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- Editorial—Special Issue
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Pages: 1275 - 1281
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad112
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Introduction to Academic Papers Section
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Pages: 1282 - 1284
Abstract: In keeping with the ethics of this special issue, we sought to attract academic papers of the same quality and integrity as those published regularly in the journal, the key differentiation being that a person with lived experience of social work had to be the lead or solo author.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad113
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- An Autoethnographic Perspective of Life Story Work
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Pages: 1325 - 1340
Abstract: Life Story Work (LSW) is an intervention primarily used with care-experienced young people to help them produce a coherent, co-produced life narrative. The intervention has been in circulation since the 1960s, yet it has still been vastly under-researched. This article examines two models of LSW in circulation in the UK today and concludes that each model has its advantages and limitations. However, more research into the outcomes of LSW is needed. The article offers an autoethnographic case study of the author’s own experience of LSW and its potential outcomes to help inspire more researchers examine this vital intervention for a young person’s development.
PubDate: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad001
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Co-Design with People with Lived Experience: Designing Resources to
Communicate with Children and Young People in Care about their Family Time
Contact Visits-
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Pages: 1352 - 1367
Abstract: Contact visits, or family time, enable children in out-of-home care to sustain relationships with their birth families. In Australia, direct contact including face-to-face visits is typical for children on long-term orders, including guardianship and open adoption. Caseworkers are charged with supporting relationships between children’s birth family members and carers and ensuring contact is safe and child-centred. This article describes how people with lived experience of family time in out-of-home care have collaborated with researchers to co-design practical resources, in the context of an action research study aimed at changing caseworker practice. These resources include a book for young children and a book for older children and adolescents, which both use trauma-informed language and empower their audiences to know their rights and ask for what they need. Additional resources include co-designed tip sheets for family members and carers. People who have personally experienced the care system have unique insights into the experience of family time in out-of-home care and how it can be improved. In partnership, researchers and people with lived experience can identify the gaps in knowledge and practice resources, and co-design resources that integrate lived experience and research findings, underpinned by theory.
PubDate: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac235
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- ‘You Just Treat me like a Human Being’: Using Lived Experience to
(Re)imagine Boundary Practices in mental health settings-
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Pages: 1408 - 1425
Abstract: The personal/professional dichotomy, present within dominant notions of professional boundaries, is an ongoing source of tension within social work. Peer workers, given their positioning as both service users and workers, are uniquely placed to contribute to pre-existing efforts in unsettling this dichotomy. Our analysis, informed by dialogic sharing and theorising with fifteen peer support workers, alongside post-humanist and critical mental health approaches, considers the oppressive effects of enacting a personal/professional dichotomy within mental health settings, and conversely, the emancipatory potential of unsettling the dichotomy. Rather than conceptualising such events as boundary ‘crossings’, ‘incursions’ or ‘transgressions’, we suggest (re)imagining professional boundaries as multiple, enacted through ever-shifting socio-material relations. Our analysis supports pre-existing calls for a relational ethic of social work and highlights how lived experience and post-humanism can support the discipline’s commitment to anti-oppressive practices. We recommend further research, informed by lived experience, to explore the complex relations that constitute boundary practices and their effects for both social workers and service users.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad044
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- ‘I’m Gay! I’m Gay! I’m Gay! I’m a Homosexual!’: Overt and
Covert Conversion Therapy Practices in Therapeutic Boarding Schools-
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Pages: 1426 - 1444
Abstract: Every year thousands of young people are sent to therapeutic boarding schools (TBS) in the USA. TBS are residential programmes that combine educational classes and group therapy in self-contained facilities that operate year-round. The programmes are part of a wider ‘troubled teen industry’ that seeks to reform young people perceived as having mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Interviews were conducted with former TBS students about their experiences as youth inside these facilities. The research was undertaken from a survivor–researcher approach and was conducted by a former TBS student with former students. This article will focus on the experiences of two LGBTQ+ former students who were subjected to conversion therapy in TBS. The case studies will describe conversion practices that pressure people to change or suppress their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Conversion therapy manifested in overt and covert forms that resulted in lasting psychological trauma. The case studies highlight the impacts of conversion therapy as epistemic injustice and the ways in which the former students adapted to and resisted institutional harm. Implications for practice include the importance for social workers to understand conversion therapy as a dynamic, evolving and potentially subtle practice.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad049
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Perplexing Presentations: Compulsory Neuronormativity and Cognitive
Marginalisation in Social Work Practice with Autistic Mothers of Autistic
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Pages: 1445 - 1464
Abstract: In recent years, there has been growing interest in exploring the experiences of autistic adults through a lens that adopts emancipatory theorisations of autism. However, despite this changing terrain, autistic people remain a highly subjugated population. Research has begun to theorise a distinctive form of epistemic injustice they encounter in which they are denied access to epistemic resources by a society that valorises cognitively normative ways of being, knowing and existing. An under-explored aspect of this emerging literature relates to the experiences of autistic mothers who are, themselves, much more likely to have autistic children. Evidence suggests that they may be at a substantially increased risk of involuntary social work interventions. This study explores the nature of these experiences, drawing on interviews with autistic mothers as well as my own, lived experiences as an autistic mother. It finds that, through a neuro-normative lens of social work scrutiny, indicators of neuro-divergency in both mothers and children are considered perplexing and assigned malign meanings by those with hermeneutic privilege. This was particularly evident in social work responses to children’s difficulties in attending school, with these difficulties located in mothers rather than in exclusionary, hostile school environments.
