International Social Work Volume Issue Page - September lt br gt Semi-structured interviews were conducted with single internal migrant women who induced abortion in mainland China Results indicate that their abortion decisions were made through careful and rational consideration due to their vulnerable and marginalised position which is maintained by China's household registration system and migrant labour regime Confucian neoliberal and religious discourses shape these single women's perceptions of abortion and affect their abortion narratives...

Amanda Spielman discusses what we found in our first visits to education and children's social care providers during September...

Ofsted has published the first reports on how schools and children's homes are addressing the needs of children at this time...

Suicide self harm and depression haunt young people across the world taking thousands of lives all over the globe...

The Child Protection in Sport Unit at the NSPCC has created a thorough guide to the safeguarding challenges of Covid and the latest guidance for sports clubs Extract and link below The coronavirus COVID- pandemic presents new safeguarding challenges for all those working or volunteering with children We will compile safeguarding information and resources Continue reading COVID- new safeguarding challenges in Sport...

New guidance on Keeping Children safe in education has been published September It provides a thorough guide to protecting those aged under from a range of issues including bullying sexting substance abuse and FGM It highlights the responsibilities of those working with children under...

The new Bradford Partnership Board replaces the Safeguarding Children Board It is made up of agencies including the Council Police Health services in addition to schools and voluntary services that work together to keep children in the district safe...

Promoting themes such as socio economic health dignity and work environmental change strength of human relationships and protection of the millions of vulnerable people across continents challenge the basic fundemental commitment of social work policy and practice...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - September lt br gt Despite the growing emphasis on evidence-based practice EBP Chinese social workers' adoption of EBP has been slow and limited due partly to the fact that they often hold negative attitudes toward EBP This study examined factors that account for these negative attitudes using data collected from social workers in Hong Kong Regression revealed that females those less experienced and social workers in non-governmental organizations...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - September lt br gt This qualitative study conducted three focus groups with transnational social workers TSWs in three cities of Aotearoa New Zealand The aim of the study was to examine the transitional experience of TSWs particularly in relation to any strategies and mechanisms existing in the host country to facilitate their personal and professional transition A significant finding is that a coherent profession-wide programme for facilitating the...