Dillon, J., Evan, F. and Wroe, L.E. (2021) COVID-19: changing fields of social work practice with children and young people. Critical and Radical Social Work, 9 (2). pp. 289-296. ISSN 2049-8608
Abstract
Drawing on the theoretical work of Wacquant, Bourdieu and Foucault, we interrogate how the COVID-19 pandemic has weaponised child and family social work practices through reinvigorated mechanisms of discipline and surveillance. We explore how social workers are caught in the struggle between enforcement and relational welfare support. We consider how the illusio of social work obscures power dynamics impacting children, young people and families caught in child welfare systems, disproportionately affecting classed and racialised individuals.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Policy Press. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Critical and Radical Social Work. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | COVID-19; social work; children and families; surveillance; social field |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2021 10:48 |
Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2022 11:37 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Policy Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1332/204986021x16109919842882 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:171116 |