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A matter of balance: power and resistance in child protection policy
- Author:
- HARRIS R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare Law, 5, 1990, pp.332-340.
- Publisher:
- Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Argues that the circular relation between demand and supply in some areas of social policy as exemplified in child protection results in conflict between individual freedom and social control illustrated by the events in Cleveland.
Working together, or keeping apart? A critical discourse analysis of the revised working together guidance (2013)
- Author:
- DUGMORE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 28(3), 2014, pp.329-341.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article gives an account of a discourse analysis in which a section of revised Government policy, Working Together to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children, was subjected to critical discourse analysis (CDA). Setting out the context in which the policy was published, this article outlines the recent policy context and articulates the chosen method of CDA to undertake a small-scale study in relation to the revised Working Together and discusses the findings of the analysis. It offers an insight into how the issue of child protection is understood, managed and made tolerable, through the policy's discourse. It concludes that the revised documentation, a result of Munro's review of child protection (2011), fails to adequately acknowledge the complexity involved in protecting and safeguarding children. (Publisher abstract)
Innocence lost: care and control in Dutch digital youth care
- Authors:
- KEYMOLEN Esther, BROEDERS Dennis
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 43(1), 2013, pp.64-80.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Dutch National Reference Index is the political answer to public outcry about a number of well-publicised cases in which the tragic deaths of very small children were connected with a failing youth care system. The parallel with the tragic UK case of Victoria Climbié in 2003, which catalysed the reform and digitisation of the UK policy system of child and youth care, is striking. Analysing the development of the index in the Netherlands, the authors perceive a ‘double translation’: first, how public sentiment is translated into a database tool and, second, how nationally formulated aims and guidelines for the tool are translated into local practices. Where the national system is firmly rooted in the idea and ideal of the care for children at risk and uses tools of communication to achieve this, other functions are tagged on in the development of the local systems. The system at the local level enables professionals to monitor each other's decisions; there is a direct surveillance at the managerial level (on professionals) and an increased control of the municipality on the various agencies that constitute the local youth-care system. It is concluded that using ICT in social policy is not just a power-neutral digitalisation of existing processes, but that it alters the character of these processes and brings along unforeseen functions and risks. The dominant goal of ‘care’ for children is supplemented with elements of ‘control’ within the organisation of local youth care. In this sense, the basic idea of the National Reference Index itself loses some of its innocence, too. (Edited publisher abstract)
Child welfare services for indigenous populations: a comparison of child welfare histories, policies, practices and laws for American Indians and Norwegian Sámis
- Authors:
- JACOBS Mary Ann, SAUS Merete
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 18(3), July 2012, pp.271-290.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper examines Dixon and Scheurell's framework for understanding colonisation processes within social welfare policies and then applies it to child welfare for Indigenous populations in the United States and Norway. While those countries’ historical child welfare policies follow Dixon and Scheurell's hypotheses regarding colonisation, each nation took very different legal approaches to ensure culturally appropriate child welfare services to their Indigenous populations. Ultimately, however, both countries’ current legal policies leave much responsibility for implementing culturally responsive practice squarely on the shoulders of practitioners. The authors concluded that the policy and practice recommendations for both countries necessitate similar actions.
A comparison of systems and outcomes for safeguarding children in Australia and Norway
- Authors:
- KOJAN Bente Heggem, LONNE Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 17(1), February 2012, pp.96-107.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article compares the Australian child protection (CP) and Norwegian child welfare services (CWS) for similarities and differences concerning practice outcomes, and their respective social policy approaches. The main policy focus in Australia is protection and risk, while Norway's systemic approach stresses prevention, early intervention and support. These differences influence practitioner's intervention strategies and how the needs of children and parents are met. The article details each nation's context and key elements of their CP/CWS organisations, with emphasis on policy and programme orientation. System outcomes are explored along with the implications of their different approaches. In Norway, approximately 80% of the children in the CWS receive some sort of supportive services. In contrast, Australian services for supporting families are narrowly targeted. Both countries share the best interest of the child principle and an increased focus on children's rights, and have experienced increased service demands and rates of children in out-of-home care. The article highlights the relative merits and weaknesses of both systems.
Shared heritage and differing values in child welfare services in Scotland and North Carolina
- Authors:
- BEERMAN Daniel R., SMITH Mark
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 50(2), March 2007, pp.157-170.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The unique shared history of Scotland and North Carolina offers fertile ground for cross-cultural comparison of child welfare approaches. This article attempts to identify some of the broader historical and philosophical strands that have influenced the development of welfare services. It considers how some of these ideas are reflected in current day services, and goes on to focus on three areas of contrast for more detailed discussion: collectivism opposed to individualism; medical versus social models; and needs versus deeds. The article hopes to provide a deeper understanding of how cultural differences affect the delivery of child welfare services.
Reforming the child welfare system: competing paradigms of change
- Author:
- COHEN Burton J.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 27(6), June 2005, pp.653-666.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Efforts to reform the child welfare system in the United States have been hampered by the tendency of would-be reformers to operate out of different perspectives, or paradigms, each of which is relatively closed to the others. This paper identifies four traditions of social planning and social change and relates them to different approaches to reforming child welfare. Each perspective has its own core assumptions, its own approach to knowledge building, and its own flaws or weaknesses. Due to the magnitude and complexity of the child welfare crisis, it is important to find ways to bring together the various perspectives into a more unified and systemic approach to reform.
Professional development of social work in Russia
- Authors:
- LARSKAIA-SMIRNOVA Elena, ROMANOV Pavel, LOVTSOVA Natalia
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Society: International Online Journal, 2(1), 2004, Online only
- Publisher:
- University of Bielefeld
The aim of this paper was to get an understanding about how the profession of social work explains its relevance and legitimacy in today's Russia, to enlighten the importance of socio-political, professional and educational contexts in explaining the societal position of the social work profession in Russia. The paper begins with the analysis of the processes of legitimization, professionalization and constitution of social work in today's Russia. In addition to functionalist and critical perspectives on these three processes, in its second part the paper employs phenomenological approach looking into everyday life theory of social work that is constructed in routine work at the social service agencies. The third part of this paper talks about the issues of social services and social work with family and children in contemporary Russia.
More of the same: new rules for child protection in Denmark
- Author:
- EGELUND Tine
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 18(4), 1998, pp.201-210.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
Discusses the background to child protection in Denmark and argues that it is based on out of date premises.
Child protection under threat
- Author:
- HINCHLIFFE David
- Publisher:
- Labour Party
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Critique of government policies on children.