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British Journal of Social Work (2001) 31, 705-720
© 2001 British Association of Social Workers

Communication in Care and Coercion: Institutional Interactions between Family Supervisors and Parents

Carolus van Nijnatten, Mariëtte Hoogsteder and Jeanine Suurmond

Department of General Social Sciences, P.O.Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. C.vanNijnatten{at}fss.uu.nl

The Dutch Centre for Immigrants

The department of General Social Sciences at the University of Utrecht

Summary

In this study the interaction of 51 videotaped professional communications between Dutch family supervisors and parents of children under family supervision were analysed. Family supervision lies at the interface of care and control. This is evident in the communication of professional child welfare workers with their clients for whom they have to clarify their rights. The analysis shows some of the strategies used by Dutch family supervisors in cases of formal decisions and other interactions where they anticipate confrontation with the client. In this way, family supervisors separate their caring from their repressive functions. Nevertheless care and control were found to be successfully integrated in some communications.


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