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Doing gender locally: The importance of ‘place’ in understanding marginalised masculinities and young men’s transitions to ‘safe’ and successful futures by Ward, Michael R. M., Tarrant, Anna, Terry, Gareth, Featherstone, Brid, Robb, Martin, Ruxton, Sandy

“…Observable anxieties have been developing about the position of boys and young men in contemporary society in recent years. This is expressed as a crisis of…”
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Scoping review: mapping clinical guidelines and policy documents that address the needs of women who are dependent on drugs during the perinatal period by Gilmour, Lynne, Honeybul, Louise, Lewis, Shirley, Smith, Emma, Cheyne, Helen, Aladangady, Narendra, Featherstone, Brid, Maxwell, Margaret, Neale, Joanne, Radcliffe, Polly

“…Women who use or are in treatment for drug use during the perinatal period often have complex needs and presenting comorbidity. Women who use opioids during…”
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Child Protection and Social Inequality: Editorial by Bywaters, Paul, Featherstone, Brid, Morris, Kate

“…In the UK and internationally, reducing inequalities in health and education has become accepted across the political spectrum as an essential component of…”
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Protecting Children and Supporting Families post-Covid by Brid Featherstone

“…In this article, the author revisits her work on the Social Model of Protecting Children. This work is based on research into social inequalities and social…”
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Social Workers’ Reflections on Ethics in Relation to Adoption in the UK: Everywhere but Nowhere? by Featherstone, Brid, Gupta, Anna

“…Abstract Empirical research with social workers exploring their understandings and use of codes or ethical theories in practice remain underdeveloped in the…”
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Family Life and Family Support: A Feminist Analysis by Featherstone, Brid

“…This text provides a constructively critical analysis of contemporary debates and developments around family support. It draws from a range of sources,…”
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On hope, loss, anger, and the spaces in between: Reflections on living with/in adoption and the role of the social worker by Gupta, Anna, Featherstone, Brid

“…This article explores the findings of a study on the role of the social worker in adoption with a focus on ethics, concentrating on the perspectives of adopted…”
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Where to for feminist social work? by Brid Featherstone

“…I will locate the emergence of second wave feminist social work, exploring the context in which it developed, whilst making brief reference to its historical…”
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Writing fathers in but mothers out by Featherstone, Brid

“…Since the late 1990s a series of government departments have promoted a policy and practice agenda urging practitioners in a range of settings such as school,…”
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A Marriage Made in Hell: Early Intervention Meets Child Protection by Featherstone, Brid, Morris, Kate, White, Sue

“…In this article, we will argue for the moral legitimacy of support and its difference from intervention and the need to engage with and develop a family…”
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Poverty, inequality, child abuse and neglect: Changing the conversation across the UK in child protection? by Featherstone, Brid, Morris, Kate, Daniel, Brigid, Bywaters, Paul, Brady, Geraldine, Bunting, Lisa, Mason, Will, Mirza, Nughmana

“…This article explores the evidence on the relationship between poverty, inequality and child abuse and neglect. It argues for the importance of developing…”
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Housing, Homelessness and Children’s Social Care: Towards an Urgent Research Agenda by Cross, Sally, Bywaters, Paul, Brown, Philip, Featherstone, Brid

“…Abstract Having a secure, safe and affordable home is an essential element in the experience of a ‘good enough’ childhood. This is not available to a large and…”
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Reclaiming Humanity: From Capacities to Capabilities in Understanding Parenting in Adversity by Gupta, Anna, Featherstone, Brid, White, Sue

“…This paper explores how the Capability Approach (CA) can inform a critical analysis of child protection policy, with particular reference to poverty, parenting…”
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Inequalities in English child protection practice under austerity: A universal challenge? by Bywaters, Paul, Brady, Geraldine, Bunting, Lisa, Daniel, Brigid, Featherstone, Brid, Jones, Chantel, Morris, Kate, Scourfield, Jonathan, Sparks, Tim, Webb, Calum

“…The role that area deprivation, family poverty, and austerity policies play in the demand for and supply of children's services has been a contested issue in…”
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Social work, poverty, and child welfare interventions by Morris, Kate, Mason, Will, Bywaters, Paul, Featherstone, Brid, Daniel, Brigid, Brady, Geraldine, Bunting, Lisa, Hooper, Jade, Mirza, Nughmana, Scourfield, Jonathan, Webb, Calum

“…The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a series of questions for policy, practice, and practitioners…”
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Engaging fathers in child welfare services: a narrative review of recent research evidence by Maxwell, Nina, Scourfield, Jonathan, Featherstone, Brid, Holland, Sally, Tolman, Richard

“…ABSTRACT It is widely recognized as problematic that there are generally low levels of engagement with child welfare services from biological and social…”
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Working with Fathers around Domestic Violence: Contemporary Debates by Featherstone, Brid, Fraser, Claire

“…This article discusses the issues that emerged from a small consultation exercise with academics and practitioners in the field of domestic violence on their…”
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'I'm just a mother. I'm nothing special, they're all professionals': parental advocacy as an aid to parental engagement by Featherstone, Brid, Fraser, Claire

“…ABSTRACT This paper discusses findings from an evaluation of an advocacy scheme for parents whose children were subject to child protection proceedings…”
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Exploring inequities in child welfare and child protection services: Explaining the ‘inverse intervention law’ by Bywaters, Paul, Brady, Geraldine, Sparks, Tim, Bos, Elizabeth, Bunting, Lisa, Daniel, Brigid, Featherstone, Brid, Morris, Kate, Scourfield, Jonathan

“…Attempts to record, understand and respond to variations in child welfare and protection reporting, service patterns and outcomes are international, numerous…”
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Paradoxical evidence on ethnic inequities in child welfare: Towards a research agenda by Bywaters, Paul, Scourfield, Jonathan, Webb, Calum, Morris, Kate, Featherstone, Brid, Brady, Geraldine, Jones, Chantel, Sparks, Tim

“…This paper aims to compare developments in theory and evidence about ethnic disparities in the USA with findings from the Child Welfare Inequalities Project in…”
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