Purpose. The purpose of this study is to consider how carer harm is understood, surfaced and responded to in contemporary policy, practice and research.Design/methodology/approach. This paper offers a...

Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) are reported to have difficulties in trusting. Yet no previous study investigating CSA survivors’ subjective experiences of trust exists and there is a paucity...

Informal caring is an increasingly common phenomenon. Experiences of mental health caring are not well-researched, and few studies focus on experiences of family carers supporting individuals with ...

The aim of this scoping review was to gather, summarize, and map the knowledge of peoples’ experiences on humanoid robots, capable of assisting people with activities of daily living. The review wa...

In this study, we assessed the physical burden on professional caregivers when using a transfer support robot, “Hug,” to transfer and move a care recipient. We compared heart rate (HR), heart rate ...

Sleep problems are highly prevalent in autism and negatively impact the physical and mental health of children and their caregivers. Sleep education programs are often recommended as a first line-t...

This article presents a case study of the Parent Advocacy Network (PAN), a grassroots collective in Wales promoting transformative change in the child protection system (CPS) through parent advocac...

This article analyzes the social exclusion experienced by minority groups in Israel, focusing on the factors that constrain housing choices for Arab minority. The central argument is that, while va...

As the number of guaranteed income projects grow across the United States, there has been increasing interest in understanding the role that services such as case management play in direct cash tra...

This article presents a formative evaluation of the Asset-Based Community Development approach aimed at supporting parents and carers of children with a learning disability, as implemented by learn...

Against the background of contemporary trends in social work focused on efficiency, standardisation and performance, the purpose of this study was to explore local authority social workers’ concept...

For children identified by social services as needing out-of-home placements, foster care is the preferred option. However, the number of people engaging in fostering is insufficient, which creates...

This article examines how Swedish social workers experience remote work in a post-COVID context. A total of 22 interviews conducted with social workers in Sweden comprises the qualitative data. The...

When responding to concerns of child sexual abuse (CSA), social workers must provide child-centered approaches that are developmentally appropriate and tackle the complex needs of the child(ren) an...

Ethical decision making is a critical skill for practitioners of all disciplines in the social, health and human services. Having capacity to engage proactively with decisions that will impact peop...

This paper brings together a range of perspectives on the ethical implications for social work of the growing use of digital technologies, big data, artificial intelligence and other features of ‘I...

Purpose. Despite growing evidence of virtual reality (VR) benefits for neurodivergent individuals, its adoption by disability support organizations remains limited. This study aimed to understand the ...

Loneliness in late life can act as a trigger of negative feelings, reduce well-being, and cause significant health problems. Yet, we have a limited understanding of older adults’ lived experiences ...

Purpose: This randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Strategies and Skill Learning and Development of Parent Capacity-Building P...