Aagje Ieven is Secretary General at Missing Children Europe where she is responsible for the strategic development and day-to-day management of the organization More support is needed for research but even with older numbers there are at least missing children in Europe...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - January lt br gt A group of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities IDDs as well as diverse sexualities and gender identities in Madrid participated in a feminist community-based project which supported them through the first wave of the pandemic Facilitated by professionals the project offered online meetings twice a month helping them to articulate their needs and promote their agency over their choices and experiences Based on...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article is a critical autoethnographic investigation in which I explore development and social work vis--vis my own life episodes I examine various tensions for example becoming and being a colonial development subject encountering social work and compliance to it a U-turn in disagreement with social work and a doctoral journey reinvigorating my 'social worker self' through conceptualisation of a model of 'decolonised developmental social work'...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - May lt br gt This study focused on the macrosocial orientation of frontline social workers to develop an integrated model for professional identity We used a nationally representative sample of frontline social workers in China and conducted confirmatory factor analysis structural equation modeling bootstrapping mediation and multiple-group moderation analyses The results show that cynicism and job characteristics as a causal chain serially mediated the relationship between macrosocial orientation...

Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre has been downgraded to inadequate by inspectors the lowest possible rating...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This ethnographic study as part of a broader study of volunteerism and social development in the Chegutu district Zimbabwe explores the agency of volunteers to survive in a context of socio-economic challenges Volunteers in Zimbabwe are operating in a context characterised by socio-economic challenges They are living on the margins The situation is exacerbated by non-governmental organisations' non-payment of stipends or the inadequacy of the stipends...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article presents a one-year 'Emoto' project for male carers In this project photography is used as an intervention tool to work with this underrepresented group Photos taken by voluntary photographers according to various 'Qing' primary emotion themes were used as the prominent means of communication These photos encouraged male carers using nonverbal media to assist the expression of untold thoughts and unrecognized feelings Besides responding...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt This article examines older women's experiences of searching for face masks and handling mask-related issues during COVID- Set within the context of the Hong Kong government's policy reaction to the shortage of masks in early the article draws on interviews with older women in Hong Kong to identify their various forms of vulnerability to welfare threats and their active and diverse responses in times...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt Poor health conditions such as diarrhoea are often associated with low- and middle-income countries Diarrhoea in Nigeria contributes to an estimated annual infant deaths with a prevalence of -- percent With the high rate of diarrhoea-related infant mortality it becomes important to investigate the barriers to its prevention Data were sourced using five Focus Group Discussions involving health workers and nursing mothers Findings show...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - May lt br gt Our explorative work aimed to qualitatively analyze the factors affecting human security and psychological well-being in a group of migrants temporarily hosted in a Nigerian transit center The study involved migrants from different Western and sub-Saharan African countries who were interviewed during their stay in International Organization for Migration -- supported transit centers Thematic content analysis was performed on the texts of the interviews...