Kassahun, Meseret (PhD)Abate, Marshet2018-06-202023-11-042018-06-202023-11-042013-07http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2036This study explored social workers practice in the court with sexually abused children including the social workers’ role in the court; social workers interdisciplinary involvement and their actual versus the expected roles in ‘Lideta’ Federal First Instance Court, Addis Ababa. Qualitative case study research method was used to undertake this study. Accordingly it included in-depth interview with four social workers, three prosecutors, one judge, administrator and two lawyers. The data from these interviews were analyzed using pre coding and coding. Thematic analysis was used as an approach to the data analysis. The finding of the study indicated that social workers have diverse roles such as acting as an intermediary between the sexually abused child as a witness and the court and preparing the child for court under special circumstances. Furthermore, other roles such as: referral and advocacy has been discovered as roles social workers. Social workers as well work with families of sexually abused children in case of interfamilial sexual abuse being a mediator and an advocate. What is more is that, the study also revealed, social workers have professional relationship with Prosecutors, Judges and Lawyers while working with sexually abused children. The study also found out the center of the relationship on social workers practice is working as an intermediary. The court also has a wide discretionary power on permitting social workers either to be a witness or give an expert opinionenSocial WorkThesis