout among master’s level social workers, limited work explicitly examines what influences the impact of trauma exposure response among MSW interns. As such, a Grounded Theory design was used to understand the process through which MSW interns and supervisors identify and respond to the manifestation of interns’ trauma exposure in placement. Data were collected via in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 15 MSW interns and 11 supervisors from three MSW programs. Findings inform the Interactional Process of the Three S’s, which highlights the process through which the Self, Supervisor, and System either exacerbate or mitigate interns’ trauma exposure response. Although interns leveraged coping skills, most interns described a “hopelessness” as they internalized the inability to change the circumstances that continued to traumatize their clients. A few interns could make meaning out of their roles, primarily influenced by the support from their supervisors. Interviews with supervisors outline how personal experiences and coping methods, their own experience with their supervisors, and the university collectively impact how they support interns exposed to client trauma. The Interactional Process underscores the need to address harmful policies and practices throughout social work systems. Implications describe points of intervention for universities and placement sites to implement to protect MSW interns and their supervisors. Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-02-27T03:53:08Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251324009
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Authors:Reshawna L Chapple, Ashley N Brevil; Ashley N BrevilSchool of Social Work, 6243University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. In this qualitative study, the authors explored the lived experiences of 25 Black Deaf women attending college at a predominately White institution (PWI) with a majority-hearing student population to understand how the participants situate their intersectional identity in everyday situations. Data was collected using participant observation on campus, focus groups, and individual interviews. An intersectional framework and a critical race-grounded theory analysis were used to organize the themes. The authors present the participants’ lived experiences by discussing these themes and their implications for education, counseling, and social work with Black Deaf women and other multiply marginalized groups within the current sociocultural context. Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-01-17T06:36:25Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251315509
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Authors:Andrew Burns, Maximilian Schäfer; University of Stirling, Stirling, UKThe School of Education, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, , Maximilian SchäferInstitut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, GermanyInstitute of Educational Science Social Pedagogy Research, The University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. In this paper, two researchers with backgrounds in ethnography describe and reflect on their experiences from a qualitative, transnational study called 'Back to the Future: Archiving in Residential Children's Homes (ARCH) in Scotland and Germany. Important goals of the study are the investigation and development of digital community archives for young people, care workers and care leavers from residential homes in order to support their memories of shared everyday life. Methodologically, the study is based on ideas of participatory research in combination with ethnographic elements, although there were some changes in the implementation compared to the original plan. These changes were made on the basis of conditions found in the field and represented attempts to achieve the goals of the study despite some unexpected situations and developments. This resulted in moments of tension, which we reflect on self-critically in this article. Using the example of our research, we highlight some of the opportunities and challenges of qualitative study designs that seek to understand and change realities in the context of social work. Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-01-15T02:15:37Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250251314467
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Authors:Ophelia Moses-O’Donnell, Nicole Wemigwans, Paula Pitawanakwat; Nicole Wemigwans, Paula PitawanakwatIndigenous Social Work, 7728Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. Biindigen families is a grassroots group in Sudbury that offers community programming that is culturally grounded with language, ceremonies, activities, crafts that focus on Indigenous resurgence of cultural knowledge in Sudbury for Indigenous parents, children and families. Led by two powerful matriarchs, Nicole Wemigwans and Paula Pelletier, and supported by an all Ikwewag- women (women) staff, Biindigen Families has made great strides in restoring traditional matriarchal leadership in community health and development through community programming. In Anishnabemowin (Ojibwe language), the word for old women (leader, clan leader, seed source/carrier), ‘mindimooyenh’, the one who carries, or holds it together. With great respect to the women that came before us, the goal of this paper is to illustrate lessons learned in the conception, growing and being stages of Biindigen families for social workers that are rooted in traditional Anishinaabe matriarchy. Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-01-07T12:51:29Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250241312259
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Authors:Kerri Cleaver, Mary Kate Dennis; Dunedin, New Zealand, , Mary Kate Dennis8664University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Abstract: Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print.
Citation: Qualitative Social Work PubDate: 2025-01-06T04:43:44Z DOI: 10.1177/14733250241312291
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