Browsing Social Work and Social Policy (Theses and Dissertations) by Sponsor "Trinity College Dublin (TCD)"
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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 ... -
Constructions of older people and their care during the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland: A Grounded Theory analysis of official discourses
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2023)Beginning in March 2020, the Irish government implemented among Europe's most stringent and sustained lockdown measures to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Identified early on as a group at particularly high risk, older ... -
Domestic violence and pregnancy in Ireland: women's routes to seeking help and safety
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)This PhD research study explores the factors associated with the disclosure of domestic violence (DV) and subsequent positive service utilisation during and after pregnancy by women in Ireland. The study aimed to address ... -
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? ... -
The self at work: Understanding the experience of community placement in activation schemes in a post-recession context
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2021)This thesis aims to explain how long-term unemployed welfare recipients taking part in activation schemes made sense of their experiences of unemployment, job-seeking and placement as they deliberated their past, present ...