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Sense and Sensibility in Social Work with Families and Children

European Perspectives on Developments in Child Protection and Welfare

Edited by Sara Serbati, Edgar Marthinsen and Brid Featherstone

Published

May 7, 2025

Page count

256 pages

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Research in Social Work

ISBN

978-1447374473

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

May 7, 2025

Page count

256 pages

Browse the series

Research in Social Work

ISBN

978-1447374497

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press
Sense and Sensibility in Social Work with Families and Children

Sara Serbati is Senior Research Fellow in Social Pedagogy at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Science, University of Padova.

Edgar Marthinsen is Professor in Social Work in the Department of Social Work, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Brid Featherstone is Professor of Social Work in the Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield.

Introductory chapter - Edgar Marthinsen

Part 1: Sense and sensibility as epistemology for social work

1.Reflections on the possibilities and challenges offered by a social model of protecting children - Brid Featherstone, Anna Gupta and Kate Morris

2.The virtuous cycle of using supportive measures to reduce red tape and meet families’ needs - Edgar Marthinsen

3.The potential of practice research to advance a Framework for Protective Support and Supportive Protection (PS-SP) with Children, Young People, and Families - Carmel Devaney and Caroline McGregor

4.Rethinking the meaning of institutionalization in child protection - Francesca Maci and Paola Milani

Part 2: Sense and sensibility as practice

5.Towards collaborative and innovative practice improvement paradigm in child protection? - Päivi Petrelius, Laura Yliruka, Kaarina Mönkkönen

6.Participative and Transformative Evaluation: children, families, and practitioners as co-researchers through ‘reflective thinking’ processes - Sara Serbati

7.Community Mapping as a participative tool to enhance informal social support: possible pathways for practitioners - Andrea Petrella

8.The training of trainers as a way to share sense and sensibility in the programme P.I.P.P.I. - Marco Ius

9.Care leavers in the Italian child protection system: from action research to advocacy of more inclusive policies and relationships through participatory processes - Federico Zullo, Martina Sabetta, Samanta Ferri, Diletta Mauri

10.A mind for learning and innovation - Lena A. Ulfseth, Willy Lichtwarck, Anne Moe and Edgar Marthinsen

11.Group work with children and vulnerable families - Nuria Fuentes-Peláez, Sara Pérez, Judit Rabassa, Belén Parra, Gemma Crous, Paulo Padilla

Epilogue