Danielle Turney
Biographic Data
| ID | 6023473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Danielle Turney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Danielle |
| FAMILY NAME | Turney |
| SIGNATURE | TURNEY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6030-6103 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Threshold Decisions in Social Work
Decision making is an intrinsic and complex aspect of social work practice, requiring consideration of diverse but connected aspects. Decisions are often required as to whether a situation requires protective state intervention or whether it reaches the criteria for public or charitable services. Such instances of deciding whether or not a situation is ‘on one side of the line or the other’ are referred to in this article as ‘threshold judgements…
If We Know What Works, Why Aren't We Doing It
High rates of child removal from parents with learning disabilities persist despite substantial evidence that parents with learning disabilities can provide their children with satisfactory care given appropriate support. Child welfare interventions disproportionality based on disability status presents a compelling social issue deserving urgent attention. Co-operative inquiry was used to analyse attitudinal and structural barriers that perpetuat…
Honneth and positive identity formation in residential care
Nurturing, maintaining, and supporting positive identity formation for children and young people in residential child care are an underresearched area. Reasons for this are varied not least the fact that residential child care is still often not perceived as a positive choice for children and young people. Concerns about cost, value for money, the quality, and effectiveness of care have been exacerbated by findings from recent national and intern…
Understanding ‘Successful Practice/s’ with Parents with Learning Difficulties when there are Concerns about Child Neglect
Social practice theory (SPT) investigates how meanings (socially available understandings/attitudes) work together with competences and materials / resources to develop shared (social) practices. SPT was used as a theoretical and analytical framework in a study which investigated ‘successful’ professional practices when working with parents with learning difficulties where there are concerns about child neglect. The research took place in three l…
Family Support
The politics of austerity currently loom large in England and the situation shows no signs of easing. Welfare provision, whether funded by local government or the equally beleaguered voluntary sector, continues to experience cuts and ever higher thresholds for access to services are introduced. Add in a narrowly defined focus on ‘child protection’ and we are faced with what Brigid Daniel (2016, p. 15) recently referred to as a ‘residual, risk dri…
The role of professional judgement in social work assessment
Good quality assessment has a significant role to play in contributing to better outcomes for children in need of protection, so it is important to understand what supports best practice. This paper focuses on the role of professional judgement in assessment, and compares two very different national approaches. In England, governmental responses to perceived failings in the child protection system have led to a highly proceduralised and bureaucra…
Thinking about Thinking after Munro
There has been a recurrent recognition in inquiry reports following high-profile deaths of children known to welfare services of shortcomings in social workers' analytical and assessment skills. There is an urgent need to explore what might help supervisors and practitioners ‘think about their thinking’. This paper draws on cognitive interviewing (CI) and examines its applicability/transferability to the professional domain of child-care social w…
Making Threshold Decisions in Child Protection
The threshold at which state social work services respond to children who may have been maltreated has been the subject of debate in the UK and elsewhere over a number of years. This paper presents a conceptual model that helps to explain how threshold decisions are made, based on a review of research in the UK and elsewhere. A range of factors were found to affect thresholds, including the nature of the welfare concerns for the child, the policy…
A relationship‐based approach to engaging involuntary clients
This paper focuses on the process of engaging with families where a child is at risk of harm, and considers a relationship‐based approach to work with ‘involuntary clients’ of child protection services. Contextualizing the discussion within a broader understanding of the role and importance of relationship‐based practice, a conceptual and ethical framework is outlined that can, it is suggested, support effective relationship‐based work and moral …
Special issue
What do we know about child neglect? A critical review of the literature and its application to social work practice
Child neglect is a difficult and complex area of practice for social workers and other childcare professionals. To work effectively, practitioners need a good grasp of relevant literature and research – a point underlined by the moves to incorporate ‘research mindedness’ and ‘research literacy’ into social work education, training and practice. This paper aims to contribute to the debate around research literacy by looking in more detail at the r…
A relationship‐based approach to engaging involuntary clients
This paper focuses on the process of engaging with families where a child is at risk of harm, and considers a relationship‐based approach to work with ‘involuntary clients’ of child protection services. Contextualizing the discussion within a broader understanding of the role and importance of relationship‐based practice, a conceptual and ethical framework is outlined that can, it is suggested, support effective relationship‐based work and moral …
Making Threshold Decisions in Child Protection
The threshold at which state social work services respond to children who may have been maltreated has been the subject of debate in the UK and elsewhere over a number of years. This paper presents a conceptual model that helps to explain how threshold decisions are made, based on a review of research in the UK and elsewhere. A range of factors were found to affect thresholds, including the nature of the welfare concerns for the child, the policy…
Thinking about Thinking after Munro
There has been a recurrent recognition in inquiry reports following high-profile deaths of children known to welfare services of shortcomings in social workers' analytical and assessment skills. There is an urgent need to explore what might help supervisors and practitioners ‘think about their thinking’. This paper draws on cognitive interviewing (CI) and examines its applicability/transferability to the professional domain of child-care social w…
