Professional advocacy as a force for resistance in child welfare

Dalrymple, Jane

Jane Dalrymple

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Dec 1, 2003
Journal	British Journal of Social Work
Print ISSN	0045-3102
Publisher	Oxford University Press (OUP)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	33
Issue	8
Pages	1043-1062
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/33.8.1043
Keywords	child welfare, professionals, advocacy
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1066473
Publisher URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/33.8.1043
Additional Information	Additional Information : This paper argues that the position of advocates are fixed in terms of adult-child relations. It analyses situations in which advocates who did not conform to dominant marginalising discourses could themselves become marginalised. It shows how the complexity of competing discourses has an impact on the validity of independent advocacy. The position taken in this paper is that rather than consider advocacy as enabling children and young people to develop and articulate voice, advocacy should be about enabling their 'coming to voice' which is a political action and act of resistance.