?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Making+Sense+of+Each+Other%3A+Lived+Experiences+and+Told+Stories+of+Child+Protection+Social+Workers+and+Asylum-Seeking+Families%0D%0A&rft.creator=Dalikeni%2C+Colletta&rft.subject=Social+Sciences&rft.subject=Sociology&rft.description=Ireland+has+become+an+increasingly+multi-cultural+society+since+the+mid-1990s%2C+changing+from+a+country+of+emigration+to+one+of+immigration.++In+response+to+this+multiculturalism%2C+the+Irish+Government+embarked+on+several+commendable+initiatives.+These+changes+have+yet+to+be+fully+recognised+within+Child+Protection+and+Child+Welfare+Services+(CPCWS).+The+development+of+national+guidelines+in+recent+times+has+failed+to+provide+adequate+guidance+for+social+workers+on+how+to+respond+effectively+to+asylum-seeking+families%2C+a+relatively+new+service+user+group+for+community+care+teams.+Much+of+current+Irish+research+sheds+limited+light+on+how+social+workers+ought+to+respond+to+asylum-seeking+children+and+their+families+within+a+child+protection+context.+This+study+examines+the+experiences+of+social+workers+and+asylum-seeking+families.+The+first+of+its+kind+in+this+field+in+the+Republic+of+Ireland%2C+the+study+design+is+primarily+qualitative+with+an+overall+action+research+orientation.+%0D%0A%0D%0AResearch+data+was+collected+by+use+of+a+Biographical+Narrative+Interviewing+Method+which+formed+the+basis+of+the+broader+analysis+using+%E2%80%98Framework+Analysis.%E2%80%99+The+study+highlights+the+need+for+appropriate+and+on-going+culturally+competent+training+for+social+workers+in+this+area.+Its+findings+illustrate+the+complexity+of+social+work+practice+in+this+area+and+indicate+the+need+for+a+clear+and+well-considered+basis+of+recommendations+for+practice%2C+and+a+coherent+and+focused+approach+to+child+protection+and+welfare+work%2C+that+not+only+is+centred+on+the+child+but+also+acknowledges+both+the+cultural+setting+in+which+the+child+was+reared%2C+and+the+conflicted+role+of+CPWSWs+of+care+and+control+in+mediating+between+the+State+and+the+family.+These+suggestions+are+rooted+in+the+enhanced+model+of+cultural+competence+developed+from+the+study%E2%80%99s+findings+and+provide+the+basis+for+future+research.+&rft.publisher=None&rft.date=2013-05&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.dkit.ie%2F379%2F1%2FColletta%2520Dalikeni%2520PhD.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dalikeni%2C+Colletta++(2013)+Making+Sense+of+Each+Other%3A+Lived+Experiences+and+Told+Stories+of+Child+Protection+Social+Workers+and+Asylum-Seeking+Families.++None.+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.dkit.ie%2F379%2F