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Parental mental health and child welfare: reviews of policy and professional education
- Authors:
- STANLEY Nicky, COX Pat
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 158p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health has been the focus of much recent policy development accompanied by increasing awareness of the impact of mental illness, not only on those who experience it, but also on family members, including children, and wider communities. This knowledge review examines existing knowledge and practice in health and social care services regarding parental mental health and child welfare. New guidelines for health and social care staff working with adults and children in a range of settings will be produced. It presents the results of searches of policy and searches of guidance on professional education, to ascertain whether, how and to what extent knowledge, structures, models, skills and values for working with parents with mental health problems and their children are addressed in policy and in professional education. The aims and objectives of these reviews were established through a process of consultation with SCIE and the main body of work was undertaken between December 2006 and September 2007 with revisions added in response to reviewers’ comments early in 2008. The reviews aim to be transparent and accessible in both description of process and presentation of findings, and fit for purpose in progressing the larger review of parental mental health and child welfare.
Child welfare workers' adoption of decision support technology
- Authors:
- FOSTER Kirk A., STIFFMAN Arlene R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Technology in Human Services, 27(2), April 2009, pp.106-126.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Child welfare workers must process complex information in deciding to refer clients to appropriate mental health services. This study expanded the process and reaction by child welfare workers' to the adoption of a new decision support system specifically designed to enhance their assessment and referral abilities. Quantitative analysis was used to demonstrate the diffusion of innovation process among a sample of state child welfare workers in the US, while qualitative analysis was used to explain the facilitators and barriers to decision support systems adoption. Results indicate that for decision support systems to be widely adopted in child welfare practice, they should be integrated into the referral system and include workers' knowledge and experiences with referral resources. For successful adoption, decision support systems need to respect the natural logic and flow of worker interaction as well as organizational constraints.
'My mother threatens my sister with a knife'
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.11.09, 2009, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Practitioners and experts comment on a case in which a young man has alerted the NSPCC to his mother's paranoid and potentially dangerous behaviour.
Best practices for mental health in child welfare: parent support and youth empowerment guidelines
- Authors:
- ROMANELLI Lisa Hunter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 88(1), 2009, pp.189-212.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
This paper, the second in a series of two guideline papers emerging from the 2007 Best Practices for Mental Health in Child Welfare Consensus Conference in the US, provides an overview of the key issues related to parent support and youth empowerment in child welfare. It presents consensus guidelines and also discusses some of the implications these guidelines have for the child welfare field.
Best practices for mental health in child welfare: screening, assessment, and treatment guidelines
- Author:
- ROMANELLI Lisa Hunter
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 88(1), 2009, pp.163-188.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
The Best Practices for Mental Health in Child Welfare Consensus Conference in the US focused on developing guidelines in five key areas (screening and assessment, psychosocial interventions, psychopharmacologic treatment, parent engagement, and youth empowerment) related to children's mental health. This paper provides an overview of issues related to the first three areas, presents the guidelines developed in these areas, and discusses the implications these guidelines have for the field of child welfare.
Trends in child welfare's focus on children's mental health and services from 1980–2004
- Authors:
- LEATHERS Sonya J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 31(4), April 2009, pp.445-450.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study examined how one of the oldest and most widely distributed child welfare practice journals addressed children's mental health issues over a 25-year period. The content of 478 articles was coded. Logistic regression findings indicate that mental health issues were discussed less frequently over the first half of the period examined, and then more frequently over the last decade. Residential treatment was discussed less frequently over time, but other community-based alternatives to residential treatment were rarely discussed at any point, so that overall the content related to treatment of mental health issues decreased as discussion of residential treatment decreased. These findings suggest that although the child welfare literature has recently focused more on children's mental health, dissemination of specific concepts from the mental health to the child welfare literature does not naturally occur over time. Efforts targeted at dissemination of effective community-based mental health interventions for foster children may be needed to support this process.
Clients’ and professionals’ experiences of traversing mental health and child protection systems: implications for practice
- Authors:
- DARLINGTON Yvonne, FEENEY Judith A.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 90(4), October 2009, pp.382-389.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Support services for families where a parent has a mental illness need to address the well-being of both parent and children, and must operate across the boundaries of two traditionally separate service systems: child protection/family support and mental health. This article draws on survey data on child protection and mental health professionals’ attitudes toward parents with mental illness, as well as interview data from 4 parent–worker dyads in cases involving parental mental illness and child protection concerns. Two broad categories of practice issues emerged: mental illness-related issues that impact negatively on parenting capacity and issues related to gaps in services and service delivery. In many cases, parenting stresses may be exacerbated by a lack of adequate and appropriate services. Service responses are required that recognise and can accommodate the specific needs of parents with a mental illness, and consistent long-term support is essential if people with mental illness are to parent effectively. Of necessity, such support should be ongoing and able to anticipate changes in parents’ coping capacity, in order to avoid repeated, highly intrusive, legally driven interventions at times of crisis.
Neglect: research evidence to inform practice
- Author:
- MORAN Patricia
- Publisher:
- Action for Children
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 31p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Neglect in its many forms remains an under-researched area, despite being the most pervasive form of child maltreatment in the UK. However, there is sufficient evidence to build a picture of the individuals, families and circumstances in which neglect is most likely to occur. There is also sufficient evidence to understand the devastating impact neglect can have on all aspects of child development and into adulthood. The evidence required to guide practitioners in the development and delivery of interventions to prevent or reduce neglect is particularly lacking. Promising interventions include programmes of home visiting (begun in the prenatal period), parent training, school-based social workers, social network support and therapeutic approaches with parents and children. Intervening in neglect is also likely to be costly, requiring intensive, long-term, multi-faceted work by a highly skilled workforce. Provision of such services is likely to be hampered by the short-term nature of much funding available for new initiatives, and by a desire for quick results. Given that neglect is characterised by multiple contributing factors at personal, interpersonal, social and societal levels, it is also important to remember the role of social policy in alleviating neglect
Serious case review: executive summary: relating to John
- Author:
- NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD
- Publisher:
- Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Summary of a serious case review of 'John' an 11mth old White British child who was injured by his Mother in late 2007. John was not seriously injured, however a review as carried out as there were lessons to be learnt from the case about the way agencies had worked together. Specific terms of reference considered by the review included: the assessment of parenting capacity prior; the quality of interagency work, whether this addressed developing concerns relating to John’s mother’s mental health, substance misuse and domestic violence; whether appropriate use was made of the existing child protection framework in relation to the above issues and in responding to unexplained injuries; and whether appropriate services were provided to meet the identified needs of John and his family.
Serious case review: executive summary: relating to Sarah
- Author:
- NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD
- Publisher:
- Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Executive summary of the serious case review of Sarah, a white British child who died aged four months in late 2007. Although Sarah's death was recorded as Sudden Infant Death (SIDS), the circumstances surrounding her death and the discovery that she had suffered fractures, lead to a review of the case being carried out. Prior to Sarah's death, information about the parents and their children were know to many agencies. The father of the children had a history of mental health difficulties, anxiety and depression and a history of dependency on alcohol and drugs. The children’s mother became dependant on drugs after their first child was born.