Journal of Social Work

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Social Work is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Tension management and support when leaving a gang20
Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities19
Medical social worker support for elderly patients in a tertiary care hospital in Japan18
Social workers as state and citizen-agents. How social workers in a German, Dutch and Flemish public welfare organisation manage this dual responsibility in practice12
Reconceptualizing protective factors in response to risk with vulnerable children12
Evidence informed fatherhood program: An evaluation12
Asian American social workers’ experiences and perspectives on anti-Asian hate9
Book Review: Cultural diversity in child protection: Cultural competence in practice by Siobhan E. Laird and Prospera Tedam9
Book Review: Against critical thinking in health, social care and social work reframing philosophy for professional practice by Tom Grimwood8
Book Review: Working with families by Patricia Spindel8
Book Review: The end of social work: A defense of the social worker in times of transformatin by Steve Burghardt8
Parenting in migration: Critical aspects and challenges of “doing family” of refugee families and social workers8
“There's a lot missing”: Treating survivors of sex trafficking with trauma bonds7
Validating a model for indicating the professionalisation of social work in China7
The reality of transitioning from orphanages to family homes: Life in extended families in Zimbabwe7
Care recipients’ management of and approaches to receiving personal and intimate care7
Exploring issues related to disappearing rural areas in the UAE: In search of the critical role of social workers7
How might shared decision-making meetings reduce the need for children to be in care? A rapid realist review7
Book Review: Working with conflict in social work practice by Brian Littlechild, Karen Mills and Rose Parkes7
Experiences of adult social work addressing self-neglect during the Covid-19 pandemic6
Book Review: The future of social work: What next for social policy? by Bill Jordan6
The effects of social, familial, and economic stress on social workers working with disabled individuals6
Book Review: Cornerstones of attachment research by Duschinsky Robbie6
The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work6
A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of social workers’ experience in end-of-life care6
Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs5
Book Review: Fostering for adoption: Our story and stories of others by Alice Hill5
Book Review: Men, families, and poverty: Tracing the intergenerational trajectories of place-based hardship by Kahryn, Hughes, & Anna5
Social work scope of practice with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study5
An applied model of cultural competence in child protection practice5
Child-focused practice in social services for adults in Norway5
Book Review: Social work practice with people with dementia by Alisoun Milne4
Exploring participatory approach to community development projects in Africa: Toward an empowerment-participatory approach for sustainable development4
How “helping” can sustain the stigmatization of homeless people4
Book Review: Toward a livable life: A 21st century agenda for social work by Mark Robert Rank4
U.S. social work students’ attitudes on social media as treatment modality: A prepandemic national survey4
Book Review: Rural social work in the 21st century: Serving individuals, families, and communities in the countryside by Michael R. Daley4
Book Review: Photography in social work and social change: Theory and applications for practice and research by Matthias J Naleppa, Kristina M Hash and Anissa T Rogers4
Book Review: Practitioner research for social work, nursing and the health professions by Payam Sheikhattari, Michael T Wright, Gillian B Silver, Cyrilla van der Donk and Bas van Lanen4
Changing children's public perception of social work: A narrative evaluation of an educational intervention about social services4
Public perception of social workers as a source for providing help during the COVID-19 pandemic4
When support seekers encounter unsettling responses: A dual-factor approach4
Book Review: Inequality, Social Protection and Social Justice by James Midgley3
Using the capability approach in social work with unaccompanied young adult refugees3
Social work at the end of life: Humanization of the process3
Core competencies in disaster management for social workers in China: A modified e-Delphi study3
Working conditions and well-being in UK social care and social work during COVID-193
Luhmann's theory of psychic systems and communication in social work practice3
Book Review: Disability practice: Safeguarding quality service delivery by Christine Bigby and Alan Hough3
Foster parent perspectives on necessary supports for youth and their families departing foster care3
Ubuntu philosophy, values, and principles: An opportunity to do social work differently3
Book Review: Education and equity in times of crisis: Learning, engagement and support by Emily S. Rudling, Sherridan Emery, Becky Shelley, Kitty te Riele, Jessica Woodroffe, Natalie Brown3
Interaction and collaboration in rural social work: A professional perspective based on social network analysis3
The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Workers: An Assessment of Peritraumatic Distress3
Book Review: Practicing what you preach: Self-care for helping professionals by Jeffrey Kottler3
Child protection investigations by private consultants or municipally employed social workers: What are the differences for children?2
Book Review: Radical hope: Poverty-aware practice for social work by Michal Krumer-Nevo2
Book Review: My journey to becoming a Black male social worker: Challenges, reflections and lived experiences by Debonico Aleski, Brandy-Williams2
Book Review: Social Work: Past, Present and Future by Terry Bamford and Keith Bilton2
Book Review: Sex-positive social work by S. J. Dodd2
Interprofessional dynamics that promote client empowerment in mental health practice: A social work perspective2
Book Review: An A-Z of Social Work Theory by Malcom Payne2
Critical social work in public social services: Poverty-aware organizational practices2
Minding the body: A critical appraisal of three phenomenological accounts of embodiment in social work literature2
Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers2
Social Workers’ Impact on Policy Through Regulations: A Case Study of the U.S. Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program2
Native American social work – Including family and community2
Experiences of social workers who witness mistreatment as captured in drawing and narrative2
Feminization and burnout among female social workers2
Book Review: Writing for social work by Lucy Rai2
Book Review: International social work: Professional action in an interdependent world by Lynn Healy and Rebecca Thomas2
Social workers and generative practices for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities2
Eating disorder mental health literacy: A national survey of clinical social workers in the United States2
The attitudes of Vietnamese social work practitioners toward sexual minorities2
The impact of COVID-19 quarantine measures on the mental health of families2
Impact of COVID-19 on home care provision: A qualitative study2
Social work's role in implementing de-escalation alternatives to law enforcement responses2
Book Review: Exploring social work: An anthropological perspective by Linda Bell2
Book Review: Shame and social work: Theory, reflexivity and practice by Liz Frost, Veronika Magyar-Haas, Holger Schoneville and Alessandro Sicora2
Book Review: The Routledge international handbook of feminisms in social work by Carolyn Noble, Shahana Rasool, Linda Harms-Smith, Gianinna Muñoz-Arce and Donna Baines2
Book Review: Asian social work by Ian Shaw and Rosaleen Ow (Eds.)2
Book Review: How to thrive in professional practice: A self-care handbook by Stephen J. Mordue, Lisa Watson, and Steph Hunter2
Book Review: Social work and COVID-19: lessons for education and practice by Denise Turner2
Social work research culture in Australian university settings2
Emerging social workers during COVID-19: Exploring perceived readiness and training needs2
Social workers’ support of the status quo: Results from a national survey1
Book Review: An A-Z of social work skills by Michaela Rogers and Dan Allen1
Complexities facing social work: Honor-based violence as lived reality and stereotype1
A systematic review of parenting interventions used by social workers to support vulnerable children1
Asserting the right to care – Birth parents’ arguments in newborn care orders1
Book Review: Social work with autistic people: Essential knowledge, skills and law for working with children and adults by Yo Dunn1
Book Review: The dynamics of the social worker–client relationship by Joseph Walsh1
Colonial constructions: Systemic racism in child welfare practice1
Facilitating well-being with female social workers in northern Canada: A participatory narrative inquiry1
Building aspiration when working with homeless young people in the UK: A case study1
Foster care breakdown in adolescence: A retrospective view of young individuals on their experiences1
Trapped: Experiences of unpaid carers of clinically vulnerable people “shielding” during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic1
Book Review: Using advocacy in social work practice by Peter Scourfield1
Does mentoring improve the health of people in the community? A realist evaluation1
Book Review: Social work and the COVID-19 pandemic: International insights by M. Lavalette, V. Ioakimidis and I. Ferguson1
Book Review: Best practices for social work with refugees and immigrants by Miriam Potocky and Mitra Naseh1