PubDate: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac229
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Why Didn’t Anyone Understand' Why Didn’t Anyone Ever Stand in the Way'
Detecting Child Abuse in Out-of-Home care Setting: The Role of Safeguard
and Protection Systems and Social Workers-
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Pages: 1465 - 1482
Abstract: The issue of institutional abuse (IA) in out-of-home care services is a difficult one, which we struggle to think about and which is slow to find attention and recognition: the victims are those children who, after experiencing maltreatment and abuse in the family, still suffer violence in the residential care services that should protect them. It represents the failure of the public system in protecting children, and it is often the result of institutions and professionals who allow, collude, cover, justify and minimise violence against children. Starting from a recent and paradigmatic Italian story and from the contribution of experience and thought of those who, as the first author, survived it, as well as from the analysis of the existing literature, this article examines the specific characteristics and dynamics of IA that motivate the extreme difficulty of its emergence. This article aims to improve professionals’ awareness concerning the phenomenon and their responsibilities in the prevention and early detection. For professionals and services to see institutional maltreatment implies questioning themselves, their own methodological tools and their own professional practices, as well as opening themselves to the concrete possibility of being able—at least—to make serious mistakes.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad064
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Introduction to Reflective Papers
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Pages: 1544 - 1545
Abstract: The reflective papers section of the special issue on the voice and influence of people with lived experience includes think pieces, which aim to present an issue or an experience and explore it, while focusing on the author’s viewpoint, understandings and insights. Papers in this section relate to social work in its broadest sense, and are designed to shed light on narratives, policy, practice, learning and discipline. The papers are constructed so as to enable improvements in social work’s interaction with its recipients in a wide range of services; and address both the negative and the positive facets of authors’ experiences with individual social workers, the social work profession and social work service systems.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad050
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Dangers of Not Informing People of Their Rights
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Pages: 1546 - 1551
Abstract: Having been abused as a child by parents, family and teachers I’ve always been very intimidated by heavy-handed authority. Whilst I recognise the importance of rules in many situations, I believe they should be implemented in a humane way without threats or coercion and it should be easier to question rules as some may be unfair. But many authority figures don’t use minimal force. As an adult I wanted to do everything to ensure I wasn’t abused again. But keeping myself safe as an adult came at a very high price — a price that cost me my mental health, emotional well-being, travel opportunities, my ability to work, my reputation, my belief in myself, my relationship with a close relative and almost my life.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad026
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Reflections on Peer Interviewing among Paid, Migrant, Live-in Carers
in London-
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Pages: 1552 - 1560
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad043
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- ‘Whose Milk Was It, Really' … It Was a Gift, a Savior, a Healer, and a
Connector’: Reflections on a Collaborative Autoethnography of Breastmilk
Donation after Stillbirth-
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Pages: 1561 - 1569
Abstract: I am a great birther. Even my first birth, which lasted 37 hours and was nothing close to easy, was, from my perspective, a great one … My stillbirth experience, on the other hand, wasn’t so great. It was raw, bleeding, crying, begging for forgiveness; (literally) gut-wrenching, life-changing, and transformative … A few days after giving birth to my dead baby, my milk had fully come in … That morning, I pumped 100 ml of real, infant milk. I spent that session overwhelmed with competing emotions. There was a bit of a thrill to see my breasts producing so much so quickly, immediately followed by deep sadness and regret that they were producing all of that for someone who would never drink it. I was struck by a blinding flash of grief from the realization that my body believed my son was still alive, while my heart was struggling to comprehend that he wasn’t. I sat for a few moments, staring at that bottle filled with my milk … his milk … whose milk, really' (Alison)
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad025
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Exploring the Intersectionality of Disability and Refugee Statuses:
Reflecting on My Refugee Journey-
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Pages: 1570 - 1579
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad024
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- In Care, without Care
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Pages: 1580 - 1586
Abstract: My article intends to provide hindsight and a personal narrative for the reader into the London borough of Hackney's social services, professionals and their behaviour and conduct with children in long/shortterm foster care and also with care leavers as we transitioned to adulthood from the 1990s to the mid-2000s by sharing my personal experiences, and all I’ve been through and witnessed with other children in foster care and care leavers.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad022
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Always Presence of Social Work
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Pages: 1587 - 1592
Abstract: I cannot remember a time in my life when there was not some form of social worker’s presence. This fluctuated over the years based on my family’s needs, but they were always there. There were a couple of periods where social workers were barely present, except to help run annual letterbox contact.11 For me, I would receive a letter from my birth grandparents updating me on the family once a year. This was in primary school, so I was very young. I do not have clear memories of this time, and because of this everything for a few years has merged into one collective memory, meaning for me, it felt the social workers were still very present. To me, it is an interesting concept always having some social worker’s presence in my life, whether once a year or monthly. I think a lot about the reality of this constant presence and the impact it has had on me. I have met others who have had similar experiences generally due to the annual letterbox contact, but it is not common to have social workers in your life for so long and it is not often talked about.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad023
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Reflections on Making Co-production Work: The Reality of Co-production
from an Insider Perspective-
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Pages: 1593 - 1601
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad019
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Family Care-givers as Essential Partners in Care: Lessons from a Time of
Covid-19-
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Pages: 1602 - 1609
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad020
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Chasing the Hat
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Pages: 1610 - 1615
Abstract: I was sitting in the hall where the graduation of my master’s degree was taking place in 2016 and noted to my wife that I would like one of those hats that are worn by the university faculty in recognition that they have completed advanced studies to doctorate level. To even have such an aspiration is something I am grateful for because as you are about to read, the script for my life was not meant to unfold in this way. The following account is adapted from the prologue of an unpublished autobiography I penned in early 2019. In many ways, I am happy that it is unpublished, not just due to the anxiety I feel about another person reading it, but also because my story is still unfolding. The chasing of the hat then puts my story into context in a broader sense, based on what I imagine the hat to represent, the challenges that I have had to overcome and the journey that I am on towards attaining it.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad021
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- A Parent’s Experience Working with Professionals Following Disclosure of
Sibling Sexual Abuse/Trauma-
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Pages: 1616 - 1623
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad014
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Five Decades of Reflections by a Carer of a Learning Disabled Son—From
Hospitalisation to Care in the Community-
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Pages: 1624 - 1629
