Ian Hyslop
Biographic Data
| ID | 3563125 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Hyslop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Hyslop |
| SIGNATURE | HYSLOP I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Recognising child protection social workers’ shifting professional identity after becoming a parent
The article discusses the findings of a small qualitative study of how experienced social workers in child protection roles navigated changes in their professional practice when they returned to work after the birth of their first child. Insider positionality grounded the study in the “messy realities” of transition to parenthood, and facilitated candid discussion of the unexpected impact of parenthood on professional practice. Participants refle…
Drawing out the relationship
This research investigates the use of art-informed methods in social work research to explore collaboration between child protection social workers and other multidisciplinary professionals in New Zealand. The study focuses on these professionals’ perceptions and experiences of multidisciplinary collaboration within a hospital setting. “Drawing and Talking” is employed as an art-based research method, with data comprising 26 drawings created by i…
Networked Decisions
Families are significantly affected by decisions made in the child protection context, yet decision outcomes differ even when cases are similar. Understanding the concepts, practices and processes of differentiation that push some cases over the threshold of key decision points, but not other similar cases, is crucial. Drawing on interviews and focus groups with child protection social workers from three site offices in Aotearoa New Zealand (inte…
Ethnic inequalities in child welfare
Indigenous children have a long history of overrepresentation in child protection systems. This exploratory, mixed methods study examined practitioner perceptions of risk in response to client ethnic group ( n = 67). A staged online survey elicited responses to a blinded vignette. Half the sample received the vignette as a Pākehā (White) family and the other half as Māori (Indigenous). Apart from this, family descriptions were identical. Responde…
Role type, risk perceptions and judgements in child welfare
Outing the Elephants
This article sets out to trouble the psychologised and pathologising approach that has come to dominate child protection practice in Aotearoa-New Zealand and comparable societies. Within a neoliberal ideological frame, Governments deny the need to adjust markets, except in ways that remove protections from workers or specific vulnerable groups. In this context, social work is concerned with adjusting people to the discipline of the market. Within…
Child Protection in New Zealand
To contextualise the current reform process, this article broadly explores the development of child protection social work in New Zealand over the last thirty years. Reference is made to parallel developments in England. Critique of the role of neo-liberalism, scientific rationality and managerialism is developed. Specific attention is given to a racialised discourse in the New Zealand setting, in relation to the protection of indigenous Māori ch…
Social work in the teeth of a gale
This article discusses the findings of a qualitative research project in Auckland, New Zealand, which examined the proposition that a particular form of knowledge is produced in the practice of social work. Evidence consistent with Philp’s conceptualisation of a specific knowledge form for social work emerges from analysis of the data. It is apparent that the everyday practice of social work continues to engage with the lived experience of margin…
Neoliberalism and social work identity
This article considers the relationship between the identity of social work and the neoliberal political project. Reference is made to a small but carefully structured quantitative research study in Auckland, New Zealand which examined the knowledge applied and produced in the practice of social work. This study found evidence consistent with Philp’s [(1979). Notes on the form of knowledge in social work. Sociological Review, 27(1), 83–111] theor…
The Promise and the Practice
New Zealand child protection social work is discussed in reference to the New Zealand Children, Young Persons and Their Families' Act, 1989. Interests which formed the legislation are explored. Legislative intent is contrasted with effects of administration in a climate of shrinking resources. This paper suggests that reduction of social work to discrete technical units has contributed to political neutralization of practice. The connection betwe…
Neoliberalism and social work identity
This article considers the relationship between the identity of social work and the neoliberal political project. Reference is made to a small but carefully structured quantitative research study in Auckland, New Zealand which examined the knowledge applied and produced in the practice of social work. This study found evidence consistent with Philp’s [(1979). Notes on the form of knowledge in social work. Sociological Review, 27(1), 83–111] theor…
Outing the Elephants
This article sets out to trouble the psychologised and pathologising approach that has come to dominate child protection practice in Aotearoa-New Zealand and comparable societies. Within a neoliberal ideological frame, Governments deny the need to adjust markets, except in ways that remove protections from workers or specific vulnerable groups. In this context, social work is concerned with adjusting people to the discipline of the market. Within…
Ethnic inequalities in child welfare
Indigenous children have a long history of overrepresentation in child protection systems. This exploratory, mixed methods study examined practitioner perceptions of risk in response to client ethnic group ( n = 67). A staged online survey elicited responses to a blinded vignette. Half the sample received the vignette as a Pākehā (White) family and the other half as Māori (Indigenous). Apart from this, family descriptions were identical. Responde…
Child Protection in New Zealand