Narratives of experts by experience: A journey from criminal to expert1
Book Review: Social work and the making of social policy by Ute Klammer, Simone Leiber and Sigrid Leitner1
Methodical principles and prevention-focused outcomes in professional youth work: A longitudinal analysis1
Book Review: Trauma: Contemporary directions in trauma theory, research, and practice by Shoshana Ringel and Jerrold R. Brandell1
Book Review: The politics of children's services reform: Re-examining two decades of policy change by Carl Purcell1
Social workers’ views on neglect of people with disabilities: From perspectives to practices1
Gerontological social workers’ perspectives about the future at the start of a COVID-19 vaccination program: A photovoice study1
Outreach to farmworkers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Parents with intellectual disability and their reflections about relationships and support1
Book Review: Political ideology and social work by Mitchell Rosenwald1
Social workers’ voluntary political participation: Testing a civic engagement model1
Book review: Women’s drug use in everyday life by Emma Eleonorasdotter1
Book Review: Non-Profit program evaluation made simple: Get your data, show your impact and improve your programs by Chari Smith1
Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Book Review: Social work in child care by Elisabeth Pugh1
Digitalization, stress, and social worker–client relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Book Review: No more police: a case for abolition by M. Kaba and A. Richie1
An observation checklist for use by residential social workers in juvenile justice institutions1
Book Review: Transnational social protection: Social welfare across national borders by Peggy Levit T, Erica D Obbs, Ken Chih-Yan Sun and Rux Andra Paul1
Legislating and adjudicating the rights of LGBTQ youth in child welfare1
Book Review: Social work education and the grand challenges: Approaches to curricula and field education by R. Paul Maiden and Eugenia L. Weiss1
Knowing poverty: Social workers’ perceptions of poverty knowledge0
Book Review: Women's Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century. A Transnational Feminist Analysis of Women's Lives in Modern Times by Kristen K. Zaleski, Annalisa Enrile, Eugenia We0
From behaviour-based to ecological: Multi-agency partnership responses to extra-familial harm0
Differences between adolescents in secure residential care and non-residential educational facilities0
Book Review: Noise: A flaw in human judgement by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R Sunstein0
Triple powerlessness traps and old age: Implications for social work practice0
Book Review: Solved! How other countries have cracked the world's biggest problems and we can too by Andrew Wear0
Book Review: Assessing culturally informed parenting in social work by Davis Kiima0
Book Review: Post-pandemic welfare and social work: Re-imagining the new normal by Goetz Ottmann and Carolyn Noble0
Book Review: Safeguarding across the lifespan by June Keeling and David Goosey0
Migrants’ resilience during the upheaval towards the postponed ending of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) in South Africa0
Book Review: Microaggressions and social work research, practice and education by Michael Spencer0
Social work practice in complex emergencies: A study of Northwest Syria0
Book Review: The uses and abuse of humour in social work by Stephen Jordan0
Impact of COVID-19 on social work field education: Perspectives of Canadian social work students0
Looking into backstage discussions in social work: A qualitative synthesis of recent empirical findings0
Profiles of professional resistance in street-level bureaucracy programs. A quantitative-multidimensional typology0
Book Review: The Routledge international handbook of social development, social work, and the sustainable development goals by David Androff and Janianton Damanik0
Book Review: Complexity theory for social work practice by Fiona McDermott, Kerry Brydon, Alex Haynes, and Felicity Moon0
Social work with Irish Travellers: Findings from a national evaluation0
Indigenous mothers’ experiences of power and control in child welfare: Families being heard0
Book Review: Social work practice with fathers: Engagement, assessment, and intervention by Jennifer L Bellamy, Brianna P Lemmons, Qiana R Cryer-Coupet and Jennifer A Shadik0
Book Review: Can You See Us? by Kenny Mumba0
The association among neighborhood mutual support, well-being, and social work0
Nutritional social work: What it is and why it matters0
Power-informed practice in social work0
Book Review: The coronavirus crisis and challenges to social development: global perspectives by Maria do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves, Rebecca Gutwald, Tanja Kleibl, Ronald Lutz, Ndangwa Noyoo a0
Book Review: Case-based learning for group intervention in social work by Jacqueline Corcoran0