Abstract: I am Barbara, now a widow in my eighties and the mother of my recently deceased son, Chris, who lived his life with a learning disability. I continued to care for Chris through the years of closing institutions and into the era of care in the community. Attitudes towards carers have changed over this period and my story below reflects both mine and Chris’s journeys.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad015
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Mentoring of a Willow Tree and the Thaw
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Pages: 1630 - 1634
Abstract: Empowerment and liberation underpin and inform my current intentionality. I began practicing reflexivity many years ago, having secured a brown hardcover notebook for the purpose. The earth tones grounded me, keeping me steady for the journey. Empowerment is found as I share my story, and continued liberation for self and others’, is my reciprocal goal. My journey began in the invisible spaces which envelope my childhood memories. ‘Regular folk’ would not notice those places, even believing some spaces were empty. Emptiness would imply an untenable innocence, an un-truth for those corridors of distress. The trajectory from a childhood, which did not include ‘child-like’ moments, turned circular, rather than linear. For ‘real’ children, one hopes their journey holds moments of curiosity; found in soft grass with growth towards the light. My path was dark and thorny, marred by the twisted trunks of deprivation; survival checked thanks to a union, with avoidant attachment skills. A continued existence was afforded and extended, branching into those fragile teen years, whose audience encouraged and facilitated, self-medicating moments and near-death experiences.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad016
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Personal Care Records—An Innovative User-Led Approach to Social
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Pages: 1635 - 1639
Abstract: I come from a family that had community status. My grandparents were mayor and mayoress, and my grandfather later became the Chairman of a large Urban District Council. My mother was a model and my father worked as a personal mechanic for a Formula One Racing Team.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad017
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Privilege, Objectification and Restoration in Social Work
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Pages: 1640 - 1646
Abstract: Until the early 1970s, Australia had thriving adoption machinery, within which young unwed mothers were forced by society, nurses and social workers to relinquish their babies. Some mothers did so willingly, while many did not. I will not address the details of that system, because I did not experience it, except that I was a product of that system. My birth mother did not want to give me up, but she felt she was given no other choice, and so she signed the papers which meant that in her words, I was taken from her (a ‘bad girl’) to then be given to a ‘good girl’.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad018
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Social and Legal Justice for People Given a Mental Health Diagnosis' A
Real Possibility, or an Impossible Dream'-
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Pages: 1647 - 1656
Abstract: This article represents reflections on current social and legal issues for people given a mental diagnosis, from a lived experience perspective. The article addresses:• Major obstacles to social and legal justice for people with this lived experience.• What differences people with lived experience have been able to make.• Key challenges for the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) from a lived experience perspective.The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is used as a basis for the reflections. The article has a particular emphasis on literature written, or substantially influenced by disabled people, including people with lived experience of receiving a mental health diagnosis. The user-led group Liberation is utilised as an example of what difference people with lived experience can make to obstacles which they experience. Three challenges are made to BASW, related to utilising the Convention to ensure social and legal justice for us, confronting human rights breaches in the draft Mental Health Bill and working in partnership with user-led groups in these spheres.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad011
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Reflections: Covid isolation gives rise to latent talents
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Pages: 1657 - 1663
Abstract: Suddenly the world stopped. At least on the 20 March 2020, that is what seemed to have happened for many of us. Our comfort zone had been invaded. Covid had caught us napping, or at least in denial, relative isolation was to become the norm. I’ve used the term ‘relative’ here because the pandemic affected all of us differently. We were all changed. Some welcomed the retreat into isolation as an opportunity. Others found it oppressive, sapping of ability to cope with the consequent upsurge in loneliness and mental illness. At the age of eighty this awareness caused me to write my first poem, ‘This is it’, it’s told here:Poem: this is itIs this life,A place in time,A time in place,Is this it'Can we, should we celebrate,Yes, no, maybe, or if needed,Together, work, change,Is this it'Then all can celebrate,A good life,And rejoice,This is it.GrahamMarch 2020
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad105
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Peer or Parent: The Role of Adolescent Children of Local Authority Foster
Carers-
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Pages: 1664 - 1673
Abstract: When I was sixteen years old, my parents became local authority foster carers. There is no legal recognition of the role that older children play in the care of younger foster siblings. We are not recognised as carers and yet are often involved in providing care and supervision of younger siblings. There are recorded benefits to being a foster sibling, but there are also challenges that come with the role. Within this reflective narrative piece, I seek to trigger a discussion within the field around the role that young adults play in the fostering process. I use my own experience to raise key issues around the safeguarding of not only young people who are looked after but also those whose parents choose to foster. In doing so I aim to open debate around the responsibilities of practitioners to recognise and adequately prepare young adults for the role they will play in a fostering household.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad012
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Review Process in Social Work: Is it Working for Service Users'
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Pages: 1674 - 1681
Abstract: This reflective piece occurs from the co-production of knowledge between Mark Lynes and Clive Sealey. The primary aim is to foreground Mark’s Lynes personal experiences, and thus the personal experiences of the piece are solely that of Mark Lynes, with relevant background research undertaken by Clive Sealey to reinforce Mark’s personal experiences. Consequently, the views expressed in this piece wholly reflect those of Mark’s as reflected in the use of ‘I’ throughout.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad013
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Knocking on the Regulator’s Door … or is It an Open Door'
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Pages: 1682 - 1691
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad085
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Reflections on Peer Research: Powers, Pleasures, Pains
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Pages: 1692 - 1699
Abstract: I think a warning I would give to peers, or people who are looking to become peer researchers, if anything, is that the messaging around we want your lived experiences, it’s useful, it’ll help us in our research, it’ll give us insight, and that’s false messaging, because what people don’t let you know is that the majority of the work is navigating bureaucracy, that’s the work, not as much lived experiences. It’s like, lived experiences in small pockets that are professional and digestible, and code switched enough and whatever. [But] It’s actually navigating the bureaucracy, and that wasn’t even said in this job. It isn’t said in any of the peer research jobs I’ve done …
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad010
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Swimming with the Current But against the Tide: Reflections of an Autistic
Social Worker-
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Pages: 1700 - 1710
Abstract: Autism in social work generally focuses on working with children or adults who are users of services. This reflexive account focuses on the author’s lived experience as an Autistic social worker in the UK and why it is still important to inform the social work profession about autism. Using the creative and connective power of analogy, the author identifies the strengths Autistic social workers can offer within the trauma of the everyday as an Autistic person, locating this within the context of social work practice. The author challenges the deficit focus on autism within research and practice and offers opportunity to connect with your understanding of autism and what that may mean in terms of developing your own relational, anti-oppressive practice.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad039
