Gilbert, Beverley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-2019
(2023)
Support worker’s experiences of self-disclosure within domestic abuse support services and women’s voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations: a qualitative enquiry.
Journal of Gender Studies.
ISSN Print: 0958-9236 Electronic: 1465-3869
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Abstract
This article examines the experiences of self-disclosure of women’s support workers within domestic abuse support organizations in England. This research considers the voice of women support workers from a feminist epistemological perspective using thematic analysis , and invites the consideration of who decides readiness to work in the sector, and the appropriateness of organizations making this decision for women who wish to work in the milieu of domestic abuse support work. Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were held with twelve women support workers who identified their lived experience of surviving domestic abuse. Three key themes were generated through thematic analysis (ibid.): women’s choice in making a disclosure regarding lived experience, the impact of non-disclosure policies of women’s organizations on practitioners and the sense of hope emanating from practitioners with lived experience of domestic abuse. The findings from this study make a useful contribution to an under-researched and overlooked area within research on violence against women, that of the women who undertake such vital work in the sector.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: | domestic abuse, self-disclosure, peer-support, women's support worker, community support |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
Divisions: | College of Business, Psychology and Sport > School of Psychology |
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Copyright Info: | Open Access article |
Depositing User: | Beverley Gilbert |
Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2023 10:22 |
Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2023 10:22 |
URI: | https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13383 |
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