International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Recognized as a multifaceted challenge food security is high on the political and socio-economic agendas of many countries Gaining a better understanding of the multidimensional nature of the challenge of food insecurity in Africa especially its complex impact on children can facilitate concerted actions and better targeting of interventions by national governments international agencies and civil society organizations aimed at child-sensitive social protection...

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International Social Work Volume Issue Page - May lt br gt This article seeks to understand the needs and difficulties of intervention with older people during the first state of emergency in Portugal due to COVID- The results show that these professionals faced challenges they never experienced before and necessitated support to carry out their work in an emergency The difficulties resulted not only from the chronic vulnerabilities stemming from the disinvestment of public policies...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Globally the social work profession seeks to empower and support vulnerable groups during the COVID- pandemic These roles and responsibilities seem to be lagging in Africa as the potentials of social workers are underutilized in many areas of practice including the hospital setting Given the contributions of medical social work this article highlights the roles of social workers in healthcare delivery amid the COVID- pandemic In...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - January lt br gt As the world is witnessing unprecedented circumstances and humans are making every possible effort to save their lives and livelihoods from the Coronavirus unfortunately there is a segment of the populace that is even more vulnerable Women are compelled to stay indoors during quarantine which makes them more exposed to domestic violence from their intimate partners In these times of emergency feminist social work...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - May lt br gt We investigated the coping strategies used in everyday life by middle-aged and older cancer survivors in Japan Sixteen Japanese volunteers participated in one-to-one semi-structured interviews The interviews focused on the respondents' descriptions of how they felt and what they did after having been diagnosed with cancer Although having been diagnosed with cancer many survivors reported having made identifiable positive adjustments in lifestyle and ways...

Ofsted has published findings of a monitoring visit into children’s social care in Hull, reporting an improvement.

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - May lt br gt Worldwide there has been a push toward reforming or abolishing child welfare systems because of systemic bias against families Few studies have examined the role of bias in decision-making processes among child welfare practitioners especially in child welfare systems in processes of change reform This qualitative study utilized discussion groups with child welfare teams to examine how professionals navigated the decision-making process in cases...

Doncaster are calling for social workers to join their growing team and help make a difference to the children, young people and families in Doncaster.

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Child marriage is one of the issues that deprive many young girls of their basic rights and lives The present study aimed to explore Iranian child brides' experiences of the consequences of early marriage The participants were women living in Tehran who had married at the age of -- years The analysis of the participants' experiences revealed four main themes including 'underlying causes of early marriages'...