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Highly Educated Immigrants in US Academia and Their Constrained Choices in
the Social Work Profession-
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Pages: 1711 - 1718
Abstract: This reflective piece is written by three highly educated immigrants from the Global South about their lived experiences as immigrants in the Global North and their limited choices in conducting social work research, practice and education in the US academic system. The authors of this piece summarised parts of their lived experiences into three main themes in this article, reflecting on the impact of restrictive migration policies on their lives, working as an immigrant, and being an immigrant and a social worker in the US academic system. Shared lived experiences and reflections of this piece are in the context of the current policies and recent events including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of anti-immigrant sentiments, anti-racist uprisings and further attention to globalisation in the USA.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad040
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- My Journey from being a Social Worker, to a service user, to an expert by
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Pages: 1719 - 1725
Abstract: This reflective piece is an autoethnographic account of transitioning from being a social worker to being an expert by experience on a social work course. I undertook an undergraduate degree in social work eight years ago and was an enthusiastic newly qualified social worker. Sadly, shortly after graduating I became very unwell, and I became disabled. I was no longer well enough to work as a social worker. I was devastated and it had a significant impact on my mental health as I went through a process which felt akin to grieving for my old life. I will reflect upon theories and models, which have helped me to understand this process and transition including theories of loss and a model of recovery. Involving people with lived experience of social work services (otherwise known as experts by experience) has been a mandatory requirement in social work education since 2003. I contacted my previous university and enquired how I could become an expert by experience. This was a pivotal moment both in acceptance of my disability and in connection with my ‘previous’ life. What struck me about becoming a service user was that it wasn’t the theories or the interventions that I came away from an appointment remembering, it was the felt experience, did I feel heard' Did I feel cared for' Did I feel empathy' Those elements were the most important, the foundation of the relationship is what made the intervention successful. So, now I promote a relationship-based approach being at the core of good social work practice. Becoming a service user deepened my understanding of what social work really should be.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad036
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Need for Practicable Normative Right-based Social Work Practice in
Secure and Forensic Mental Health Services-
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Pages: 1726 - 1734
Abstract: We (both author and reader) will explore the need to develop a practicable evaluative human rights-based approach to the care, treatment and discharge of forensic mental health patients. It can be argued that patients in secure and forensic services are potentially the most marginalised and extensively stigmatised of all patient cohorts, and that the extent to which they are discriminated against should not be underestimated. We will consider the concept of right-based practice in secure and forensic mental health settings, and how the quality of practice can be strengthened. We will ground our exploration in the lived experiences of secure and forensic mental health patients and seek through the lens of lived experience to envisage what could constitute fairer and more supportive systems of care.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad037
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Hidden Work of Self-directed Support: A Seldom Heard Reality from the
Perspective of Two Disabled Women-
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Pages: 1735 - 1741
Abstract: This article is a reflective piece from two disabled women in the UK who use self-directed support. It will encompass the practical difficulties of gaining and maintaining budgets; employing support and managing this, in addition to the resultant emotional labour/work and its impact. We feel the labour undertaken is unrecognised and undervalued in wider social work practice and by society at large. This labour is not seen as equal to other work and the impact is seldom considered when looking at our lives as a whole.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad038
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Women Listening to Women: Radical Reflections on Self-Injury Support
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Pages: 1742 - 1750
Abstract: During research into the history of self-harm, Sarah had to complete an occupational health survey for a new job. One question asked, rather intrusively, if I had ever seen a psychiatrist and, if so, what was the outcome. My first impulse was to answer: ‘the outcome was that I became a historian’. Critical history can be a powerful lens to examine our own experiences by seeing them as part of a broader picture: this is what I tried to do in my book, Psyche on the Skin (Chaney, 2017).
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad041
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Power to Change
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Pages: 1751 - 1757
Abstract: Social workers have the power to change and shape lives as well as potentially miss opportunities to move an individual, family or group onto a more positive path… … . The consequences of not having social workers in society would be detrimental to so many I believe. (Comensus collective member CC)
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad057
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Cultural Awareness and Representation Shouldn’t be an Afterthought in
Anti-human Trafficking Programme and Policy Design-
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Pages: 1758 - 1765
Abstract: As a person with lived experience of being sex trafficked, I am acutely aware of the lack of progress in preventing this violent form of abuse. I see the reality of the problem from a personal and professional lens and am invested in making real change. Faith-based groups, feminist organisations, social work practitioners, police, prosecutors and non-profits all claim expertise in the issue of child sexual exploitation, but very few include individuals with lived experience related to the issue or have lived experience themselves. Organisations that do include people with lived experience tend to hire them as front line workers with little ability to influence policy or procedures. This reflection focuses on the need for people with lived experience to inform all aspects of work to address sex trafficking because of the essential cultural knowledge that they possess.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad031
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- ‘Nothing about Us without Us’: the Voices of People with Lived
Experience in Practice Education and Post-Qualifying Social Work-
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Pages: 1766 - 1774
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad086
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Communities of Support for Care-Experienced Mothers
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Pages: 1775 - 1783
Abstract: A genuinely supportive social network is crucial to health and well-being in motherhood. Feeling supported during challenging times can help to shield the impact of adversity and distress. Mutual support networks resulting from authentic, caring connections with others can be particularly beneficial to people with histories of fractured family relationships and/or out-of-home care (OOHC). As three women with lived experience of OOHC, we describe how we have built communities of support to sustain us as we raise our families, reflect on our childhoods, and strive to provide loving environments for our children. Our narratives highlight the value of informal support during the joys and challenges of motherhood, and the need for strength-based and trauma-informed practices within health and social work. Drawing on the theory of social support, we argue that professionals should aim to support care-experienced young people to empower themselves by building autonomous and authentic social connections to promote their well-being, particularly during life transitions such as exiting care and becoming parents.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad032
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Often-unheard Perspective of a Carer Navigating Neoliberalism under
the Provisions of the 2014 Care Act-
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Pages: 1784 - 1792
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad033
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Case File Number………….'''''
