This multi-agency manual reflects a significant consensus across Area ChildProtection Committees (ACPCs) and all those agencies in London that contribute to the prevention, detection and investigation of abuse or neglect, the risk management of offenders and the treatment of those affected. The procedures contained within it have been informed by and are consistent with the following policies...
This multi-agency manual reflects a significant consensus across Area ChildProtection Committees (ACPCs) and all those agencies in London that contribute to the prevention, detection and investigation of abuse or neglect, the risk management of offenders and the treatment of those affected. The procedures contained within it have been informed by and are consistent with the following policies agreed by: Chairs of ACPCs; Greater London Association of Directors of Social Services (GLADSS); Metropolitan Police Service; representatives of Probation, Education, Youth and Leisure Services; representatives of Primary Care and other Health Trusts. The manual reflects current legislation, government statutory guidance and expectations, and accepted bestpractice. The significant proportion of the procedures that relates to social services departments reflects their lead role in childprotection. Their ability to perform effectively is critically dependent upon the specified contributions of other relevant agencies.
Subject terms:
law, leisure, police, primary care, social services, vulnerable children, young offenders, youth offending teams, childprotection, good practice;
Journal of Public Child Welfare, 7(3), 2013, pp.253-274.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
...at an innovative clinical consultation program in a large, governmental childprotective services agency. Seven themes emerged as most important in achieving a bestpractice: setting the stage; mandate; trust and communication; strong leadership; building a shared identity; structural supports and resources; and continuous feedback and evaluation. Conditions and recommendations to achieve bestpractices
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Mental illness, substance abuse, and domestic violence are common co-occurring problems in families involved in child maltreatment allegations. When two or more of these problems are involved in a case, the integration of multiple professionals and collaboration among them become especially complex. This study examined perceptions of bestpractices of multidisciplinary collaboration at an innovative clinical consultation program in a large, governmental childprotective services agency. Seven themes emerged as most important in achieving a bestpractice: setting the stage; mandate; trust and communication; strong leadership; building a shared identity; structural supports and resources; and continuous feedback and evaluation. Conditions and recommendations to achieve bestpractices in multidisciplinary collaboration and implications are discussed.
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Subject terms:
childprotection, good practice, teamwork, child abuse, interprofessional relations, multidisciplinary services, substance misuse, mental health problems, collaboration;
Child and Family Social Work, 6(1), February 2001, pp.1-12.
Publisher:
Wiley
This article focuses on the meanings and development of bestpractice in family support in the context of childprotection work. It aims to move the literature of child care beyond the 'deficit perspective', where the focus is on what does not get done, to one which sets out bestpractice as a model for developing systems and practice competencies. Also attempts to show how the issues of trauma...
This article focuses on the meanings and development of bestpractice in family support in the context of childprotection work. It aims to move the literature of child care beyond the 'deficit perspective', where the focus is on what does not get done, to one which sets out bestpractice as a model for developing systems and practice competencies. Also attempts to show how the issues of trauma and healing, and of self-actualisation more broadly, need to move to the centre of how family support and childprotection are theorised and practised.
Subject terms:
parent-child relations, social worker-service user relationships, case studies, child abuse, childprotection, emotional abuse, emotionally disturbed children, families, family relations, good practice;
...to children and young people. It clarifies CSPs' safeguarding roles and responsibilities; and provides guidance, tools, examples,templates and good practice examples. The toolkit will be regularly updated to respond to the needs of users, who will be encouraged to submit examples of bestpractice.
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This safeguarding toolkit is a resource intended to support the work of all those involved in Sportivate or other programmes for children and young people, from County Sport Partnerships (CSPs) with a strategic role and other organisations or groups responsible for identifying, commissioning and monitoring potential activity providers, to individuals and organisations delivering those activities to children and young people. It clarifies CSPs' safeguarding roles and responsibilities; and provides guidance, tools, examples,templates and good practice examples. The toolkit will be regularly updated to respond to the needs of users, who will be encouraged to submit examples of bestpractice.
