What Victim-Survivors Need From a Social Worker and What Social Workers Need From the System

Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno is a lecturer and researcher in women and children’s health and justice at the University of Manchester, UK, and the founder and director of the global SHERA Research Group. She is a world-leading academic expert in her core area of research - how coercive control and post-separation abuse, especially in the family courts, impacts women and children.

Elizabeth specialises in the harms caused by institutions and male-perpetrated abuse, as well as the safety, protection and recovery of mothers and children. All posts contain content you may find upsetting - resources for support are available here.

This post discusses what the research tells us about what victim-survivors of abuse and trauma need from social workers and what social workers need from the systems they work in.