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Social Work and Domestic Violence & Abuse - Coggle Diagram
Social Work and Domestic Violence & Abuse
Social work interventions tend to focus on women
Bowlby and attachment theory
Most SWs are women so interactions tend to be woman-woman / mother-mother
Focus on woman can do to change things for her child
Expectation that the mother is responsible for her children
Social Work is separated into adults' and children's services
The separation means it may be CP SWs who first notice abuse
SWs may be unclear about their role
Child protection focus fails to consider the position the woman is in
Child protection and child contact may conflict
DVA services for women may be at odds with CP and CC
Violent men are invisible, even if they're fathers
Because SWs focus on women, violent men may become invisible
Men are not given opportunities to change or are not challenged about their behaviour
SW ignoring men is a long standing problem
SW developed under patriarchy
SWs may not want to work with violence men - conflict with aim of protecting vulnerable
There may be conflicting power dynamics for female SWs interacting with male perpetrators
Political influences
Rise of managerialism and New Public Management
Risk-averse society and risk-averse practice - rather than focus on positive mother-child relationship, focus on negative father-mother relationship
Decreasing budgets and lack of infrastructure
Shift towards child-centred practice and best interests decisions