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• 1.   Child Protection and Welfare Social Work in Northern Ireland and the Republic: Commonalities, Divergences and Possibilities

  This paper provides a comparison between child welfare and protection social work in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland by considering some key aspects of its historical development.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper provides a comparison between child welfare and protection social work in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland by considering some key aspects of its historical development. It is argued that social work must always be understood within its specific genealogical context that provides the profession with legitimacy and space to operate. In relation to Northern more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 9 Page: 266-281 2003
  Caroline Skehill

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• 2.   Social Work in the Republic of Ireland: A History of the Present

  This article discusses on research carried out into the nature and position of social work in the child protection and welfare system in Ireland

  

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  This article reports on research carried out into the nature and position of social work in the child protection and welfare system in Ireland. Employing a methodology of a history of the present, this research sought to critically examine the nature and position of social work within the social as a 'psy expert'. Selected findings relating to the genealogical and archaeological more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Social Work, Vol: 3 Page: 141-159 2003
  Caroline Skehill

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• 3.   Targeting disadvantage among young children in the republic of Ireland: An overview

  This article discusses the range of interventions that exist to address disadvantage among children in the birth to six age range in Republic of Ireland

  

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  It has been recognised for some time that the effects of disadvantage are in place early in a child's life, and early intervention has become an established element of efforts to alleviate such effects. This paper describes the range of interventions that exist to address disadvantage among children in the birth to six age range in Republic of Ireland (RoI). The characterisation of more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 11 Page: 289-311 2005
  Jacqueline Fallon

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