2016 Volume 57 Issue 2 Pages 1-14
The main purpose of this research was to clarify the structure and process for developing a collaborative working relationship between social workers in child guidance center and the parents who have experienced temporary removal of their children without consent. The data were acquired through semi-structured interviews with 20 family members of 10 families who experienced the above-mentioned intervention by welfare authorities. The results, analyzed using Graser’s Grounded Theory Approach showed there were 33 concepts and 12 categories; and the core variable was “Accommodation”. The 12 categories were classified into 3 stages according to a time sequence: “Losing”, “Accommodating” and “Owning”. The results of the study emphasized the importance of social workers in dealing with 6 categories in the “Accommodating” stage in order to develop collaborative relationship with parents whose children were removed temporarily without consent; namely, these categories were “outlook”, “being supported”, “relationship with the social worker”, “setting for meetings”, “thoughts and wishes toward children”, and “expectations”.
