Title
For The Children: Accounting For Careers In Child Protective Services
Keywords
Children; Labor; Narrative; Social service; Women
Abstract
This paper analyzes autobiographical essays from women who work as social service workers in child-protection agencies. Working long hours in relatively low-paying jobs, these women have limited prestige and autonomy and increasingly, come under close scrutiny and public criticism. They are clearly exploited in terms of the emotional and "mothering" labor they are expected to perform and are held personally accountable for daily decisions that could have dire consequences for the children they serve to protect. This paper is an investigation of how their narratives explain and justify their willingness to continue working in these situations and how their professional identities are defined and defended.
Publication Date
6-1-2005
Publication Title
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
Volume
32
Issue
2
Number of Pages
131-145
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
20044372381 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/20044372381
STARS Citation
Morris, Joan, "For The Children: Accounting For Careers In Child Protective Services" (2005). Scopus Export 2000s. 3950.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/3950