All Outputs (4)

Relationship-based practice and the creation of therapeutic change in long-term work: social work as a holding relationship (2020)
Journal Article
Ferguson, H., Warwick, L., Disney, T., Leigh, J., Cooner, T. S., & Beddoe, L. (2022). Relationship-based practice and the creation of therapeutic change in long-term work: social work as a holding relationship. Social Work Education, 41(2), 209-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1837105

Relationship-based practice has become a dominant theory through which what goes on between social workers and service users is understood. However, the presence of a relationship explains little and much more critical attention needs to be given to... Read More about Relationship-based practice and the creation of therapeutic change in long-term work: social work as a holding relationship.

Hostile relationships in social work practice: anxiety, hate and conflict in long-term work with involuntary service users (2020)
Journal Article
Ferguson, H., Disney, T., Warwick, L., Leigh, J., Cooner, T. S., & Beddoe, L. (2021). Hostile relationships in social work practice: anxiety, hate and conflict in long-term work with involuntary service users. Journal of Social Work Practice, 35(1), 19-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2020.1834371

While recognition that some service users do not want social work involvement has grown in recent years, little research has explored how relationships between social workers and ‘involuntary clients’ look and feel like in practice and are... Read More about Hostile relationships in social work practice: anxiety, hate and conflict in long-term work with involuntary service users.

Revealing the hidden performances of social work practice: The ethnographic process of gaining access, getting into place and impression management (2020)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Disney, T., Warwick, L., Ferguson, H., Beddoe, L., & Cooner, T. S. (2020). Revealing the hidden performances of social work practice: The ethnographic process of gaining access, getting into place and impression management. Qualitative Social Work, 20(4), 1078-1095. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325020929067

Whilst the empirical process of research highlights substantive findings, understanding the methodological approach in which access is gained and sustained on field sites is also an integral part of the data. Gaining access in ethnographic studies, i... Read More about Revealing the hidden performances of social work practice: The ethnographic process of gaining access, getting into place and impression management.

The nature and culture of social work with children and families in long‐term casework: Findings from a qualitative longitudinal study (2020)
Journal Article
Ferguson, H., Warwick, L., Cooner, T. S., Leigh, J., Beddoe, L., Disney, T., & Plumridge, G. (2020). The nature and culture of social work with children and families in long‐term casework: Findings from a qualitative longitudinal study. Child and Family Social Work, 25(3), 694-703. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12746

Social work in the United Kingdom is preoccupied with what social workers cannot do due to having limited time to spend with service users. Yet remarkably little research has examined what social workers actually do, especially in long-term relations... Read More about The nature and culture of social work with children and families in long‐term casework: Findings from a qualitative longitudinal study.