Reflective Practice in Contemporary Child-care Social Work: The Role of Containment

By G. Ruch. 2004

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Statutory Social Workers: Stress, Job Satisfaction, Coping, Social Support and Individual Differences (2008, background): “Most recently, Ruch (in press) has also noted that, beyond offering individual support, the supervisor has a key role in acting as a link for the team to the wider organization, in fighting for clarity of task, for appropriate workloads and resources.”
How Children Become Invisible in Child Protection Work: Findings from Research into Day-to-Day Social Work Practice (2017, background): “As Ruch argues, such organisational containment and emotionally attuned support can transform experiences of fear, anxiety, anger and frustration into ‘a resource for practice rather than a reason for disengagement’ (Ruch, 2007, p. 377).”