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Abstract Ever since Western forms of social work were first imported to Africa, a serious debate has been raging on whether they fit the African context Most of this debate has concentrated, however, on the techniques of Western social work as opposed to the ends to which they are put, which, being underpinned by Western values, are essentially alien to African culture. Applying Western social work in Africa can be viewed, therefore, as continuing the work of the missionaries who sought to remake Africans in their own image. Following a summary of the arguments why Africa might require a form of social work of its own, this article explores the chances of such indigenization and concludes that it might be nigh impossible unless research involving reflective learning by African social workers with their clients is placed at the centre of social work practice. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes 1Kausikan, B. (1993), ‘Asia's differrent standard’, Foreign Policy, 92, p. 33. © 1999 British Association of Social Workers
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Ever since Western forms of social work were first imported to Africa, a serious debate has been raging on whether they fit the African context Most of this debate has concentrated, however, on the techniques of Western social work as opposed to the ends to which they are put, which, being underpinned by Western values, are essentially alien to African culture. Applying Western social work in Africa can be viewed, therefore, as continuing the work of the missionaries who sought to remake Africans in their own image. Following a summary of the arguments why Africa might require a form of social work of its own, this article explores the chances of such indigenization and concludes that it might be nigh impossible unless research involving reflective learning by African social workers with their clients is placed at the centre of social work practice.
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Ever since Western forms of social work were first imported to Africa, a serious debate has been raging on whether they fit the African context Most of this debate has concentrated, however, on the techniques of Western social work as opposed to the ends to which they are put, which, being underpinned by Western values, are essentially alien to African culture. Applying Western social work in Africa can be viewed, therefore, as continuing the work of the missionaries who sought to remake Africans in their own image. Following a summary of the arguments why Africa might require a form of social work of its own, this article explores the chances of such indigenization and concludes that it might be nigh impossible unless research involving reflective learning by African social workers with their clients is placed at the centre of social work practice. © 1999 British Association of Social Workers « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Br J Soc Work (1999) 29 (1): 5-26. » Abstract Free Full Text (PDF) Free Classifications Article Services Article metrics Alert me when cited Alert me if corrected Find similar articles Similar articles in Web of Science Add to my archive Download citation Request Permissions Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via CrossRef Citing articles via Scopus Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by BAR-ON, A. Search for related content Related Content Load related web page information Share Email this article CiteULike Delicious Facebook Google+ Mendeley Twitter What's this? Search this journal: Advanced » Current Issue October 2015 45 (7) Alert me to new issues Published on behalf of BASW – The British Association of Social Workers The Journal About this journal Publishers' Books for Review Rights & Permissions Dispatch date of the next issue We are mobile – find out more This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Journals Career Network Impact factor: 1.335 5-Yr impact factor: 1.802 Editors Professor Margaret Holloway Professor Malcolm Golightley View full editorial board For Authors Instructions to authors Guidelines for authors and reviewers Code of Practice Online submission instructions Submit a manuscript Self-Archiving Policy Alerting Services Email table of contents Email Advance Access CiteTrack XML RSS feed Corporate Services Advertising sales Reprints Supplements Widget Get a Widget
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This paper explores aspects of the Looking After Children: Good Parenting: Good Outcomes system (LAC) (Parker et at., 1991). It is suggested that the scheme, to be used with children and young people who are ‘looked after’ by local authorities, needs to be subjected to greater critical scrutiny. The paper seeks, therefore, to situate the LAC system in a social and political context and highlights how it also relates to the dominant operational modalities of social work intervention in the late 1990s. In addition, the paper explores how ‘troublesome’ children and ideas centred on ‘parenting’ feature in the LAC discourse. The discussion concludes with an examination of Action and Assessment Records (Ward, 1995b), the centrepiece of the LAC system.
