Reflecting on the Past
Children’s Services Workers’ Experiences of Residential Care in Scotland from 1960 to 1975
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10895019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Shaw (0000-0002-0192-178X, Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author), Andrew Kendrick (0000-0003-1910-6051) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 375-391 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcw021 |
| OpenAlex | W2343773175 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
While contemporary responses to the issue of historic child abuse in the Scottish context have tended to focus upon the experiences of former residents of institutional care, it is clear that much can also be learned from the narratives of former child-care workers. This article draws upon the findings of a recent project, the overall aim of which was to explore children’s services’ workers experiences of residential care in Scotland from 1960 to 1975. Using an oral history methodology, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-three individuals who had experience of working in, or in connection with, residential child-care services, followed by thematic analysis of the data. Results highlighted a range of both positive and negative experiences, and many of the issues still have a contemporary resonance. While we should guard against complaisance and be continually vigilant to safeguard and protect children, we should not allow a focus on risk-averse practice to obscure the merits of the more positive and nurturing elements of earlier residential child-care work
Context (archaeology) · Focus group · Guard (computer science) · Narrative · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Residential care · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Work (physics) · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · History · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
Residential Children's Homes and the Youth Justice System
Offender Supervision
Factors associated with abuse in residential child care institutions
Relations, relationships and relatedness
Missing years of abuse in children's homes
Regulating child care
Getting Started with the 1948 Children Act
Why Do Young People Offend in Children's Homes? Research, Theory and Practice
Report of the Committee on Children and Young Persons
The orphan country
Physical Restraint in Residential Childcare
The Voice Of The Past
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |