• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • Are we really playworkers? The playwork narratives of two early intervention and prevention practitioners

    Author(s)
    Macfarlane, Kym
    Lakhani, Ali
    Stubbs, Charmaine
    Nelson, Melinda
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Macfarlane, Kym M.
    Lakhani, Ali M.
    Year published
    2016
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    This article focuses on the work of two practitioners who deliver wraparound playgroups in a Communities for Children (CfC) programme in Queensland, Australia. Playgroups are used as a universal, soft entry tool, providing space for wraparound services to be offered to families in a non-stigmatised way. The practitioners who staff this playgroup draw on multiple knowledge bases to enact their practice and to situate the playgroup as an early intervention and prevention tool. The authors describe their encounter with playwork philosophy and research that deepened their understanding and capacity to articulate their practice. ...
    View more >
    This article focuses on the work of two practitioners who deliver wraparound playgroups in a Communities for Children (CfC) programme in Queensland, Australia. Playgroups are used as a universal, soft entry tool, providing space for wraparound services to be offered to families in a non-stigmatised way. The practitioners who staff this playgroup draw on multiple knowledge bases to enact their practice and to situate the playgroup as an early intervention and prevention tool. The authors describe their encounter with playwork philosophy and research that deepened their understanding and capacity to articulate their practice. In the Australian context there is limited knowledge about playwork practice. However, as this article demonstrates, understanding about playwork practice has contributed to practitioners' understandings about their own work, and subsequently improved support to children and families that allows this strengths-based approach to work and thus, to give maximum support to the children and families who attend.
    View less >
    Journal Title
    Journal of Playwork Practice
    Volume
    3
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1332/205316216X14813018327141
    Subject
    Social Work not elsewhere classified
    Social Work
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/374270
    Collection
    • Journal articles

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E
    • TEQSA: PRV12076

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander