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Voices from the Field: Welfare Policy and Well-being of Child Protection Social Workers in UK

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  • Jamal, Mayeda

    (Dept. of Business Administration, Stockholm School of Economics)

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This paper examines two approaches to Child Protection Policy and Practise in UK. Governmental policy is examined first, followed by an overview of alternative approach suggested by its critics. Efficacy of policy reforms is examined from the perspective of the front liners, i.e., the child protection social workers who are the main agents responsible for translating policy into practise. The “reality” of the social workers is mapped through empirical analysis and used as a measure to indicate which ideology, one currently adopted by the State or the one being advocated by its critics, is better suited to improving well-being of workers as well as recipients of welfare. The importance of taking their contextual reality into account when formulating policy is highlighted as crucial to determining the fate of the policy as well quality of life of social workers. The findings are strongly in favour of the critics and highlight severe shortcomings in current State ideology of child and family welfare.

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  • Jamal, Mayeda, 2008. "Voices from the Field: Welfare Policy and Well-being of Child Protection Social Workers in UK," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Business Administration 2009:2, Stockholm School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhb:hastba:2009_002
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    Social Policy; Child Welfare; New Public Management; Child Protection Social Workers;
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