Reporting client-initiated threats and violence in home care services0
Protection of unaccompanied child and adolescent migrants in Catalonia: Inhabited places, occupied places or non-places?0
Book Review: Violence against women during coronavirus: When staying home isn’t safe by Naomi Pfitzner, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra Walklate, Silke Meyer and Marie Segrave0
The impact of community resilience, well-being, and community attachment on human service workers’ burnout0
Book Review: Birmingham's children: A tale of two cities by Eddie O'Hara0
Book Review: Mental health in later life: Taking a life course approach by Alisoun Milne0
The broker role in societal activation of long-term welfare recipients: A jack of all trades?0
Editorial0
Depictions of social workers and other caring professionals on television0
The educational journey of former foster youth: A dream deferred0
Puppetry to educate social work practitioners: Telling the refugee story0
The influence of work-family conflict on social worker job satisfaction0
Book Review: Social work for poverty alleviation by Deping Xiang0
Book Review: Social work, cats and rocket science – stories of making a difference in social work with adults by Elaine James, Rob Mitchell and Hannah Morgan with Mark Harvey and Ian Burgess0
Meeting the nutrition and physical activity needs of young people in residential out-of-home care0
A bicultural model of social work with immigrants: Professional interventions, acculturation orientations, and burnout of social workers0
Physical abuse by staff and co-residents of older people and people with intellectual disabilities0
Canadian social workers’ attitudes toward immigrants with different legal statuses in Canada0
Online learning experiences of social work students in India0
‘You have to let them do it themselves’: Analyzing professional support in a befriending project0
Paper trails: Using letter writing to understand social isolation and poverty in a rural community0
Family violence content in baccalaureate and master's level social work programs0
Book Review: How to use social work theory in practice: An essential guide by Malcolm Payne0
The lived experiences of social workers working with refugees in Lebanon0
Social workers’ attitudes toward reparations for African American descendants0
Social workers and refugee service users (re)constructing their relationships in a hostile political climate0
Strategies to engage with involuntary clients0
Book Review: Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection: Theory, Research and Practice by John D. Fluke, Monica Lopez, Rami Benbenishty, Erik J. Knorth and Donald J. Bauman0
Book Review: Making their days happen: Paid personal assistance services supporting people with disability living in their homes and communities by Lisa I Iezzoni0
Living in a segregated community? Interaction between families and service organizations supporting people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic0
Book Review: Mothers accused and abused: Addressing complex psychological needs by Angela Foster0
Are we advancing the quality of social work research?: An assessment of quantitative research published in social work journals0
Book Review: Shared mass trauma in social work: Implications and strategies for resilient practice by Ann Goelitz (eds)0
A multitheoretical perspective for addressing domestic and family violence: Supporting fathers to parent without harm0
Social work and social inclusion in sports-based programs: A qualitative study0
Book Review: Ethics and values in social work by Banks Sarah0
Vulnerability among older people ageing with deafblindness0
A pilot study: Exploring suicidal ideation among non-offending adults with sexual attraction to minors, through their online forum posts0
Book Review: Safeguarding children and young people: A guide for professionals working together by Nick Frost0
New understandings in childhood research and their implications for child and family services0
A critical perspective on social services’ organizational boundaries: Learning from transgender women0
Predictors of service utilization among homeless former foster youth: Implications for intervention0
Book Review: The anti-racist social worker by Tanya Moore and Glory Simango(eds)0
Integrating an innovative social work practice into a pediatric dental residency program0
Indigenised approaches to addressing elder abuse in Uganda0
Social workers’ use of critical reflection0
Book Review: Take care of Maya by Henry Roosevelt0
Securing citizens’ social rights under neoliberal welfare governance: the case of Israeli social services0
The myth of spirituality0
Effects of family interventions on interpersonal conflicts: A network perspective0
Black social workers: Identity, racism, invisibility/hypervisibility at work0
