Constructing the 'child at risk' in social work reports: a way of seeing is a way of not seeing
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- Griet Roets (UGent) , Kris Rutten (UGent) , Rudi Roose (UGent) , Caroline Vandekinderen (UGent) and Ronald Soetaert (UGent)
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- Abstract
- In the context of the changing relationship between children, parents and the welfare state, professionals have to deal with notions of the “child at risk”. In child welfare and protection, the issue of normative judgement in (risk) assessment and documentation is an essential area for exploration for social workers. We examine the practice of report writing in which future professionals exercise power while assessing, documenting, and judging the child as “at risk”. We report on a study about a fictional social work case conducted with 152 students in Belgium, in which we developed a rhetorical analysis of the “terministic screens” used in writing reports.
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- child protection, child at risk, report writing, rhetorical perspective, risk assessment and documentation, EDUCATION, PROTECTION, EXPERIENCE, SERVICES, HISTORY
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5802077
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- Roets, Griet, et al. “Constructing the ‘child at Risk’ in Social Work Reports: A Way of Seeing Is a Way of Not Seeing.” CHILDREN & SOCIETY, vol. 29, no. 3, 2015, pp. 198–208, doi:10.1111/chso.12115.
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- Roets, G., Rutten, K., Roose, R., Vandekinderen, C., & Soetaert, R. (2015). Constructing the “child at risk” in social work reports: a way of seeing is a way of not seeing. CHILDREN & SOCIETY, 29(3), 198–208. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12115
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- Roets, Griet, Kris Rutten, Rudi Roose, Caroline Vandekinderen, and Ronald Soetaert. 2015. “Constructing the ‘child at Risk’ in Social Work Reports: A Way of Seeing Is a Way of Not Seeing.” CHILDREN & SOCIETY 29 (3): 198–208. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12115.
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- Roets, Griet, Kris Rutten, Rudi Roose, Caroline Vandekinderen, and Ronald Soetaert. 2015. “Constructing the ‘child at Risk’ in Social Work Reports: A Way of Seeing Is a Way of Not Seeing.” CHILDREN & SOCIETY 29 (3): 198–208. doi:10.1111/chso.12115.
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- 1.Roets G, Rutten K, Roose R, Vandekinderen C, Soetaert R. Constructing the “child at risk” in social work reports: a way of seeing is a way of not seeing. CHILDREN & SOCIETY. 2015;29(3):198–208.
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- [1]G. Roets, K. Rutten, R. Roose, C. Vandekinderen, and R. Soetaert, “Constructing the ‘child at risk’ in social work reports: a way of seeing is a way of not seeing,” CHILDREN & SOCIETY, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 198–208, 2015.
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