Summary

Intimate partner violence is a global public health issue. Female victims of intimate partner violence have attracted more attention traditionally. Normally, shelters are all set to serve women victims; however, in recent years, the number and proportion of male victims of intimate partner violence present a gradual upward trend in Taiwan. It is obvious that male victims’ needs and the status of using shelter services remain unknown. Meanwhile, while most researches on intimate partner violence focus on issues of female victims and women shelters, research on male victims and their needs on shelters is lacking. Therefore, this study tends to focus on the voices of male victims of intimate partner violence and the protective social workers who provide shelter services. The purposes of this study include 1. to understand the service needs of male victims; 2. to explore the experiences of protective social workers in providing services for male victims. This study will interview about 30 protective service social workers to investigate their experiences in serving male victims. Finally, this study will integrate the results of this research to provide a reference for shelter services in practice and policies making for male victims of partner violence.

Keywords (separate with commas)

Intimate partner violence, male victim, service needs, shelter services, Taiwan

Summary

The last few decades have seen increased recognition of the importance of involving children and young people in all matters relating to their care experience, yet despite a range of opportunities, this population continues to feel unheard. Social Workers are involved in supporting, promoting, and advising Care Experienced Children and Young People (CECYP) and as such may have experience into why this area remains difficult. This research sought to understand how social workers experience and perceive the participation of CECYP. Qualitative methodology used semi-structured interviews from a sample group of three to gain the experience of the participants. Thematic analysis generated four themes: Social workers’ experience of the voice of CECYP, oversight, and impact, creating ways to engage and internal and external dialogue. The value of the study emphasises the experience of the participants in understanding their own perceptions of conflict when hearing and responding to the voice of CECYP, the potential pitfalls, and any changes needed in practice. The findings highlight that while the voice of CECYP is heard, the message itself is difficult to decipher or acted upon, due to the circumstances of CECYP at that moment in time and the constraints imposed on both parties and this creates complex issues for the working conditions for social workers in practice.\ 

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Care experience children and young people (CECYP); participation; impact; emotion, social work practice\ 

Summary

In the context of promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, community autonomy is an important part of promoting social governance. With the in-depth advancement of industrialization, major changes have taken place in the main body of power and power relations within traditional Chinese communities, and community governance has faced many difficulties, such as the inadequate implementation of policies, “idling” of community autonomy and weakening of community publicity, which have led to social exclusion within the community and alienated social relations among community residents. The social work practice of Social Workers in H Community Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, uses the practical theoretical methods of capacity building and community organization to take root in the community, mobilize marginalized vulnerable groups, fully explore the advantages and assets of the community and the people, link formal and informal resources inside and outside the community, promote the participation of “three types of groups” in the creation of public space, restore community public life, and cultivate community self-organization, promote voluntary cooperation and community mutual assistance, and realize the revival of bottom-up community autonomy, so as to reduce social exclusion and create inclusive communities.

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Industrialized Community; Social Exclusion; Community Autonomy; Inclusive Community; Action Research