Honneth and positive identity formation in residential care
Nurturing, maintaining, and supporting positive identity formation for children and young people in residential child care are an underresearched area. Reasons for this are varied not least the fact that residential child care is still often not perceived as a positive choice for children and young people. Concerns about cost, value for money, the quality, and effectiveness of care have been exacerbated by findings from recent national and intern…
The role of professional judgement in social work assessment
Good quality assessment has a significant role to play in contributing to better outcomes for children in need of protection, so it is important to understand what supports best practice. This paper focuses on the role of professional judgement in assessment, and compares two very different national approaches. In England, governmental responses to perceived failings in the child protection system have led to a highly proceduralised and bureaucra…
Understanding ‘Successful Practice/s’ with Parents with Learning Difficulties when there are Concerns about Child Neglect
Social practice theory (SPT) investigates how meanings (socially available understandings/attitudes) work together with competences and materials / resources to develop shared (social) practices. SPT was used as a theoretical and analytical framework in a study which investigated ‘successful’ professional practices when working with parents with learning difficulties where there are concerns about child neglect. The research took place in three l…
What do we know about child neglect? A critical review of the literature and its application to social work practice
Child neglect is a difficult and complex area of practice for social workers and other childcare professionals. To work effectively, practitioners need a good grasp of relevant literature and research – a point underlined by the moves to incorporate ‘research mindedness’ and ‘research literacy’ into social work education, training and practice. This paper aims to contribute to the debate around research literacy by looking in more detail at the r…
A relationship‐based approach to engaging involuntary clients
This paper focuses on the process of engaging with families where a child is at risk of harm, and considers a relationship‐based approach to work with ‘involuntary clients’ of child protection services. Contextualizing the discussion within a broader understanding of the role and importance of relationship‐based practice, a conceptual and ethical framework is outlined that can, it is suggested, support effective relationship‐based work and moral …
Special issue
Making Threshold Decisions in Child Protection
The threshold at which state social work services respond to children who may have been maltreated has been the subject of debate in the UK and elsewhere over a number of years. This paper presents a conceptual model that helps to explain how threshold decisions are made, based on a review of research in the UK and elsewhere. A range of factors were found to affect thresholds, including the nature of the welfare concerns for the child, the policy…
The role of professional judgement in social work assessment
Good quality assessment has a significant role to play in contributing to better outcomes for children in need of protection, so it is important to understand what supports best practice. This paper focuses on the role of professional judgement in assessment, and compares two very different national approaches. In England, governmental responses to perceived failings in the child protection system have led to a highly proceduralised and bureaucra…
Thinking about Thinking after Munro
There has been a recurrent recognition in inquiry reports following high-profile deaths of children known to welfare services of shortcomings in social workers' analytical and assessment skills. There is an urgent need to explore what might help supervisors and practitioners ‘think about their thinking’. This paper draws on cognitive interviewing (CI) and examines its applicability/transferability to the professional domain of child-care social w…
Family Support
The politics of austerity currently loom large in England and the situation shows no signs of easing. Welfare provision, whether funded by local government or the equally beleaguered voluntary sector, continues to experience cuts and ever higher thresholds for access to services are introduced. Add in a narrowly defined focus on ‘child protection’ and we are faced with what Brigid Daniel (2016, p. 15) recently referred to as a ‘residual, risk dri…
Understanding ‘Successful Practice/s’ with Parents with Learning Difficulties when there are Concerns about Child Neglect
Social practice theory (SPT) investigates how meanings (socially available understandings/attitudes) work together with competences and materials / resources to develop shared (social) practices. SPT was used as a theoretical and analytical framework in a study which investigated ‘successful’ professional practices when working with parents with learning difficulties where there are concerns about child neglect. The research took place in three l…
Honneth and positive identity formation in residential care
Nurturing, maintaining, and supporting positive identity formation for children and young people in residential child care are an underresearched area. Reasons for this are varied not least the fact that residential child care is still often not perceived as a positive choice for children and young people. Concerns about cost, value for money, the quality, and effectiveness of care have been exacerbated by findings from recent national and intern…
Threshold Decisions in Social Work
Decision making is an intrinsic and complex aspect of social work practice, requiring consideration of diverse but connected aspects. Decisions are often required as to whether a situation requires protective state intervention or whether it reaches the criteria for public or charitable services. Such instances of deciding whether or not a situation is ‘on one side of the line or the other’ are referred to in this article as ‘threshold judgements…
If We Know What Works, Why Aren't We Doing It
High rates of child removal from parents with learning disabilities persist despite substantial evidence that parents with learning disabilities can provide their children with satisfactory care given appropriate support. Child welfare interventions disproportionality based on disability status presents a compelling social issue deserving urgent attention. Co-operative inquiry was used to analyse attitudinal and structural barriers that perpetuat…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (4 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (4 works)