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Mobile Work: Handcart and Bicycle Workers Across the Urban Economy of Greater Accra Region

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article explores the role of handcart and bicycle workers—mobile workers—in the urban economy of Accra and Tema, Ghana. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it shows how their practices of food vending, e‐waste collection and mobile trade exemplify a form of relational infrastructure that sustains urban life through improvisation ...
Kauê Lopes dos Santos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child Protection Supervisory in Times of Crisis—Team Leaders' Experience in Child Protection Units During the First Year of the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child protection supervisors face a difficult task in ensuring high reliability in handling cases of suspected child maltreatment and thus safeguarding children at any time. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, social life and workflow organisation underwent significant changes within a short period.
Susanne Witte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child Welfare Workers Located in the Urban Periphery: on the Geography of Discretion in Street‐Level Bureaucracies

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The location of public services impacts children's living and service‐reception conditions, as well as the work of child welfare service providers. Against the background of growing inequality and segregation in Sweden, this article explores the work of child welfare services when located in the urban periphery.
Tobias Jansson, Kajsa Nolbeck
wiley   +1 more source

Forensic medical reporting of non-fatal injuries in criminal cases in the Netherlands: a mixed-methods analysis of regional practices. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Legal Med
Goudswaard ML   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Safety Assessment in Child Protection—A Survey Study With Dutch Child Protection Workers

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Safety assessment is a crucial part of child protective services to estimate acute and chronic danger in families that are at risk for child abuse in order to determine whether and which steps need to be taken to protect the child's safety. This study aimed to gain insight into the usefulness of the safety assessment procedure at Dutch child ...
B. Erens, H. Gerger, E. Simon
wiley   +1 more source

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