On December 18th, 2013, Issue 14 of the goodenoughcaring Journal will be brought out of the oven and put online. The flavour of this issue is nuanced by the work of Clare and Donald Winnicott and its influence on our thinking about how children develop, how they are brought up and how social work can help troubled children and their families. Our authors have drawn generously from the ingredients in their Winnicottian larders. John Burton writes about compliance and abuse in care settings, Cynthia Cross considers the Winnicotts' impact on residential child care, John Fallowfield cites Donald Winnicott among others in his essay about child development and observation in social work, Joel Kanter considers Clare’s and Donald’s notion of the social worker/therapist as 'transitional participant' when in relationship with children traumatised by dislocation, Patrick Tomlinson cites Winnicott’s game "The Squiggle "in his article about communicating with traumatised children. Charles Sharpe reflects upon Clare Winnicott's interview with Alan Cohen and examines her influence on social work, and Jeanne Warren’s essay is a consideration of the Scottish philosopher, (and contemporary of the Winnicotts) John Macmurray’s ideas about the education of children.
Added to our new bake's relish is Bob Royston’s account of a childhood spent in a ‘country club’, an article which continues our series of individual memoirs of childhood, John Stein's recollections of Richard T. Cass, the first social worker he ever met, tell us all that John learnt from him, while Kevin Ball provides a comprehensive explanation and evaluation of the role of the Regulation 33 visitor whose task it is to monitor the care provided for children who live in children’s homes. Finally, for some, the icing on the cake will be “The Girl from the Workhouse” an article from a magazine edited by Charles Dickens.
More articles may well be added to further spice our mix but we hope that visitors to the goodenoughcaring website and readers of the Journal will agree this issue is looking to be a rich and nourishing offering.
This news item first appeared on the homepage of the goodenoughcaring website on November 27th, 2013.
