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View article: Navigating Conviviality and Co‐Viviality: Persons With Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems' Home Making in Residential Care
Navigating Conviviality and Co‐Viviality: Persons With Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems' Home Making in Residential Care Open
Background Recent numbers of the share of residential services in the Flemish care reveal that implementing personal budgets did not ignite a large‐scale departure from residential care and that the use of full‐time residential care even i…
View article: From (in)dependence to interdependence: A qualitative study on multiplicity in assemblages of agency and addiction recovery
From (in)dependence to interdependence: A qualitative study on multiplicity in assemblages of agency and addiction recovery Open
The concept of agency in substance use recovery remains contested, positioned between deficit-based models emphasizing dependence and recovery paradigms highlighting personal strengths and capacities. However, the latter approach has faced…
View article: In Search of Reflexive Approaches to Risk in Residential Youth Care: The Critical Potential of a ‘Rhetoric of Risk’
In Search of Reflexive Approaches to Risk in Residential Youth Care: The Critical Potential of a ‘Rhetoric of Risk’ Open
There is a growing body of critical social work research that calls for alternative and more reflexive approaches to dealing with ‘risk’ in the domain of child protection and welfare. This paper responds to this call by proposing rhetorica…
View article: Findings from a European, cross-national project study on service user participation: Implications for social work policy, practice and education
Findings from a European, cross-national project study on service user participation: Implications for social work policy, practice and education Open
This article reports on a European project that sought to explore the relationships between social work and service user participation, using a five-country (Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland and Portugal) case study approach. It r…
View article: Advancing scholarship on rural social work in China: published researchers’ perspectives
Advancing scholarship on rural social work in China: published researchers’ perspectives Open
A search of literature spanning 2000-2019 located 45 articles on rural social work in China in peer-reviewed international and Chinese journals, showing that this was an emerging area of research and scholarship. To explore the nature of, …
View article: The Role of Addiction Treatment in Building Recovery Capital: Findings From 2022 Life in Recovery Survey in Flanders, Belgium
The Role of Addiction Treatment in Building Recovery Capital: Findings From 2022 Life in Recovery Survey in Flanders, Belgium Open
Introduction: This paper examines life experiences before and during addiction recovery in a large sample of treated and untreated persons in Flanders (Belgium). Methods: A total of 343 participants in recovery from alcohol and/or illicit …
View article: Revisiting the role of social work in the substantial realization of social rights in local welfare systems: Transforming and changing the rules of the institutional game?
Revisiting the role of social work in the substantial realization of social rights in local welfare systems: Transforming and changing the rules of the institutional game? Open
Although diverse European welfare states have institutionalized an extensive infrastructure of public welfare services to redistribute resources, governments have been confronted with barriers in realizing the social rights of certain grou…
View article: What do we talk about when we talk about leisure? Conceptualising leisure through the lived experiences of vocational pupils
What do we talk about when we talk about leisure? Conceptualising leisure through the lived experiences of vocational pupils Open
By adopting a unique approach that allowed participants to define leisure from their own perspective, this study employed semi-structured and photo-elicitation interviews to gain a deeper understanding of how young people from vocational e…
View article: ‘We Reach out but we Also Expect Something in Return’: Social Work Engaging with Roma People in Temporary Container Homes at the Edge of the City
‘We Reach out but we Also Expect Something in Return’: Social Work Engaging with Roma People in Temporary Container Homes at the Edge of the City Open
In this article, we critically explore the research findings of a qualitative study of local social policy and work interventions, called ‘the post-mobile project’ in Ghent, Belgium. The project provided temporary housing for families in c…
View article: Revisiting a Positive Living Group Climate as a Citizenship Climate: A Socio-Spatial Perspective on Residential Youth Care
Revisiting a Positive Living Group Climate as a Citizenship Climate: A Socio-Spatial Perspective on Residential Youth Care Open
The concept of a positive living group climate is currently used as a key strategy to substantially realise the citizenship of youngsters in residential youth care. The concept focuses mainly on what happens inside the residential youth ca…
View article: Including the Most Excluded? A Qualitative Study on the Address Registration for People Experiencing Homelessness in Belgium
Including the Most Excluded? A Qualitative Study on the Address Registration for People Experiencing Homelessness in Belgium Open
In many European countries, one needs a permanent address to be entitled to social rights. To address this minimum prerequisite, mechanisms for administrative inclusion are in place for persons experiencing homelessness, such as the refere…
View article: The transformation of European welfare states and its implications for social work (research): staying on the tanker or choosing a small sloop?
