Between the maternal and the professional
The impact of being a child welfare officer on motherhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12569760 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ayelet Guy Menashe (Ariel University), Ayelet Menashe (School of Social Work Ariel University Center Ariel Israel), Chaya Possick (0000-0002-9518-4134, School of Social Work Ariel University Center Ariel Israel, corresponding author), Eli Buchbinder (0000-0002-7530-1591, School of Social Work University of Haifa Haifa Israel) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 391-400 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child & Family Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cfs.12029 |
| OpenAlex | W1547252043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
Child welfare officers experience stress from exposure to child neglect and abuse and the burden of responsibility for children's well‐being. This qualitative study addresses the question: How do social workers who are child welfare officers perceive and cope with the influence of their professional occupation on their relationships with their own children? The research is based on in‐depth interviews with a purposive sample of 10 child welfare workers who are mothers (of 2–4 children aged 2–23 years). The data analysis illustrates how the professional identity and the maternal identity of the child welfare officer fluctuate between two positions. The first is ‘anxious motherhood’ in which anxiety is the prism through which the welfare officer views the world as dangerous for her children, stimulating protective, control‐enhancing actions. The second position is reflective motherhood in which the welfare worker struggles with her own stresses and conflicts as a mother and searches for an experience of meaningful, positive motherhood. The findings reinforce the need to raise the consciousness of child welfare officers regarding the impact of encountering distress and trauma on their own well‐being as parents. In this way, they can prevent secondary traumatization and enhance professional and maternal growth
Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Distress · Identity (music · Neglect · Officer · Political science · Psychiatry · Welfare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice
Vicarious traumatization
Vicarious traumatization
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Multiple Case Narrative
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Narrative Research
Implications of Treating Family Violence for the Therapist
Impact of Trauma Work on Social Work Clinicians
Improving Pregnancy Outcome during Imprisonment
Social worker trauma
Secondary Traumatization, Burnout, and Vicarious Traumatization
Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth in Psychotherapy
The Existentialism of Rollo May
Naturalistic inquiry
Conceiving and Investigating Motherhood
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |