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Family Group Conferences as empowerment practice: some dilemmas and opportunities

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Family Group Conferences as empowerment practice: some dilemmas and opportunities

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    1. 1 Family Group Conferences as empowerment practice: some dilemmas and opportunities Paul Nixon Assistant Director Children and Young People’s Service

    2. 2 Family Group Conferences Process both ancient and new Sprang from disenfranchised communities Challenged the orthodoxy Remind us of the importance of families to children

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    4. 4 Key questions… What is empowerment? How do we make sense of theories of power? What does this mean for social work and family group conferences?

    5. 5 ‘Empowerment is an inherently political idea in which issues of power, the ownership of power, inequalities of power and the acquisition of redistribution of power are central’ (Croft and Beresford 2000)

    6. 6 ‘Empowerment is not only good for you: it seems to be becoming an essential for a better life. Therefore if you are unable to do it for yourself you may need professional assistance in doing so…. …furthermore, you may need professional help to recognise that you are in need of this type of professional assistance’ (Baistow 1994)

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