Mothers' and social workers' perspectives on social work interventions in domestic abuse cases

这项研究将通过观察母亲的经历和社会工作者的观点来研究社会工作在涉及家庭虐待的案件中参与家庭的性质。法定儿童服务通常主要侧重于母亲，包括在母亲遭受虐待的家庭虐待案件中。负面影响，特别是对妇女，是众所周知的研究。然而，需要采取更细致入微的方法，以考虑到此类案件中社会工作实践的复杂性;更广泛的紧缩背景;以及将家庭暴力与个人背景和经历（包括贫困和出身）联系起来的新理解。交叉性是一种理解多重压迫和身份之间相互联系的方式。性别、传统、性、收入和人们社会背景和身份的所有其他方面相互交织，塑造了他们的经历，从而塑造了他们的需求。这些经历需要在更广泛的权力和支配系统的分析中加以理解。研究将集中在两个问题上：我们如何理解在涉及家庭虐待的案件中母亲对儿童服务的经历的差异？社会工作者对他们与存在家庭虐待的家庭的工作有什么看法？将采用叙述法对母亲和社会工作者进行定性访谈。半结构化的访谈将被用于社会工作者，以促进对某些主题的关注。这一方法将使参与者的声音和经验得到倾听。建构主义扎根理论将被用来分析数据，并真正理解更广泛的社会结构中所有参与者的现实。研究将在两个地点进行：一个市中心的地方当局和一个农村贫困地区，提供广泛的参与者。一项范围研究将在mres年进行，主要研究将在三年的博士期间进行，这项研究的目的是发展一个更好的知情的理论理解妇女的经验和社会工作干预的看法。另一个目标是改善与母亲、儿童和家庭有关的社会工作实践，并促进制定与家庭有关的更敏感的政策和理论框架。了解和解决家庭的需要社会工作者了解他们正在工作的家庭的经验和背景。这也需要纳入社会工作政策，因为社会工作者在其中运作的政策框架可以限制或促进与家庭开展的工作。越来越多的证据表明，社会经济因素与家庭虐待、虐待和忽视儿童之间存在联系，这表明必须采用交叉透镜。

This research will examine the nature of social work involvement with families in casesinvolving domestic abuse by looking at mothers' experiences and social workers'perspectives. Statutory children's services frequently focus primarily on the mother,including in domestic abuse cases where the mother has experienced the abuse. Thenegative consequences, particularly for the women, are well known from research. However,a more nuanced approach is needed to take into account the complexities of social workpractice in such cases; the wider context of austerity; and newer understandings linkingdomestic violence with aspects of a person's context and experiences (including poverty andethnicity). An intersectional feminist approach will be used to enable all these issues to befully explored.Intersectionality is a way of understanding the interconnectedness of multiple oppressionsand identities. Gender, heritage, sexuality, income and all other aspects of people's socialcontext and identity intersect to shape their experiences and therefore their needs. Theseexperiences need to be understood within a broader analysis of systems of power anddomination.The research will focus on two questions: How do we understand the differences in mothers'experiences of children's services in cases involving domestic abuse? What are the socialworkers' perspectives on their work with families where there is domestic abuse?Qualitative interviews with mothers and social workers will be carried out using a narrativeapproach. Semi-structured interviews will be used with social workers to facilitate thefocusing on certain topics. The approach will allow the voices and experiences of participantsto be heard. Constructivist grounded theory will be used to analyse the data and reallyunderstand the realities of all participants within wider social structures.The study will be carried out in two locations: an inner city local authority and an area withrural poverty, providing a broad range of participants. A scoping study will be carried out in theMRes year, and the main study will be carried out over the three year PhD period.The aim of this research is to develop a better informed theoretical understanding of women's experiences and perceptions of social work intervention. A further aim is to improve social work practice with mothers, children and families, and contribute to the development of more sensitive policy and theoretical frameworks for working with families. Understanding and addressing the needs of families requires social workers to understand the experiences and contexts of the families they are working with. This then also needs to feed into social work policy as the policy framework social workers operate within can limit, or enable, work carried out with families. The importance of using an intersectional lens is demonstrated by growing evidence linking socioeconomic factors and domestic abuse, child abuse and neglect.