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Containment: Exploring the concept of agency in children’s statutory encounters with social workers

This article examines children’s agency in their interactions with social workers during statutory encounters in a child protection context. It draws from a UK-wide ethnographic study. It finds that much of social workers’ responses to children’s agency in this context are best understood as a form...

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Published in:Childhood (Copenhagen, Denmark) Denmark), 2019-02, Vol.26 (1), p.98-112
Main Authors: Morrison, Fiona, Cree, Viviene, Ruch, Gillian, Winter, Karen Michelle, Hadfield, Mark, Hallett, Sophie
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Language:English
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Summary:This article examines children’s agency in their interactions with social workers during statutory encounters in a child protection context. It draws from a UK-wide ethnographic study. It finds that much of social workers’ responses to children’s agency in this context are best understood as a form of ‘containment’. In doing so, it offers an original and significant contribution to the theoretical understanding of children’s agency, as well as its application in social work practice.
ISSN:0907-5682
1461-7013
DOI:10.1177/0907568218810101