Book Review: Organizational, Motivational, and Cultural Contexts of Volunteering: The European View by Stefan T. Güntert, Theo Wehner and Harald A. Mieg0
Book Review: Social Work in the Face of Intersectional Racism: “Still I Will Arise” by Hilda Chehore0
Social workers’ perspectives on adapting methods during the COVID-19 pandemic0
Contested places: A typology for responding to place-based harms0
Book Review: Indian Social work by Bishnu Mohan Dash, Mithilesh Kumar, D.P. Singh and Siddheshwar Shukla0
Work-life balance, social support, and burnout: A quantitative study of social workers0
Spirituality in social work practice: Myth or essential component of ethical and effective service provision?0
Book Review: Politics for social workers: A practical guide to effecting change by Stephen Pimpare0
Language and technological inclusion among immigrant low-income Latina mothers: A feminist action research intervention0
Mitigating burnout and distress Among Chinese social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic through online mindfulness-based interventions0
Critical realism, mimetic theory and social work0
Aspirations of People With Intellectual Disabilities Living in a Care Organization0
Book Review: The quest for a divided welfare state: Sweden in the Era of privatization by John Lapidus0
Youth perspectives on health, well-being, and sustainable development: A photovoice study0
Challenges faced by informal caregivers of patients in a Nigerian hospital and implications for social work0
Book Review: The medicalisation of everyday life: A critical perspective by Barbara Fawcett, Zita Weber, and Helen Bannister0
Implementing Schwartz Rounds in children's social care: Enablers and barriers0
Book Review: Rethinking social work practice with multicultural communities by Yolanda Padilla, Ruth McRoy and Rocio Calvo (eds)0
Emotional dissonance and burnout among child welfare workers: The moderating role of social support from colleagues, supervisors, and organization0
Public trust of social workers in Sweden: A repeated cross-sectional study0
Understanding youth circumstances in workforce development programs: Opportunities for social work0
An intersectional theoretical framework for exploring racialized older immigrant women’s subjectivities0
Social workers’ perceptions of their peers’ unprofessional behavior0
Book Review: A new history of social work: Values and practice in the struggle for social justice by John H. Pierson0
The knowledge and skills needed for forensic social work in Australia: A Delphi study0
Book review: Human growth and development in children and young people: Theoretical and practice perspectives by Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree0
Book Review: Research on community-centered poverty-alleviation social work by Jun Wen and Yuefei Wu0
Examining the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social work in health care0
Coping and self-care: Mediating the association of job stressors with vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience0
Book Review: Coercive control in children’s and mothers’ lives by E. Katz0
Brief review of the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act: Gaps and way forward0
Book Review: The curious case of Natalia Grace, documentary series by Christian and Jackson Conway0
Social workers’ challenges in working with deaf bedouin service users0
Book Review: Ethics and risk management in online and distance social work by Frederic Reamer0
Book Review: Safeguarding adults together under the Care Act 2014. A multi-agency practice guide by Barbara Starns0
The 2018 James Lind alliance adult social work priority setting partnership report: Its use and engagement0
Book Review: Self-neglect. Learning from life by Shona Britten and Karen Whitby0
Empowering the marginalised: Exploring the potential of Theatre of the Oppressed as an intervention for youth offenders in social work practice0
Perspectives of social workers and supervisors about the supervision of protective services0
The benefit, harm, and complication of humor in social work: A qualitative inquiry0
Social work in sport: Playmakers in the athletic arena0
Social workers’ approaches to ethical dilemmas0
Book Review: Social work practice during times of disaster: A transformative green social work model for theory, education and practice in disaster interventions by Dominelli Lena0
Establishing core competencies, opportunities, roles and expertise for oncology social work0
Orienting social work to incorporate place-based principles: A practical guide to the use of place in social work practice0
Mental health professionals' (AMHPs) perspectives on interpreter-mediated mental health act assessments0
Book Review: Writing skills for social work students by Bella Ross0
Social workers’ work effort, engagement, and reward: Evidence from Beijing0
Book Review: Disrupting whiteness in social work by Sonia Tascón and Jim Ife (eds)0
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