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Safeguarding Children and Schools explains how schools are able to contribute to keeping children safe from harm and promoting their welfare, in line with Government Every Child Matters guidelines. The contributors, who are all experts in the field of childprotection, put the potentially daunting task faced by schools in context, explaining relevant policy, the latest research findings...
Safeguarding Children and Schools explains how schools are able to contribute to keeping children safe from harm and promoting their welfare, in line with Government Every Child Matters guidelines. The contributors, who are all experts in the field of childprotection, put the potentially daunting task faced by schools in context, explaining relevant policy, the latest research findings and offering practical examples to help schools to be more proactive and meet their responsibilities successfully. Areas discussed include the roles of local education authority services and schools in childprotection, working with particularly vulnerable or difficult children, the relationship between safeguarding and the curriculum, and training school staff to safeguard children
This book, as one of the bestpractice in working with children series, is an overview of the roles, responsibilities and challenges practitioners of primary health and social care face in their day-to-day activities of safeguarding children in primary care settings. With a greater emphasis on prevention and early intervention, it details the complexity of identification and management of child
This book, as one of the bestpractice in working with children series, is an overview of the roles, responsibilities and challenges practitioners of primary health and social care face in their day-to-day activities of safeguarding children in primary care settings. With a greater emphasis on prevention and early intervention, it details the complexity of identification and management of child abuse and neglect within primary care and gives practical accounts and perspectives from a range of frontline professionals working with children, parents and carers. These are backed up by theoretical insights from leading academics in the fields. Strategic interventions in and beyond primary healthcare are also detailed. Topics covered include the special challenges of sexual abuse, ritualistic or spirit possession abuse, the roles of the paediatrician, dentist, GP and child health commissioner, violence in the community, protecting children with autistic spectrum disorder and parental drug use contributed by authors from the Netherlands, Austria, Australia as well as Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
Subject terms:
intervention, prevention, primary care, child abuse, child neglect, childprotection, children;
This practical book shows how to assess and analyse the needs of children living with trauma and family violence using the 'Assessment Framework'. The authors analyse the impact of exposure to a climate of trauma and family violence and a child’s development and their capacity to form attachments. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the recent research on trauma and family violence, Chapter 2 introduces a model for analysing what is going on for the child and the family, and Chapter 3 introduces assessment tools. A case history is then used to track through the process of assessment at its early stages of initial and core assessment (Chapter 4) and then at safeguarding level (Chapter 5). Two following chapters discuss whether change is feasible and explore ways of preventing and intervening in family violence and trauma. The publication concludes with a case example which involved a network of professionals and where the court was involved.
This practical book shows how to assess and analyse the needs of children living with trauma and family violence using the 'Assessment Framework'. The authors analyse the impact of exposure to a climate of trauma and family violence and a child’s development and their capacity to form attachments. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the recent research on trauma and family violence, Chapter 2 introduces a model for analysing what is going on for the child and the family, and Chapter 3 introduces assessment tools. A case history is then used to track through the process of assessment at its early stages of initial and core assessment (Chapter 4) and then at safeguarding level (Chapter 5). Two following chapters discuss whether change is feasible and explore ways of preventing and intervening in family violence and trauma. The publication concludes with a case example which involved a network of professionals and where the court was involved.
Subject terms:
intervention, needs assessment, risk assessment, vulnerable children, case studies, child abuse, childprotection, children in need, domestic violence, evidence-based practice;
Children and Youth Services Review, 82, 2017, pp.214-221.
