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Family involvement in child protection conferences
- Authors:
- THOBURN June, LEWIS Ann, SHEMMINGS David
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia. Social Work Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 19p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Summary of on-going research project looking at both policy and practice.
The place of “think family” approaches in child and family social work: messages from a process evaluation of an English pathfinder service
- Authors:
- THOBURN June, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 35(2), 2013, pp.228-236.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This paper reports findings from a process study of an English multi-disciplinary team working with families with long standing and complex problems. Data are provided on all families referred in the first year. For a one-third sub-sample of 33 cases, process and interim outcome data are analysed from information systematically extracted from case records. These are complemented by qualitative data from interviews with managers and caseworkers and by observation of ‘team around the family’ and professionals' meetings. The paper concludes that the service succeeds in engaging a majority of the referred families who have been hard to reach or hard to change in the past and whose children are either ‘on the edge of care’ or likely to be significantly harmed without the provision of an intensive service. Improvements were made in the life chances of children in 75% of the families. Aspects of the service identified as associated with more positive outcomes are: the allocation of two key workers, one for the child/children and one for the parent; the centrality of relationship-based practice and flexibility of the approach rather than strict adherence to any particular practice model;
Children in need: a review of family support in three local authorities
- Authors:
- THOBURN June, WILDING Jennifer, WATSON Jackie
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 28p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Summarises the Department of Health report 'Responding to families in need' and examines its implementation in three local authorities.
Child and family support services with minority ethnic families: what can we learn from research?
- Authors:
- CHAND Ashok, THOBURN June
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 10(2), May 2005, pp.169-178.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper considers some of the available published research on family support services for minority ethnic families. In addressing this aspect of social work with minority ethnic families, we seek to make a contribution to the knowledge base of practitioners. The paper begins with an overview of what is known about family support services for particular minority ethnic groups, before exploring
Towards knowledge-based practice in complex child protection cases: a research-based expert briefing
- Author:
- THOBURN June
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Children's Services, 5(1), March 2010, pp.9-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
... examines differences in the approach to service provision in different jurisdictions which affect both the nature of research conducted and its transferability across national boundaries, and then summarises the characteristics both of parents who are likely to abuse their children and also of the children most likely to be abused. Discussing the factors that make some families harder to engage than others, or harder to help and change, the author outlines the essential elements of effective professional practice within child protection, with particular attention being paid to effective approaches to helping families and young people who are hard to identify or engage. In conclusion, the article suggests that to date, only a small number of interventions aimed at preventing re-abuse have been
Child welfare services for minority ethnic families: the research reviewed
- Authors:
- THOBURN June, CHAND Ashok, PROCTER Joanne
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 255p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book brings together research into what works in service provision for minority ethnic families. Reviewing studies of the nature and adequacy of the services provided, and the outcomes for the children and their families, the book provides much-needed guidance for policy and practice around issues of cultural and ethnic background and identity, and puts forward suggestions for future research. The authors consider in particular: the complex needs and identities of minority ethnic families who might use child welfare services; how families using social services view current practice; the impact of the formal child protection and court systems on ethnic minority families; placement patterns and outcomes for children from the different minority ethnic groups who are in residential care,
Family participation in child protection
- Authors:
- THOBURN June, LEWIS Ann, SHEMMINGS David
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 4(3), August 1995, pp.161-171.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Summarizes a Department of Health funded research study of the extent to which parents and children were involved in the child protection work of seven English social services departments. The child protection process and the social work practice with a cohort of 220 consecutive cases is described for the period before the initial conference and the 6 months following it. The authors draw on interview data from parents, young people and social workers and on social work records to assess whether the process and practice were participatory and the extent of which family members were actually involved in the decisions and the work. They concluded that there was benefit for parents and children in attempts to involve them, even though only 3% of 378 family members were rated as partners in the protection process and a further 13% were rated as participating to a considerable extent. There was a family members and the interim outcomes for the parents and children being rated by the researchers as good or moderately good.
Paternalism or partnership: family involvement in the child protection process
- Authors:
- THOBURN June, LEWIS Ann, SHEMMINGS David
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 251p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study examining issues of participation of different family members in the various aspects of child protection work, as required by the Children Act 1989. Looks at social work practice and agency policy and goes on to look at 220 cases to find out the nature and extent of family involvement.
Child placement: principles and practice
- Author:
- THOBURN June
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 189p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Practice handbook for those working with children and families, or who are training to do so. Offers guidance on how to plan for and work with children who are looked after by local authorities, including children who have been abused and neglected. Emphasises the importance of balancing the duty to safeguard the child's welfare with the duty to enhance the ability of parents to fulfil
Effective interventions for complex families where there are concerns about, or evidence of, a child suffering significant harm: briefing 1
- Authors:
- THOBURN June, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 19p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing report is based on research evidence, mainly from the UK and US, of effective interventions to identify and support children who suffer significant harm. These children and their families are likely to require or be in receipt of ‘specialist services’ as defined in Every Child Matters whereby their health or development is likely to be significantly impaired without the provision of a social care service. The briefing includes what is known about: identifying complex child protection cases; the importance of effective assessment and decision-making; the professional relationship between services, children and families; evidence of effective interventions to engage families and young people; improving protection and well-being.