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Pages: 1793 - 1800
Abstract: The Rights in Records by Design ProjectAustralian Research Council10.13039/501100000923DP170100198
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad034
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Lived Experiences as a Starting Point for Social Work
Research—Possibilities and Challenges-
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Pages: 1801 - 1808
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad035
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Effects of Bias Listening and Not Being Heard in Child Protection
Proceedings: Consequences on Life and Identity-
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Pages: 1809 - 1815
Abstract: We are two brothers. We were both removed from our family at the age of ten and three years, and placed in a residential child-care community. What we experienced at firsthand was the complete failure of the protection system.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad045
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Reflecting upon My Experiences of Being Involved in a Family Group
Conference in 2020-
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Pages: 1816 - 1823
Abstract: This reflective piece will focus on my experience of being involved in a virtual Family Group Conference (FGC) in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic. The identifying features of the family have been changed to protect their identity but the focus of the FGC, the process of the meeting and my experience of it have not been changed, nor have the benefits of the FGC for the family.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad029
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Playing the Game: Reflections on (Intentional) Institutional Capture and
Working for Mental Health Justice-
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Pages: 1824 - 1832
Abstract: I play the game a lot. I regularly translate my mental health work into language and structures that are recognisable and friendly to the ‘powers that be’. I do it to get access, leverage, legitimacy, and funding. Often it works, but I am beginning to wonder about the costs of this translation work. I regularly find the words, action and work of the user-led movement somehow co-opted, adopted, misinterpreted and otherwise used for purposes that seem to bolster rather than challenge the status quo. I think, for example, of tokenistic co-production initiatives or sanitised and professionalised peer-support roles that have popped up over recent years. These and other similar programs seem to emanate from the demands of the user-led movement, but implement them in a way that maintains power and resources in the places they have always been. They do nothing to challenge the structures that cause mental distress in the first place. It feels similar to pink-washing or green-washing, albeit in the mental health space. I talk about it with others in the movement. I’m not sure what to call it, but I don’t want to be part of it. Sometimes, in my playing the game, I worry I might be. The aim here is to think this through, experimenting with a piece of language from my academic work.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad030
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Lived Experience in Social Work: An Underutilised Expertise
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Pages: 1833 - 1840
Abstract: Recent studies examining the lived experiences of social workers suggest that a notable number experience trauma, or other lived experiences including mental ill-health or substance misuse either before or during their careers (Straussner et al., 2018). Many social workers, including myself, identify with what has been described as a ‘wounded healer’, a concept in which people who have faced challenges, especially those related to health, seek to help others experiencing similar difficulties (Jung, 1961). Jung argued that the lived experiences of ‘wounded healers’ allowed for a unique insight that could be harnessed to enhance support for others via increased empathy, and positioned lived experience as a strength (Newcomb et al., 2015).
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad028
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Dancing Stars from Chaos: The Impact of Specialist Social Worker
Involvement upon the Experiences of a Brain Injury Survivor-
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Pages: 1841 - 1848
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad027
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Introduction to Creative Artefacts
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Pages: 1849 - 1849
Abstract: Our aim for this special issue of the BJSW was to remove barriers and create spaces for people with lived and living experiences to share their perspectives, expertise and views on social work. The creative artefacts section of the special issue does just that. This section includes a wide range of engaging and thought-provoking submissions. Experiences and views shared are all the more powerful for being in the creative format that each contributor chose. In the following pages you will have the opportunity to read, hear, view and observe lived experiences and views in the forms of poetry, short films, photography, original artwork, narratives, collage, song lyrics and rap music. All lead contributors are people with lived experiences relevant to social work.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad067
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Swallowing Water It was Christmas at the orphanage And Just a Trigger Away
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Pages: 1850 - 1852
Abstract: I was in the Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, orphanage in the early sixties.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad054
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Art Empowers: Preventing Child Exploitation
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Pages: 1853 - 1854
Abstract: Art Empowers: Community views on preventing child exploitation on Vimeo
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad083
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Burnout Landscape - There is hope and Bits and pieces me Self portrait
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Pages: 1855 - 1857
Abstract: I am a service user/ survivor researcher using my own lived experience of mental health problems and using services to support others with mental health problems and now learning disabilities to be involved in shaping, doing, writing, speaking about and changing mental health and learning disabilities research in academia, the NHS and the voluntary sector.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad051
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Young, dumb and other slurs… Teenage parents want their voices
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Pages: 1858 - 1860
Abstract: I was a teenage parent. I have written this poem now as a 28-year-old mother of two children, now aged 11 and 9, meaning I fell pregnant at the age of 16. Despite having a successful career, meaningful relationships and having been fortunate enough to maintain a good social life throughout motherhood, I have too often been on the receiving end of stigma and abuse because of being an adolescent parent and other precipitating factors like poverty, gender inequality and intergenerational trauma. I hope this poem encourages the readers to reflect on their own view of adolescent mothers.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad068
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Bipolar Vapour, the World in the Haze of Bipolar Depression
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Pages: 1861 - 1862
Abstract: I’m in my late 50’s, diagnosed with bipolar 30yrs ago. Swinging from the highs to the lows is my life. The first time I was suicidal I was 9yrs old. It took a further 25 years for me to be diagnosed, following a suicide attempt. It’s been difficult to hold down a job as my life is often precarious.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad060
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Curled up
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Pages: 1863 - 1864
Abstract: I live in England. I am a musician and ex-music lecturer who also spent 8 years as a residential social worker. I have an MA in Social and Political Science from Cambridge University, and was invited to become a member of Worcester University's service user and carer group (IMPACT) in 2013 to share my experience of DV and post-separation abuse. I have experienced years of false allegations and institutionalised prejudice, and of being routinely belittled and dismissed by professionals, all of which have affected my own mental and emotional health (I am currently receiving EMDR therapy for PTSD).