The transformation of European welfare states and its implications for social work (research): staying on the tanker or choosing a small sloop? Open
Since the conception of post-war national welfare states and the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the notions of citizenship and of civic, political and social rights were institutionalised in European welfare…
View article: Parenting through the lenses of risk and othering: Constructions of parental cannabis use in child protection court proceedings
Parenting through the lenses of risk and othering: Constructions of parental cannabis use in child protection court proceedings Open
The construction of parents' cannabis use in the context of child protection has far‐reaching implications for how their parenting is perceived and assessed and for the decisions made regarding their children's lives. Yet little is known a…
View article: Combatting Child Poverty in the Childhood Moratorium: A Representational Lens on Children’s Rights
Combatting Child Poverty in the Childhood Moratorium: A Representational Lens on Children’s Rights Open
The focus on ‘child poverty’ in policy, practice and academia (in industrialized countries) has increased significantly in recent years. This is in large part due to the increasing number of children growing up in poverty. Child poverty is…
View article: A critical exploration of institutional logics of de-institutionalisation in the field of disability policy and practice: Towards a socio-spatial professional orientation
A critical exploration of institutional logics of de-institutionalisation in the field of disability policy and practice: Towards a socio-spatial professional orientation Open
This contribution throws light on how historical as well as contemporary interpretations of ‘de-institutionalisation’ in the institutional field of disability policy and practice have transformed over time and place/context, yet continue t…
View article: Stereotypes, conditions and binaries: Analysing processes of social disqualification towards children and parents living in precarity
Stereotypes, conditions and binaries: Analysing processes of social disqualification towards children and parents living in precarity Open
In contemporary European welfare states, poverty reduction strategies can currently be characterised as individualistic rather than solidaristic, focusing on welfare recipients’ merit rather than securing their rights. Based on the finding…
View article: Researching the Non-Take up of Social Rights: A Social Work Perspective
Researching the Non-Take up of Social Rights: A Social Work Perspective Open
In the face of growing social, economic, political and demographic challenges, many European welfare states have been confronted with barriers in realising the social rights of certain groups of citizens. This phenomenon has often been ref…
View article: A critical review of Chinese and international social work: Walking a tightrope between local and global standards
A critical review of Chinese and international social work: Walking a tightrope between local and global standards Open
This article presents a critical analysis of the challenges global social work standards present for mainland China (hereafter China) with its authoritarian political ideology that is in tension with the profession’s universal values groun…
View article: Women’s views on barriers and facilitators for seeking alcohol and drug treatment in Belgium
Women’s views on barriers and facilitators for seeking alcohol and drug treatment in Belgium Open
Aims: Although treatment barriers are different for men and women, research is dominated by males’ and practitioners’ perspectives rather than women’s voices. The purpose of this study in Belgium was to identify and obtain a better underst…
View article: Social work research and human rights: where do we go from here?
Social work research and human rights: where do we go from here? Open
(2020). Social work research and human rights: where do we go from here? European Journal of Social Work: Vol. 23, Social work research, humans right and social justice in a changing welfare society, pp. 913-919.
View article: Developing a Poverty-Aware Pedagogy: From Paradigm to Reflexive Practice in Post-Academic Social Work Education
Developing a Poverty-Aware Pedagogy: From Paradigm to Reflexive Practice in Post-Academic Social Work Education Open
Social work scholars have argued that poverty reminds us of the necessary commitment to educate professional social workers. Being inspired by a conceptual framework that captures how poverty-awareness can be the subject of teaching in soc…
View article: Dealing with the wicked issue of child poverty: Inter‐organizational networks as forums for collective debate and reflection
Dealing with the wicked issue of child poverty: Inter‐organizational networks as forums for collective debate and reflection Open
In the international realm, inter‐organizational networking is perceived as a highly relevant instrument in social policy that enables welfare organizations to deal with “wicked issues.” In this article, we discuss the central empirical fi…
View article: A Critical Analysis of Disability Policy and Practice in Flanders: Toward Differentiated Manifestations of Interdependency
A Critical Analysis of Disability Policy and Practice in Flanders: Toward Differentiated Manifestations of Interdependency Open
Notions of citizenship and disability rights denote abstract, ambiguous, and contested principles, and realizing these ideas entails complexity in practice. This is particularly the case since the welfare state is no longer conceived as th…
View article: Giving voice to people in poverty in Belgian social policy making since the 1990's : a window of opportunity for a political demarche?
Giving voice to people in poverty in Belgian social policy making since the 1990's : a window of opportunity for a political demarche? Open
The United Nations declared 17 October 1994 to be the first ‘World Day against Poverty’. On that occasion, the General Report on Poverty (GRP) was launched, which acquired a great symbolic value in the history of the fight against poverty …
View article: Discovering dimensions of research ethics in doing oral history: going public in the case of the Ghent orphanages
Discovering dimensions of research ethics in doing oral history: going public in the case of the Ghent orphanages Open
In this article, we argue that research ethics in the doing of oral history research are inadequately addressed in the existing body of research. Although oral history researchers have paid considerable attention to procedural ethical issu…
View article: Complexities in the Exchange of Private Information in Inter-Organisational Networks: The Challenge of Justification
Complexities in the Exchange of Private Information in Inter-Organisational Networks: The Challenge of Justification Open
In this contribution, we focus on the question of how social workers actually deal with the complexity of sharing private information in three local networks of social provision that aim to combat child poverty. Building on the existing bo…
View article: Revisiting the notion of cohesion in community sport: a qualitative study on the lived experiences of participants
Revisiting the notion of cohesion in community sport: a qualitative study on the lived experiences of participants Open
Research has focused on the question if and how leisure can create social cohesion and can alleviate cultural segregation in divided community contexts. Community sport in particular is believed to create socio-cultural cohesiveness, as it…
View article: Top-Down Policy Implementation and Social Workers as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of an Electronic Information System in Belgium
Top-Down Policy Implementation and Social Workers as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of an Electronic Information System in Belgium Open
In this article, we focus on how social workers use their agency when implementing top-down policy measures as street-level bureaucrats. We report on findings of a case study that was conducted in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Bel…