Relationship-based child protection: practice informed by indigenous social work students in the Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Tasha Lake
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Social work; n.e.c; Specialized studies in Indigenous education; Child welfare > Northwest Territories > Yellowknife; Child welfare > Government policy > Northwest Territories > Yellowknife; Native children > Services for > Northwest Territories > Yellowknife; Native children > Interpersonal relations > Case studies; Family social work > Northwest Territories > Yellowknife; Native peoples > Services for > Northwest Territories > Yellowknife; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14647641.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Relationship-based_child_protection_practice_informed_by_indigenous_social_work_students_in_the_Northwest_Territories/14647641

This study explores Ingenious perspectives of relationship building and how this perspective might be adapted into a child welfare context. The study was born out of my experience working in a child welfare in the community of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The theoretical framework draws from an Anti-Colonial perspective and the research methodology was adapted from critical ethnography to fit the scope of the research project. The sample includes 4 diploma of social work students from Aurora College in Yellowknife Northwest Territories as well as field notes form my personal journals from when I lived in the community and field notes from a data collection trip to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in the Spring of 2014. Findings provide community perceptions of social workers, community standards, a process of relationships-based practice and the benefits to this practice style. Barriers to relationship-based practice are also identified as an area for further exploration.