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad058
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Maryam, Celia, My Fairy Angels
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Pages: 1865 - 1867
Abstract: My name is Dele Oladeji. I am a Service User based in the Borough of Tower Hamlets. I am a published Poet/Writer, and a Befriender with East London Foundation Trust (ELFT). I have lived experience of Mental Health—Schizophrenia, which I’ve lived with for more than three decades. During my journey towards recovery, I was fortunate to work with amazing Social Workers who guided and empowered me positively as I embark on my recovery journey and stability. In 2019, I completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Westminster in London. Apart from all of these, I belong to the Book Club at Tower Hamlets Recovery College, and I was also offered a unique role within ELFT as a Quality Assessor. I am part of the BAME focus group for men with Mental Health issues with the Transformation Teams.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad063
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Sensing with Schizophrenia
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Pages: 1868 - 1869
Abstract: This piece identifies the many emotions of experiencing schizophrenia and how even though I felt real human emotions they were amplified. I want to share the experience of my condition with others for two reasons. One, so that others can see what it was like and two, so that others can identify it within themselves or a loved one.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad053
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- What’s the Difference
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Pages: 1870 - 1871
Abstract: Life is unfolding, it starts here. A cared for child born out of wedlock in 1940. Unhappily fostered at 10 and registered blind at 46. Now totally blind. An 82 year old widower, living alone independently.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad119
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Bottled up feelings
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Pages: 1872 - 1873
Abstract: My name is Leon Jordan. I have a learning disability and dyspraxia. At first this was hard to deal with, but I realised it was a gift because it helps me not to be afraid and to ask for help if I need it. I use it as a guide to inspire others. That’s where the fighting spirit comes into play. I write poems. Some of them may be upsetting but mostly they are about spirituality and state of mind.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad073
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Carers Journey
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Pages: 1874 - 1875
Abstract: Julie Kendall: I am an Impact Member at the University of Worcester and have been for a number of years now. As an Impact member I share my lived experience of my journey as a carer for my mom. I wanted to share this experience with students whilst in training for caring professions in order to try and ensure that in their practice the carers voice is always heard and future carers would have a more positive journey.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad072
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Feeling Alone
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Pages: 1876 - 1877
Abstract: My name is Shannon and I am a 26 year old care leaver. I was placed into care at 18 months old due to neglect, drug abuse and unfit parenting. My nan and step grandad stood in to be my kinship foster carers and I stayed with them until I was 16 years old. When I was 16, I moved into a supported lodge until I was 18 and got my first flat. I have had first-hand experience visiting prisons, rehabs and mental health hospitals due to my parents’ backgrounds, which caused a lot of personal issues for myself. It wasn’t until I had my beautiful son that I knew I needed to do better with my life. This was when I decided to go back to college and study an access to higher education diploma and then further myself on to university to complete my social work degree. At the time of writing this poem, I am in my final year at university currently doing my final placement. I have a real passion for spreading positivity towards children in care and care leavers as I know and can appreciate how difficult it is to be listened to.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad062
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Whose Voice is It Anyway'
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Pages: 1878 - 1882
Abstract: A short story providing insight into the thoughts and feelings of a person with lived experience being detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. Exploring how Approved Mental Health Professionals interact and engage and how this is interpreted by the person with lived experience.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad075
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- One Sarah, Service User/Survivor Researcher’s Lived Experience: A Poetic
Perspective on Coming of Age 2004 - 2022-
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Pages: 1883 - 1894
Abstract: I am a service user/survivor researcher using my own lived experience of mental health problems and using services to support others with mental health problems and now learning disabilities to be involved in shaping, doing, writing, speaking about and changing mental health and learning disabilities research in academia, the NHS and the voluntary sector.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad084
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Fam
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Pages: 1895 - 1898
Abstract: Inspired by 2 films about the Black Care experience and belonging:Farming by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (2018) The Last Tree by Shola Amoo (2019)
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad070
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Healing at the Intersection of Psychosis and Poetry
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Pages: 1899 - 1907
Abstract: The most difficult thing which life has asked of me, was to bring up a child in poverty, and the reason for that poverty was mental health problems. My own childhood was blighted by poverty, neglect and abuse. I have been through about 10 admissions to mental hospitals lasting a total of three years. From 2013 to 2015 I experienced a psychotic episode necessitating three forced admissions. Since 2018, I have worked as a mental health peer worker. I am also a voluntary academic co-worker at the university of Ghent. I write and perform poetry.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad055
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Living Traces
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Pages: 1908 - 1910
Abstract: Bonney Djuric OAM is author of Abandon all Hope and 14 Years of Hell and co-author of Parragirls: reimagining Parramatta Girls Home through art and memory. As a former Ward of the State of NSW Bonney experienced both institutional and foster care as a child. Bonney established Parragirls/Parramatta Female Factory Precinct Inc. in 2006 to support former residents of the Parramatta Girls Home.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad099
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- The Sender
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Pages: 1911 - 1912
Abstract: Following the reflexive turn in anthropology, feminist’s researchers have tried to shift focus away from the ethnographic field as a specific location in external space and time, far away from one’s own home, to the researcher’s inner construction and understanding of the context being studied. Where the visual and aural were previously given precedence in ethnographic research, today many researchers emphasize the method as a fundamentally interpretative process which cannot be separated from the researchers own lived experiences of the field.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad076
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- ‘Hands touching in the river of love’
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Pages: 1913 - 1914
Abstract: My name is Richard Keagan-Bull. I am a 51 year old man with a mild learning disability. I have grown up with support from my family and different organisations over the years. I am supported by the L’Arche Community in London. My life has been full, with lots of interesting things. There have been hard bits, low bits and good bits. I am a Research Assistant at Kingston University with Irene Tuffrey-Wijne’s team. I was included on The Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 List 2021. My life story was published last year. I am excited about this! It's called “Don't Put Us Away”.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad074
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- H.O.P.E—Hold on, pain ends
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Pages: 1915 - 1915
Abstract: I, Maya Hultman am a 19—year old photographer and playwriter. I have my own experience of mental health issues as well as a physical disability and personal assistance. As a user of mental health care, I can clearly see how the care system only sees one type of disability at a time, they are for example not equipped to help a person with a physical disability combined with the need for in-patient care, regardless of if being somatic or psychiatric care. You must be loud, strong, and persistent to get the help that you need and are entitled to.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad095
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Living the madness
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Pages: 1916 - 1918
Abstract: Simona Karbouniaris (1980) has been working for the Research Centre for Social Innovation of Utrecht University of applied sciences in The Netherlands since 2006. Simona is a Social Worker and obtained a master's degree as social scientist and is currently conducting doctoral research at the Leiden University Medical Center concerning the professional use of lived experiences of traditional mental health care workers. She searches for ways to integrate her lived experiences with trauma & dissociation and the journey through Mental Health in her work.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad052
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Voices for Change
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Pages: 1919 - 1920
Abstract: University of Bath’s Public Engagement Unit and Bath & North East Somerset Council
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad082
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Lighting Candles
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Pages: 1921 - 1924
Abstract: I am a survivor of adoption, childhood sexual abuse, sexual exploitation as a teenager, and clergy rape and spiritual abuse as a young adult. I’m leader of Survivors Voices, a survivor-led organisation that turns the pain of abuse into power to transform our responses to trauma. I’ve experienced social work as an adoptee, a single mum, a foster carer, a social worker, a reporter of abuse and a survivor-researcher, educator and activist. I believe lived experience leadership is essential to transforming social work to be trauma-responsive and promote justice; my poem explores why that is, drawing on my lived experience.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad069
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Painting by Alex for the World
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Pages: 1925 - 1926
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad059
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- If Only
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Pages: 1927 - 1928
Abstract: Child abuse survivor and disability activist
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad061
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Book Reviews—Introduction
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Pages: 1929 - 1929
Abstract: In the spirit of this special issue, all of the book reviews are written by people with lived experience across the many fields of social work. A majority of books in the social work world are written by academics, with a lesser number written by practitioners, and very few co-produced or from the direct voices of lived experience. Social work knowledge is all the richer for considering policies and practices as received and experienced at the sharp end. The following book reviews complement the insights and learning from the academic articles, reflective papers and creative artefacts presented in this special issue.
PubDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad126
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Call the Social, Julia Ross
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Pages: 1934 - 1935
Abstract: Call the Social, RossJulia, London, Best Books and Film, 2022, pp. 224, ISBN 9780907633235, £11.99 (p/b)
PubDate: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad005
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Don’t Put Us Away: Memories of a Man with Learning Disabilities,
Richard Keagan-Bull-
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Pages: 1936 - 1937
Abstract: Don’t Put Us Away: Memories of a Man with Learning Disabilities, Keagan-BullRichard, St Albans: Critical Publishing, 2022, pp. 184, ISBN 9781915080417, £18.99 (p/b)
PubDate: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad006
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- Correction to: An Autoethnographic Perspective of Life Story Work
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Pages: 1938 - 1939
Abstract: This is a correction to: Deyanna Ricketts, An Autoethnographic Perspective of Life Story Work, The British Journal of Social Work, 2023; bcad001, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad001
PubDate: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcad098
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2023)
- ‘The Great Oblivion’—An Autoethnographic Depiction of Social and
Personal Recovery After Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT)-
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Pages: 1285 - 1302
Abstract: This article aims to shed light on cognitive disabilities after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) from an expert-by-experience perspective. It illuminates the living conditions that may follow, with a particular focus on epistemic injustice, societal attitudes, narration and recovery. Since personal narratives about ECT are scant, an autoethnographic method was used through which I weave together my own experiences of ECT and the need for support from, for example, social services, with research in various nearby areas. These experiences were then placed in a wider psycho-social context. Three themes emerged when analysing own experiences of ECT, revealing both risks and important aspects of managing side effects such as cognitive disabilities: (i) At the social services office; (ii) Alienation in society; and (iii) Excerpt from a friendly conversation. Subjective experiences may broaden the understanding of a certain phenomenon which calls for greater (societal) knowledge regarding cognitive disabilities after ECT. It also emphasises the importance of different professionals, including social workers and psychiatric staff, working to promote recovery, legitimise users’ narratives and not seeing disabilities as given obstacles in everyday life.
PubDate: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac220
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- Service users’ experiences of social and psychological avoidable harm in
mental health social care in England: Findings of a scoping review-
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Pages: 1303 - 1324
Abstract: Avoidable harm—that is, harm to service users caused by unsafe or improper interventions, practices or services and which could have been mitigated or prevented—is embedded in social care legislation and inspections. However, the concept of avoidable harm has largely been defined by policymakers, academics, practitioners, regulators and services, with little known about service users’ experiences of avoidable harm in practice. This survivor-controlled review maps and synthesises peer-reviewed literature on service users experience of social and psychological avoidable harm in mental health social care (MHSC) in England. The review was guided by an Advisory Group of practitioners and service users. Six databases were systematically searched between January 2008 and June 2020 to identify relevant literature. Following de-duplication, 3,529 records were screened using inclusion and exclusion criteria. This led to full-text screening of eighty-four records and a final corpus of twenty-two papers. Following data extraction, thematic analysis was used to synthesise data. Six key themes were identified relating to relationships and communication, information, involvement and decision-making, poor support, fragmented systems and power-over and discriminatory cultures. Impacts on MHSC service users included stress, distress, disempowerment and deterioration in mental health. We discuss our findings and indicate future research priorities.
PubDate: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac209
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- Lived Experiences of Special Schools in England: Key Considerations for
Social Work Practice-
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Pages: 1341 - 1351
Abstract: This article presents the lived experiences of attending special education schools in England from the perspectives of three individuals over different times and for different reasons. The focus on the lived experiences is to detail the real-life impact that attending special schools can have on individuals. The accounts highlight that whilst all the individuals had positive experiences from attending special schools, a recurring negative theme from all three individuals is that of a pervading sense of low expectations. The accounts detail the long-term impact of this recurring negative theme for the individuals, and key considerations for social work in the context of the increased use of special schools through the practice of Education Health and Care plans.
PubDate: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac230
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- Developing the ‘Caring Being’ in Social Work: Reflections on
my Grandmother’s Life-
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Pages: 1368 - 1384
Abstract: The article is a personal story about my grandmother and how she experienced care in her old age. By sharing my grandmother’s life story about caring and reflecting on it, I inductively develop a thesis on caring and argue that caring is an asymmetrical phenomenon, and we can do better. The discussion includes the role of caring in social work practice and how to inculcate a focus on caring among workers so that they may contribute to creating caring communities. First, it exposes the complex phenomenon of dispossession at both personal and political levels and its implications for caring for elderly people. Secondly, it suggests the need for basic technology transfer. Thirdly, it points out the significance of emotional and material care and commitment to caring and challenges to sustaining it, and the need for innovations to enhance human caring. Fourthly, it emphasises the best interests of elderly people when choosing the place and space for caring arrangements. Finally, to creating caring communities, it suggests implications for integrating reason and emotion, and altering the professional values-base and policies. Social workers and similar professionals can contribute to caring communities to meet the challenging needs of growing ageing populations in the world.
