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Working with children in women's refuges
Author(s) -
Mullender,
Debbonaire,
Hague,
Kelly ,
Malos
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1998.00074.x
Subject(s) - statutory law , context (archaeology) , work (physics) , scope (computer science) , ethos , child protection , qualitative research , psychology , safeguarding , developmental psychology , nursing , medicine , sociology , political science , geography , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering , archaeology , computer science , law , programming language
At a time when there is increasing interest amongst child care professionals in how to respond to children living with domestic violence, this paper derives from a study of a specialist context for such work: child work in women's refuges. The qualitative aspect of the research, which is reported on here, consisted of in‐depth visits to eight refuges. Group and individual interviews with children, women and workers covered the needs (and also the strengths) presented by a wide range of children, and the scope of work undertaken with them and their mothers.A child‐centred and non‐violent ethos was found to be offering high levels of support to children and young people, despite low levels of resourcing. Certain groups were identified as still requiring developments in particular responses to their needs. Greater recognition of refuge child work is called for from statutory agencies, including those with access to funding.