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Parents as actors in contact with child welfare services
- Author:
- SANDBAEK Mona
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 20(2), 2000, pp.101-111.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
The author discusses features of parents as actors when their children are in contact with public assistance services in Norway.
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in a university population: associations with use of social services
- Authors:
- McGAVOCK Lian, SPRATT Trevor
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 44(3), 2014, pp.657-674.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This paper is part of a series published by the Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences research group based at Queen's University Belfast. First-year undergraduates took part in an online survey, self-reporting on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and measures of social service contact. The ten-item ACE questionnaire measures abuse, neglect and household dysfunction (current sample α = 0.711). The study achieved a response rate of 18.6 per cent (N = 765; 552 (72.7 per cent) females and 212 (27.2 per cent) males, 21.8 per cent reporting having been educated at a ‘Protestant’ school, 42 per cent reporting having been educated at a ‘Catholic’ school and 20.4 per cent reporting previous school religious affiliation as ‘other’). Despite obvious non-response bias, ACE scores for this student population are comparable with college-educated populations in the USA. Current respondents with previous social service contact are over twenty-three times more likely than peers to have experienced multiple adversities. Findings support the hypothesis that social service contact, alone, acts as a proxy indicator for the presence of multiple adverse childhood experiences, with no significant elevation in ACE scores for those going through court proceedings or subject to child protection registration. This study supports current concerns by policy makers to target those children experiencing multiple adversities. (Publisher abstract)
Inspection of services provided for children in need who are living at home in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent
- Author:
- WALES. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- WALES. Social Services Inspectorate for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Inspection of services provided for children in need who are living at home in the city and county of Cardiff:
- Author:
- WALES. Social Services Inspectorate for Wales
- Publisher:
- WALES. Social Services Inspectorate for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 55p. + 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Defining, managing and monitoring services for children in need in Wales: a joint overview for the new local authorities produced for the Children in Need Working Group
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office. Social Services Inspectorate for Wales, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Paper intended as a briefing on current issues and developments and as an overall framework for managing and monitoring services to children in need in Wales.
Beneath the threshold: voluntary sector perspectives on child safeguarding in London
- Author:
- CHILDREN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines voluntary sector perspectives on child safeguarding in London, in the context of cuts in funding, service closures and reduced capacity in the statutory sector. The report analyses feedback from surveys returned by 85 respondents and interviews with 12 voluntary sector organisations. The results found increasing levels of demand and complexities of need, with 86 per cent of organisations experiencing an increase in the number of children, young people and families accessing their service. Within this rising demand, services have also seen increased concerns about child safeguarding and mental health. Some of the challenges identified included sustaining multi-agency working in the light of austerity; the impact of poverty and austerity measures across services; uncertainty and change across children’s services, including changes relating to safeguarding; and the impact of commissioning practice on safeguarding. The survey was co-ordinated by Children England, Partnership for Young London and Race Equality Foundation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social support and interdependency in transition to adulthood from child welfare services
- Authors:
- PAULSEN Veronika, BERG Berit
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 68, 2016, pp.125-131.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This qualitative study explores the need for social support in transition to adulthood for youths in the child welfare service, focusing on what support they need and from whom they can get such support. Individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 43 adolescents that are, or have been, in contact with the child welfare service in adolescence/young adulthood. Through longitudinal analysis and thematic analysis of the interviews four different categories of social support that the youths need are highlighted: practical support, emotional support, affirmational guidance support and participation support. The findings indicate that such support is necessary, but not always available for youths transitioning out from the Child Welfare System, as many of them lack an informal network of adults that can support them in their transition to adulthood. Several of them consequently need continued support from employees in the Child Welfare Service, which for many of these youths seems to represent a crucial source of social support. One of the challenges seems to be that the youths urge of independency together with the expectations of independency from the Child Welfare Services, makes youths end the contact with the Child Welfare Service too early. The simultaneously need for social support and urge for independency makes it relevant to discuss this in light of the concept of interdependency; which emphasises the importance of connections and social relations as not only normal but also necessary. This underlines the need for more flexibility and a gradual independency; in contrast to the “sudden adulthood” that many youths transitioning out of child welfare seem to experience. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social workers' assessments of children’s health when arguing for children’s needs
- Authors:
- HULTMAN Elin, CEDERBORG Ann-Christin, MAGNUSSON Karin Falth
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 32(4), 2015, pp.301-308.
- Publisher:
- Springer
In Sweden, child-related social services constitute an institutional body that conducts both preventive and supportive work for children in need of health support. However, in the social services Act (2001:453) there are few concrete statements about how social workers should assess children’s health. This study explores how social workers in Sweden adapt to the task of assessing children’s health. Specifically, it investigate the ways in which children’s health is explained in the context of reaching conclusions about the concrete needs of children. Inspired by a social constructionist and discursive analytical approach 60 written investigations where health concerns were expressed at the point of initiating an investigation were analysed. The findings are that social workers limited their assessments of children’s health, often using only a few words when mentioning health aspects. There was a difference in how they described physical- and psychological health problems. When they did pay attention to children’s psychological health this was mostly carried out with the use of one single explanation for the cause of the health condition; parental misbehaviour. Besides, this explanation fitted the suggested support. Signs of children’s psychological problems were described by their own destructive behaviour. Physical health was only briefly mentioned and the recommendations for child support involved external assistance. This means that social workers could use a simplified explanatory model lacking descriptions of each child’s life situation. This way of limiting assessment may hinder a deeper understanding of causes and consequences and thereby impose limits on specifying the particular support the child needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Why have we made neglect so complicated? Taking a fresh look at noticing and helping the neglected child
- Author:
- DANIEL Brigid
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 24(2), 2015, pp.82-94.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The experience of chronic neglect is extremely harmful to children's physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioural development. As an area of research it has been traditionally described as neglected, and as an arena of practice it is viewed as complex and intractable. Over the last few decades, however, there has been a body of evidence building up to help with the understanding of the impact of neglect upon children and to guide intervention. This paper draws on experience as a researcher in the field to present some thoughts on current understanding of neglect, and how it is possible to move forward with more appropriate responses. It argues that existing evidence is not being used to best effect and that current protective systems, like those in the UK, are still struggling to provide an effective response to neglected children. The language of neglect has become over-complicated and the systems and processes for assessment, planning and intervention are mired in bureaucracy. Some of these complexities are explored in more detail and a model is proposed that would support a more direct and straightforward response to children whose needs are not being met. (Edited publisher abstract)
Provider perceptions of safety planning with children impacted by intimate partner violence
- Authors:
- HORTON Evette, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 42, 2014, pp.67-73.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Safety planning is a widespread intervention used with clients who have experienced domestic violence victimisation. Although children are impacted by domestic violence, attention to the unique needs of children as they relate to domestic violence safety planning has received little attention to date. The authors conducted nine focus groups with domestic violence service providers about their perceptions of child safety planning. This article reports on the findings and implications of this focus group study that can inform the safety planning needs of children impacted by domestic violence. The themes discussed include Child Protective Services, the needs of older boys, school-related issues, custody-related issues, the extent to which children should be involved in safety planning, parenting issues, tools and tips for safety planning with children, and resources and services to promote children's safety. (Edited publisher abstract)