Browsing Social Work and Social Policy (Theses and Dissertations) by Sponsor "Irish Research Council (IRC)"
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At the Front Door. Child Protection Reporting in a Changing Policy and Legislative Context.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2018)Aim: While a number of Irish studies have been conducted on the ?work world? of child protection and welfare services, reporting trends have not been interrogated in any depth. The primary aim of this doctoral study was ... -
The Dynamics of Family Homelessness in Ireland: A Mixed Methods Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2021)Available data in many European countries, Australia and the United States indicate that family homelessness has increased, generating intense discussion and debate about the emerging nature of this phenomenon and how it ... -
Exploring older adults' intergenerational friendships: from homophily to an all-age identity
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2019)Intergenerational friendship is a friendship between a chronologically old and a significantly younger adult. Influenced by the principle of homophily ('birds of a feather flock together'), research has predominately focused ... -
From Direct Provision to Housing: A Qualitative Study of the Housing Journeys of Refugees in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2024)This thesis examines the housing journeys of refugees in Ireland, with a particular focus on the transition from Direct Provision to housing. In Ireland and elsewhere, a significant body of literature has examined refugees? ... -
“Maybe I will have a good life in the future…”: The lives, experiences and choices of rural girls as they negotiate different pathways to urban secondary schools in Ethiopia.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2018)This study seeks to fill a gap in our understanding of the phenomenon of the migration of rural girls to urban secondary schools in Ethiopia, from the perspectives of rural girls themselves. Specifically the study investigates ... -
Negotiating Uncertainity and Earning Respect: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Study of Young People Ageing Out of State Care in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)This thesis is an exploration of the lived experience of the transition out of care at the age of 18 in Ireland. There is a plethora of research demonstrating the marginalisation and disadvantage experienced by care leavers ... -
"Why would straight people think of it if we don't?" Intimate partner abuse amongst women in same sex relationships
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2019)This thesis presents an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of intimate partner (IPA) between an adult sample of non-heterosexual women living in Ireland who experienced IPA in a female-to-female relationship. The ... -
Young people's understandings of youth suicide: A qualitative study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)In Ireland, youth suicide is a serious public health issue accounting for approximately thirty percent of all deaths among young people aged between 15 and 24 years old. Youth suicide has received considerable attention ...