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Guest editorial
- Author:
- GIBBONS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 4(1), January 1996, pp.1-2.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Provides an overview of the articles appearing in this special issue of Health and Social Care in the Community. The whole issue is concerned with policy matters in the development of health and social services to meet the needs of children and families.
Children in need and their families: outcomes of referral to social services
- Author:
- GIBBONS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 21(3), June 1991, pp.217-227.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes two instruments used to measure need in a study of families and children in need, services received, and service effectiveness.
Prevention : a realistic objective?
- Author:
- GIBBONS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.10.88, 1988, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
No matter how good the procedures, it is simply not possible to prevent all cases of serious child abuse, as accurate prediction of abusing families is not possible.
Independent review of Residential Care: needs of mentally ill adults
- Author:
- GIBBONS Jane
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 42p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Placing children on child protection registers: risk indicators and local authority differences
- Authors:
- GORDON David, GIBBONS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 28(3), June 1998, pp.423-436.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Wide variation in rates of children on protection registers in different authorities has led to doubts about the reliability of local decision making. A study of referrals, for suspected abuse or neglect in eight English local authorities, found that indicators of child and family vulnerability were more important than local area in explaining selection for initial child protection conference and placement on registers. There appeared to be agreement on 'common-sense' risk indicators but stronger measurements of risk would enable child protection procedures to be better targeted.
Development after physical abuse in early childhood: a follow-up study of children on protection registers
- Authors:
- GIBBONS Jane, et al
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 202p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report describing a nine to ten year follow up study of pre-school children placed on child protection registers, most of whom had been physically abused. The aims of the study were to discover: the longer-term consequences of physical ill treatment; the extent of life changes during the follow up period; the present family arrangements of the children; whether the supportive services provided by the key agency influenced outcomes; and the consequences of placements in substitute families.
Variation in operation of English child protection registers
- Authors:
- GIBBONS Jane, BELL Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 24(6), December 1994, pp.701-714.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
English child protection register statistics reveal wide and persistent variations between authorities, but over time their rank order remains moderately stable. Socio-demographic characteristics of areas combined with differing policies and practices in keeping the register have been found to explain much of the variability. While statistics of children on registers are not valid measures of the incidence of child maltreatment, registers themselves appear to play a useful part in local child protection systems.
Predicting the rate of children on the child protection register
- Authors:
- LITTLE Michael, GIBBONS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 10(2), 1993, pp.15-18.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
There is a considerable difference in the rate at which children in England and Wales are placed on child protection registers. Explores this variation by examining socio-demographic and operational factors working at the local level. Three-fifths of the variance can be explained by this means. Exceptional authorities are described. A formula for calculating the expected proportion of children on the register in any area is described and links drawn to a wider scrutiny of child protection practice.
Can voluntary support projects help vulnerable families? The work of Home Start
- Authors:
- GIBBONS Jane, THORPE Sally
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 19(3), June 1989, pp.189-202.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
An exploratory study has indicated that Home Start can offer a qualitatively different and complementary service to that of the local authority in work with stressed parents of under-fives.
A useful part of the community: family projects in local areas: report to the Joseph Memorial Trust
- Authors:
- GIBBONS Jane, THORPE Sally
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 103p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London