Peer-reviewed article
Containment: Exploring the concept of agency in children’s statutory encounters with social workers
Fiona Morrison, Viviene E. Cree, Gillian Ruch, Karen Winter, Mark Hadfield et al. ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view ·Key points
Limitations
Abstract
This article examines children’s agency in their interactions with social workers during statutory encounters in a child protection context. It draws from a UK-wide ethnographic study. It finds that much of social workers’ responses to children’s agency in this context are best understood as a form of ‘containment’. In doing so, it offers an original and significant contribution to the theoretical understanding of children’s agency, as well as its application in social work practice.