RSS 1.0Social Work and Social Policy (Theses and Dissertations)
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A Participatory Action Research Study on Separated Migrant Youth Experiences in Northern France
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2024)This thesis examines separated young people’s transitions to adulthood in Northern France. The emergent research literature on separated children and youth has identified the transition to adulthood as a particularly ... -
Your Battles Inspire Me: Inclusion Experiences of Children with Intellectual Disability in Chinese Primary Classrooms
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2024)Children with intellectual disabilities have been accessing general educational settings at primary education stage in international and Southwest Chinese contexts. Despite the lengthy existence of the phenomenon, the ... -
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? ... -
Redemption theory : Redeeming the sins of the father : grandfathers' experiences and practices in a border community in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2017)Exploring the extant literature on grandparents reveals that, in many cases ‘grandparent’ is de facto synonymous with ‘grandmother’. The world of the grandfather remains elusive, although evidence is emerging that recognise ... -
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 ... -
Navigating multi-locality in rural-urban and return migration: a study of young migrant mothers' experience in Beijing
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2023)During the past decades, China has witnessed one of the biggest waves of rural-urban migration in human history. Despite the ever-rising prevalence, theorisation of rural-urban migration still largely lacks specification ... -
How do typically developing siblings of autistic children experience the parent child relationship? A qualitative study of attachment and ambiguous loss in young children living in Ireland
This thesis is about children, childhood and the parent child relationship in Ireland in the context of Autism Spectrum Disorder and these issues are explored qualitatively, primarily from the typically developing child’s ... -
Using the ACE survey to inform service development in a social care organisation: A case study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2023)In recent years implementation of the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) survey within social care organisations has steadily increased. Despite the sustained implementation, there is limited research on how and if ACE ... -
The Lived Experiences of Young Adults who Grew Up in Foster Care with Permanence: A Qualitative Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2023)This qualitative doctoral study examines the current lives and lived experiences of a group of young adults who grew up in foster care with permanence. A key objective was to gain insights into whether or how, growing up ... -
An Exploratory Study Examining the Inclusion of Children with Autism in Primary Schools in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2023)Children with Autism are frequently the recipients of separating practices and exclusion from regular schools. Despite the international and national agreements supported by research evidence concerning inclusive education, ... -
An Exploration of how the Concept of Recovery in Mental Health is Socially Constructed and how it Impacts on the Delivery of Mental Health Services - an Irish Case Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2021)Background & Purpose:The concept of recovery has become a central debate in mental health systems. It is a philosophy which struggles to translate from policy to practice. This research explored the concept of recovery ... -
"The world is losing this little girl": An exploration of hospital-based Children's End of Life Care through a Narrative Lens
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2021)The death of a child is a profound and life-changing loss for all families. The majority of children continue to die in hospital due to the nature of the child's illness, the suddenness of their deterioration, and, at ... -
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 ... -
"I'm struggling but I'm not suffering" The lived experience of persons with young onset dementia in Ireland: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2021)Abstract: I m struggling but I m not suffering The lived experience of persons with young onset dementia in Ireland: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis This PhD thesis is an exploration of the lived experiences ... -
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 ... -
An Garda Síochána: Culture, challenges, and change
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)An Garda Síochána: Culture, challenges, and change is an exploration and understanding of the organisational culture of An Garda Síochána Ireland's National Policing Organisation. While the Gardaí or officers are often in ... -
Work/Retirement, Family Relations, and Perceptions on the Pension Regime of Middle-aged Citizens in Urban China
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)Focusing on urban areas of contemporary China, this thesis interrogates the interactions between the pension and retirement policy and the pathways of middle-aged citizens to retirement. At present, the pension regime in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A Qualitative Life Course Study of the Educational Pathways of Care-experienced Adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)The central role of education in relation to promoting positive outcomes in adulthood is well-established in existing literature (Hammond & Feinstein, 2006; Nicaise, 2012). However, a growing body of evidence points to ...
