Do You Speak English? Language Barriers in Child Protection Social Work with Minority Ethnic Families

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Journal Article Do You Speak English? Language Barriers in Child Protection Social Work with Minority Ethnic Families Get access Ashok Chand Ashok Chand Ashok Chand is a social work lecturer at the University of Nottingham, Centre for Social Work. His previous publications and research interests have focused on the impact of the child welfare system in the UK for minority ethnic families. He has recently completed a review of research on child welfare services for children of minority ethnic origin and their families, with colleagues from the University of East Anglia, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Correspondence to Ashok Chand, University of Nottingham, Centre for Social Work, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 35, Issue 6, September 2005, Pages 807–821, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch205 Published: 15 August 2005 Article history Accepted: 01 June 2004 Published: 15 August 2005