PubDate: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac210
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- ‘Is Gold Dust to My Mind’: Exploring Lived Experience in
Social Work Education-
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Pages: 1385 - 1407
Abstract: The involvement of people with lived experience (service participants) is mandatory within UK social work education, although the form this takes varies significantly between organisations. This article outlines the final phase of a two-year research project focused on understanding the mechanisms which support and develop the meaningful and sustainable involvement of people with lived experience in social work education within a Higher Education Institution and a Local Authority Teaching Partnership in the East of England. The research team worked collaboratively using co-production principles and possessed lived experience backgrounds. This article presents findings from a qualitative study using interviews and questionnaires that aimed to deepen understanding of the concept and practice of embedding lived experience in social work education. Thematic analysis identified a dedicated role with the motivation and drive to achieve sustained inclusion in creative ways was the underpinning of meaningful and sustainable lived experience involvement. This was alongside opportunities to shape diverse and relational learning experiences, values reflecting compassionate and respectful relationships, and power sharing, accompanied by practical resources, can create a culture change. Together, these principles, practices and values have been instrumental in creating meaningful and sustainable lived experience involvement within social work education.
PubDate: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac218
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- Mental Health Family Carer Experiences during COVID-19: A Rapid Scoping
Review of the International Literature-
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Pages: 1483 - 1505
Abstract: Internationally, people experiencing mental health challenges and psychosocial distress faced service disruptions, increased uncertainties and isolation, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health family carers in turn experienced high levels of demand to fill gaps in service responses within a context of fear and uncertainty. A scoping narrative review methodology was undertaken to account for the varying methodologies of studies and the recency of the COVID-19 pandemic. Six databases were searched: Proquest, Ovid, Psych Info, CINAHL, Scopus, WHO COVID-19 database in January 2022. A total of 147 articles were identified, with 19 included in the final review. Findings revealed few studies focused on the experiences of mental health family carers during the pandemic. Studies that elevated mental health family voices identified they were more likely to provide emotional support than other carers, and less likely to receive government income support. Higher distress was present in family carers who lived with people with low independence, supported more than one person and provided higher levels of care. Family carers experienced concerns about—family members becoming infected during hospitalisations, accessing services, inappropriate and early discharges, care provision if family carers became unwell and the need for targeted responses and quality for online services.
PubDate: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac242
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- Pumps and poetry
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Pages: 1506 - 1524
Abstract: This article explores a lifetime involved in the child protection system from a unique autoethnographic perspective. Providing a descriptive account of the negative language, stereotypes and expectations, I have both experienced and witnessed in Victoria, Australia, I examine how the nexus between records, recordkeeping practices, the legal system, rights and Care experienced people perpetuates discrimination, and disadvantage and denies Care experienced people their rights. As research has grown, so has the recognition of the importance of recordkeeping to Care experienced people. This has been followed by demands that records be inclusive of the child, providing greater agency and autonomy. Academic and some Care experienced people are now seeking a Charter of Lifelong Rights in Childhood Recordkeeping in Out-of-Home Care. However, I recommend that there is a fundamental need to examine and understand the nexus between records, recordkeeping practices, the legal system, rights and Care experienced people. All the reforms, policies and legislative changes to date, have made little difference to the reality of Care experienced people. This nexus which I refer to as the inextricable conflict must be understood and addressed in ongoing research to avoid further ineffective reforms, policy and legislative amendments to ensure rights are enjoyed by all.
PubDate: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac227
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- The Connected Lives We Live: Autoethnographic Accounts of Disability,
Mental Illness and Power-
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Pages: 1525 - 1543
Abstract: In this article, we use a collaborative approach to autoethnography to explore experiences of power in relation to our identities as people with disabilities and/or mental illnesses. We draw on elements of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems framework to consider how we enact our own power or struggle against systemic power in making meaning of our lives. As a team of lived experience researchers we wrote, shared and thematically analysed a series of narratives about our personal (microsystem) and institutional (macrosystem) relationships. Through this research process we were able to identify common experiences of being resilient in the face of institutions that dehumanised and problematised us and tried to render us voiceless—exerting ‘power over’. In contrast, reflections on our personal relationships highlighted experiences of reciprocity, respect and autonomy that energised our efforts towards meaningful and powerful identities—‘power with’. We conclude that by generating strength through our own advocacy, perseverance and caring relationships, we engage dynamics (mesosystem) of empowerment and identity to resist oppressive power at structural levels. This exemplifies the importance of person-centred social work premised on self-determination, autonomy and dignity, and socially just social work that advocates for equitability and fights structural discrimination.
PubDate: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac211
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- Managing PTSD For Health and Social Care Professionals: Help for the
Helpers, Jan Smith-
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Pages: 1930 - 1931
Abstract: Managing PTSD For Health and Social Care Professionals: Help for the Helpers, SmithJan, London, Sheldon Press, 2022, pp. 176, ISBN: 9781529371055 (p/b), £12.99
PubDate: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac233
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- Protecting Children: A Social Model, Brid Featherstone, Anna Gupta, Kate
Morris, and Sue White-
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Pages: 1931 - 1932
Abstract: Protecting Children: A Social Model, FeatherstoneBrid, GuptaAnna, MorrisKate, and WhiteSue, Bristol, Policy Press, 2018, iv + 192 pp., ISBN 978-1-4473-3275-6, £23.99 (p/b)
PubDate: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac217
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
- A Child in the Middle, Catherine Chanter
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Pages: 1933 - 1934
Abstract: A Child in the Middle, ChanterCatherine, London, Linen Press, 2022, pp. 356, ISBN: 978-191-962-4884 (p/b), £8.99
PubDate: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcac188
Issue No: Vol. 53, No. 3 (2022)
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