Publisher:
Elsevier
...involving 144 child care and protection cases (198 children) in nine Italian cities, in order to prevent out-of-home child placement and reduce child neglect. Inside the P.I.P.P.I. a series of case studies were developed to achieve an in-depth understanding of the effective processes undertaken by participants with families. The case selected for this article has been chosen because it reflects a best
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The article considers a methodological proposal in pursuing participation, called Participative and Transformative Evaluation (PTE) that uses instruments and data as a means of reflection and negotiation between all the actors involved, in order to justify choices and make decisions. The PTE is realised inside the Programme of Intervention for Prevention of Institutionalization (P.I.P.P.I.), involving 144 child care and protection cases (198 children) in nine Italian cities, in order to prevent out-of-home child placement and reduce child neglect. Inside the P.I.P.P.I. a series of case studies were developed to achieve an in-depth understanding of the effective processes undertaken by participants with families. The case selected for this article has been chosen because it reflects a bestpractice in using the PTE as well as the participation path and is undertaken following the indications of the Critical BestPractice. It allowed an in-depth understanding of the mother's and professionals' viewpoints about what built the success in their practice. During the discussion three components are considered: the technical solutions offered by research or science (technical components) become meaningful when participants not only apply them, but act upon them, building, internally, the meanings to be enacted (internal component). In the case study this came about through dialogue between people, and through negotiation and reflection on competence, visions and values (communicative component).
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Subject terms:
families, participation, childprotection, case studies, intervention, decision making, evaluation, communication, childrens social care;
Children and Youth Services Review, 30(2), February 2008, pp.187-198.
Publisher:
Elsevier
This paper provides a qualitative analysis of mental health and childprotection professionals' perceptions of bestpractice when working on cases where there is parental mental illness and there are protection concerns for child(ren). Data were collected as part of an Australian state-wide survey of professionals in both fields. Respondents offered many suggestions for improving interagency
This paper provides a qualitative analysis of mental health and childprotection professionals' perceptions of bestpractice when working on cases where there is parental mental illness and there are protection concerns for child(ren). Data were collected as part of an Australian state-wide survey of professionals in both fields. Respondents offered many suggestions for improving interagency relationships, collaborative processes, and outcomes for children and parents. These suggestions encompassed three major content areas: improving communication; enhancing the knowledge base of professionals in both sectors; and providing adequate resources and appropriate service models. Within the three domains of communication, knowledge development and resources, strategies encompassed both formal, organisation-led initiatives as well as more informal initiatives that could be implemented by individuals or small groups. Additionally, strategies were suggested that required implementation at a range of levels of organisational activity, from the front-line workplace to state-wide policy changes. Thus, a complex picture emerges of intersectoral collaboration that comprises several key domains and needs to be implemented at all levels of organisational influence.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, mental health problems, mental health services, parents, childprotection, communication, good practice, parental mental health;
...of these in this report. In broad terms, the recommendations are as follows: each local authority's children’s services department implements the bestpractice guidance (BPG); supervision orders are only made when all of the matters set out in the supervision order template within the BPG have been considered and addressed; each children’s services department adopts and completes the self-audit questions within the BPG
(Edited publisher abstract)
The Public Law Working Group (PLWG) is consulting on proposals to law, policy and practice in relation to supervision orders made at the conclusion of care proceedings to support the child to live with a parent(s). The PLWG invites consultation responses from those who have a stake in, or are affected by, the children's social care and family justice systems. This includes, but is not limited to, families and young people, legal and social care practitioners and managers, directors of children's services/social services, practitioners and services working alongside/closely with children’s social care, the judiciary, voluntary sector organisations and practitioner bodies/associations. In this interim report we make five core recommendations. We have provided a full explanation for and analysis of these in this report. In broad terms, the recommendations are as follows: each local authority's children’s services department implements the bestpractice guidance (BPG); supervision orders are only made when all of the matters set out in the supervision order template within the BPG have been considered and addressed; each children’s services department adopts and completes the self-audit questions within the BPG in respect of every supervision order made in its favour; each children's services department considers adopting the 'thinking tool' within the BPG; the Government commits to provide the necessary resources to local authorities to enable them to adopt and implement the BPG to the fullest and most effective extent possible.
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Subject terms:
supervision orders, childprotection, family reunification, care proceedings, childrens social care, Family Courts;
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