To contextualise the current reform process, this article broadly explores the development of child protection social work in New Zealand over the last thirty years. Reference is made to parallel developments in England. Critique of the role of neo-liberalism, scientific rationality and managerialism is developed. Specific attention is given to a racialised discourse in the New Zealand setting, in relation to the protection of indigenous Māori ch…
Role type, risk perceptions and judgements in child welfare
Networked Decisions
Families are significantly affected by decisions made in the child protection context, yet decision outcomes differ even when cases are similar. Understanding the concepts, practices and processes of differentiation that push some cases over the threshold of key decision points, but not other similar cases, is crucial. Drawing on interviews and focus groups with child protection social workers from three site offices in Aotearoa New Zealand (inte…
Social work in the teeth of a gale
This article discusses the findings of a qualitative research project in Auckland, New Zealand, which examined the proposition that a particular form of knowledge is produced in the practice of social work. Evidence consistent with Philp’s conceptualisation of a specific knowledge form for social work emerges from analysis of the data. It is apparent that the everyday practice of social work continues to engage with the lived experience of margin…
The Promise and the Practice
New Zealand child protection social work is discussed in reference to the New Zealand Children, Young Persons and Their Families' Act, 1989. Interests which formed the legislation are explored. Legislative intent is contrasted with effects of administration in a climate of shrinking resources. This paper suggests that reduction of social work to discrete technical units has contributed to political neutralization of practice. The connection betwe…
The Promise and the Practice
New Zealand child protection social work is discussed in reference to the New Zealand Children, Young Persons and Their Families' Act, 1989. Interests which formed the legislation are explored. Legislative intent is contrasted with effects of administration in a climate of shrinking resources. This paper suggests that reduction of social work to discrete technical units has contributed to political neutralization of practice. The connection betwe…
Social work in the teeth of a gale
This article discusses the findings of a qualitative research project in Auckland, New Zealand, which examined the proposition that a particular form of knowledge is produced in the practice of social work. Evidence consistent with Philp’s conceptualisation of a specific knowledge form for social work emerges from analysis of the data. It is apparent that the everyday practice of social work continues to engage with the lived experience of margin…
Neoliberalism and social work identity
This article considers the relationship between the identity of social work and the neoliberal political project. Reference is made to a small but carefully structured quantitative research study in Auckland, New Zealand which examined the knowledge applied and produced in the practice of social work. This study found evidence consistent with Philp’s [(1979). Notes on the form of knowledge in social work. Sociological Review, 27(1), 83–111] theor…
Child Protection in New Zealand
To contextualise the current reform process, this article broadly explores the development of child protection social work in New Zealand over the last thirty years. Reference is made to parallel developments in England. Critique of the role of neo-liberalism, scientific rationality and managerialism is developed. Specific attention is given to a racialised discourse in the New Zealand setting, in relation to the protection of indigenous Māori ch…
Role type, risk perceptions and judgements in child welfare
Outing the Elephants
This article sets out to trouble the psychologised and pathologising approach that has come to dominate child protection practice in Aotearoa-New Zealand and comparable societies. Within a neoliberal ideological frame, Governments deny the need to adjust markets, except in ways that remove protections from workers or specific vulnerable groups. In this context, social work is concerned with adjusting people to the discipline of the market. Within…
Ethnic inequalities in child welfare
Indigenous children have a long history of overrepresentation in child protection systems. This exploratory, mixed methods study examined practitioner perceptions of risk in response to client ethnic group ( n = 67). A staged online survey elicited responses to a blinded vignette. Half the sample received the vignette as a Pākehā (White) family and the other half as Māori (Indigenous). Apart from this, family descriptions were identical. Responde…
Networked Decisions
Families are significantly affected by decisions made in the child protection context, yet decision outcomes differ even when cases are similar. Understanding the concepts, practices and processes of differentiation that push some cases over the threshold of key decision points, but not other similar cases, is crucial. Drawing on interviews and focus groups with child protection social workers from three site offices in Aotearoa New Zealand (inte…
Recognising child protection social workers’ shifting professional identity after becoming a parent
The article discusses the findings of a small qualitative study of how experienced social workers in child protection roles navigated changes in their professional practice when they returned to work after the birth of their first child. Insider positionality grounded the study in the “messy realities” of transition to parenthood, and facilitated candid discussion of the unexpected impact of parenthood on professional practice. Participants refle…
Drawing out the relationship
This research investigates the use of art-informed methods in social work research to explore collaboration between child protection social workers and other multidisciplinary professionals in New Zealand. The study focuses on these professionals’ perceptions and experiences of multidisciplinary collaboration within a hospital setting. “Drawing and Talking” is employed as an art-based research method, with data comprising 26 drawings created by i…
Social Work Education and Practice (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Child protection (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Perception (4 works)