doi: bjsw;29/1/27pmid: N/A
This paper explores aspects of the Looking After Children: Good Parenting: Good Outcomes system (LAC) (Parker et at ., 1991). It is suggested that the scheme, to be used with children and young people who are ‘looked after’ by local authorities, needs to be subjected to greater critical scrutiny. The paper seeks, therefore, to situate the LAC system in a social and political context and highlights how it also relates to the dominant operational modalities of social work intervention in the late 1990s. In addition, the paper explores how ‘troublesome’ children and ideas centred on ‘parenting’ feature in the LAC discourse. The discussion concludes with an examination of Action and Assessment Records (Ward, 1995 b ), the centrepiece of the LAC system. © 1999 British Association of Social Workers « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Br J Soc Work (1999) 29 (1): 27-47. » Abstract Free Full Text (PDF) Free Classifications Article Services Article metrics Alert me when cited Alert me if corrected Find similar articles Similar articles in Web of Science Add to my archive Download citation Request Permissions Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via CrossRef Citing articles via Scopus Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by GARRETT, P. M. Search for related content Related Content Load related web page information Share Email this article CiteULike Delicious Facebook Google+ Mendeley Twitter What's this? Search this journal: Advanced » Current Issue October 2015 45 (7) Alert me to new issues Published on behalf of BASW – The British Association of Social Workers The Journal About this journal Publishers' Books for Review Rights & Permissions Dispatch date of the next issue We are mobile – find out more This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Journals Career Network Impact factor: 1.335 5-Yr impact factor: 1.802 Editors Professor Margaret Holloway Professor Malcolm Golightley View full editorial board For Authors Instructions to authors Guidelines for authors and reviewers Code of Practice Online submission instructions Submit a manuscript Self-Archiving Policy Alerting Services Email table of contents Email Advance Access CiteTrack XML RSS feed Corporate Services Advertising sales Reprints Supplements Widget Get a Widget
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011438pmid: N/A
Abstract This paper explores aspects of the Looking After Children: Good Parenting: Good Outcomes system (LAC) (Parker et at., 1991). It is suggested that the scheme, to be used with children and young people who are ‘looked after’ by local authorities, needs to be subjected to greater critical scrutiny. The paper seeks, therefore, to situate the LAC system in a social and political context and highlights how it also relates to the dominant operational modalities of social work intervention in the late 1990s. In addition, the paper explores how ‘troublesome’ children and ideas centred on ‘parenting’ feature in the LAC discourse. The discussion concludes with an examination of Action and Assessment Records (Ward, 1995b), the centrepiece of the LAC system. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1999 British Association of Social Workers
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The central purpose of this research was to find the extent and circumstances of the influence which a criminal record has upon appointment as a social worker with substantial, unsupervised access to children. One would suppose that applicants with a conviction for indecently assaulting a child would never be appointed, but that those with other kinds of record would be appointed to the extent to which prior offences were relatively trivial, distant in time and involved property rather than people. The reality was much less clear-cut. The study may be seen as a way of depicting the pattern and process of current practice. It has clear implications for the refinement of guidance to achieve nationally desired ends of child protection.This article will draw upon data gathered for a Ph.D., incorporating interviews with every social services department (SSD) in England and Wales. The study has yielded interesting findings relating to (inconsistency in decision making across SSDs. The findings from the first 64 interviews have been used for the article. Preliminary analysis suggests that the remaining interviews show similar patterns. The focus will be on possibly the most significant finding of the research: that six SSDs in a decision-making process relating to a number of fictitious candidates, revealed that they would have agreed to employ one of the candidates as a children and family social worker, despite knowledge of that candidate's conviction for indecently assaulting a child.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011439pmid: N/A
Abstract The central purpose of this research was to find the extent and circumstances of the influence which a criminal record has upon appointment as a social worker with substantial, unsupervised access to children. One would suppose that applicants with a conviction for indecently assaulting a child would never be appointed, but that those with other kinds of record would be appointed to the extent to which prior offences were relatively trivial, distant in time and involved property rather than people. The reality was much less clear-cut. The study may be seen as a way of depicting the pattern and process of current practice. It has clear implications for the refinement of guidance to achieve nationally desired ends of child protection. This article will draw upon data gathered for a Ph.D., incorporating interviews with every social services department (SSD) in England and Wales. The study has yielded interesting findings relating to (inconsistency in decision making across SSDs. The findings from the first 64 interviews have been used for the article. Preliminary analysis suggests that the remaining interviews show similar patterns. The focus will be on possibly the most significant finding of the research: that six SSDs in a decision-making process relating to a number of fictitious candidates, revealed that they would have agreed to employ one of the candidates as a children and family social worker, despite knowledge of that candidate's conviction for indecently assaulting a child. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1999 British Association of Social Workers
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