... only Social work practice Social worker skill Family stress Engagement Working alliance Child protection A core element of statutory social work is engaging parents. Without engagement, in-depth assessment and effective help are difficult to achieve. The Munro (2011) report...

... the choice: do we want social workers as bureaucrats or as change agents? Few would admit to believing in the social worker-as-bureaucrat model, yet there are rational reasons why so much social work practice is still mired by process, compliance and paperwork. Accepting that social work should be defined...

... of professional discretion and the interplay of standardisation and case‐based practice. We challenge some accepted academic understandings of the relationship between technology and professional practice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Technology Social work practice Discretion Children's...