How Children Become Invisible in Child Protection Work: Findings from Research into Day-to-Day Social Work Practice
How Children Become Invisible in Child Protection Work: Findings from Research into Day-to-Day Social Work Practice
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DOI：
10.1093/bjsw/bcw065
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Ferguson, Harry
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作者：
Ferguson, Harry
众所周知，在受虐儿童死亡的案例中，社会工作者和其他专业人士并没有有效地与他们联系起来——这种现象现在被称为“隐形儿童”。不太清楚的是，在没有重大调查或丑闻的情况下，这种隐形现象发生的频率和原因，本文借鉴了观察社会工作者、儿童和家庭之间日常接触的研究。在大多数情况下，社会工作者都看到儿童并与他们有联系，但在少数家访中，社会工作者并不以儿童为中心。本文对这些案例进行了详细的分析，并展示了社会工作者如何克服工作的情感强度以及与愤怒，抗拒的父母和家庭朋友的复杂互动。员工还受到组织文化、工作时间限制以及缺乏支持来控制自己的情绪和清晰思考的影响。难以忍受的复杂性和焦虑对社会工作者的巨大影响需要得到更多的认识。社会学、心理动力学和系统理论被用来确定如何帮助工作者清楚地思考孩子，并以亲密的方式与他们建立联系，以确保他们的安全。
It is well known that in cases in which abused children have died, social workers and other professionals did not relate to them effectively-the phenomenon now known as the 'invisible child'. Much less well understood is how often and why such invisibility occurs where there has not been a major inquiry or scandal and this paper draws on research which observed day-to-day encounters between social workers, children and families. In most of the practice, children were seen and related to but, in a small number of home visits, social workers were not child-focused. The paper provides a detailed analysis of those cases and shows how social workers were overcome by the emotional intensity of the work and complex interactions with angry, resistant parents and family friends. Workers were also affected by organisational culture, time limits on their work and insufficient support to enable them to contain their feelings and think clearly. The powerful impact of unbearable levels of complexity and anxiety on social workers requires much greater recognition. Sociological, psycho-dynamic and systemic theories are drawn upon to establish how workers need to be helped to think clearly about children and relate to them in the close, intimate ways that are required to keep them safe.