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Applying the recovery approach to the interface between mental health and child protection services
- Authors:
- DUFFY Joe, DAVIDSON Gavin, KAVANAGH Damien
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 22(1), 2016, pp.35-49.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There is a range of theoretical approaches which may inform the interface between child protection and adult mental health services. These theoretical perspectives tend to be focused on either child protection or mental health with no agreed integrating framework. The interface continues to be identified, in research, case management reviews and inquiry reports, as complex and problematic. This article proposes that more positive, integrated approaches to service user engagement, risk assessment and management may lead to better outcomes in working with families experiencing parental mental health problems and child protection concerns. It is proposed that the recovery approach, increasingly used in mental health services, can inform the processes of engagement, assessment and intervention at the mental health and child protection interface. The article provides a critical overview of the recovery approach and compares it with approaches typifying interventions in child protection work to date. Relevant research and inquiries are also examined as a context for how to more effectively respond to cases where there are issues around parental mental health problems and child protection. The article concludes with case material to illustrate the potential application of the recovery approach to the interface between mental health and child protection services. (Publisher abstract)
Partnership in mental health and child welfare: social work responses to children living with parental mental illness
- Author:
- SHEEHAN Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 39(3/4), 2004, pp.309-323.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Mental illness is an issue for a number of families reported to child protection agencies. Parents with mental health problems are more vulnerable, as are their children, to having parenting and child welfare concerns. A recent study undertaken in the Melbourne Children's Court (Victoria, Australia) found that the children of parents with mental health problems comprised just under thirty percent of all new child protection applications brought to the Court and referred to alternative dispute resolution, during the first half of 1998. This paper reports on the study findings, which are drawn from a descriptive survey of 228 Pre-Hearing Conferences. A data collection schedule was completed for each case, gathering information about the child welfare concerns, the parents' problems, including mental health problems, and the contribution by mental health professionals to resolving child welfare concerns. The study found that the lack of involvement by mental health social workers in the child protection system meant the Children's Court was given little appreciation of either a child's emotional or a parent's mental health functioning. The lack of effective cooperation between the adult mental health and child protection services also meant decisions made about these children were made without full information about the needs and the likely outcomes for these children and their parents. This lack of interagency cooperation between mental health social work and child welfare also emerged in the findings of the Icarus project, a cross-national project, led by Brunel University, in England. This project compared the views and responses of mental health and child welfare social workers to the dependent children of mentally ill parents, when there were child protection concerns. It is proposed that adult mental health social workers involve themselves in the assessment of, and interventions in, child welfare cases when appropriate, and share essential information about their adult, parent clients. Children at risk of abuse and neglect are the responsibility of all members of the community, and relevant professional groups must accept this responsibility. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Therapeutic collaboration: bridging the gap between statutory and therapeutic work
- Author:
- ROBINSON Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 57(4), December 2004, pp.374-380.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Considers the clinical effectiveness of child and youth mental health workers and child protection workers employing a therapeutic collaborative model for practice when engaged with extremely at risk and vulnerable families. Argues that this approach has the potential to assist professionals work in a meaningful way enhancing therapeutic containment and subsequent engagement with families. Advocates a model that does not demarcate statutory from psychological thinking. Indeed, such a split, it is argued, promotes barriers that impede and fragment the helping process. Discusses examples using this practice model, including the need for greater flexibility and professional goodwill across government and non-government agencies.
Research into practice
- Author:
- AYRE Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.02, 2002, p.45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a comparative study of European child protection procedures where parents have mental health problems.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections on the theme: children's mental health
- Authors:
- OFSTED, et al
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Guidance for inspectors carrying out joint area inspections to evaluate children and young people’s experiences living with mental ill health, with a focus on children aged 10 to 15 years old in England. The joint inspection will be carried out by inspectors from Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation. The inspection will cover 'front door' services and evaluate agencies' responses to all forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation as well as evaluating responses to children living with mental ill health. It will include a deep dive focus on children subject to child in need and child protection plans and those children who are in care who are living with mental ill health. The joint inspections will begin in September 2019. (Edited publisher abstract)
Serious case review: family A
- Authors:
- CARMI Edina, WALKER-HALL Nicki
- Publisher:
- Kingston and Richmond Local Safeguarding Children Board
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 70
- Place of publication:
- Twickenham
A review of the deaths of three children P, Q and R, who were smothered by their birth mother on 22 April 2014. The mother was given a hospital order in November 2014 after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility of her daughter and sons. The three youngest children had spinal muscular atrophy type 2, a condition that affects voluntary muscles causing severe muscle weakness, which can result in problems moving, eating, breathing and swallowing. The report provides a summary of the overall context, describes what happened from the perspective of those involved at the time, including both professionals and family, and considers the facts of the children's health needs. It concludes with findings relating to family and professional interactions, professional and organisational culture and safeguarding practice and sets out key recommendations. The review argues that the role of the lead professional is critical in complex cases to co-ordinate the multiagency services and act as a single point of contact and suggests that the consultant paediatrician may not be best suited to undertake this role. (Edited publisher abstract)
Outcomes of interagency training to safeguard children: final report to the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health
- Authors:
- CARPENTER John, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 175p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This study assesses the scope and content of interdisciplinary training programmes commissioned by Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB), and the participation in courses of professionals and others in contact with and/or working with children. It also aimed to investigate the context for training, specifically, how LSCBs carried out their responsibilities under the statutory guidance and the experiences of training coordinators and trainers. Individual chapters focus on different aspects of training, looking at: Safeguarding children and domestic abuse; Safeguarding disabled children; Parental mental illness and safeguarding children; Outcomes of interagency training for young people with harmful sexual behaviours; Safeguarding children of drug misusing parents; Female genital mutilation and safeguarding children. Each chapter begins with an overview of the literature and the importance of interagency working and training; and then provides provides a brief review of research, including methods used and results and outcomes. The conclusions highlight the policy and practice implications, looks at the cost effective implications and make suggestions for future research into interagency training for safeguarding children.
The role of inter-agency collaboration in facilitating receipt of behavioral health services for youth involved with child welfare and juvenile justice
- Authors:
- CHUANG Emmeline, WELLS Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 32(12), December 2010, pp.1814-1822.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Unmet need for behavioural health care is a serious problem for crossover youth, defined as those simultaneously involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Although a large percentage of crossover youth are seriously emotionally disturbed, relatively few receive necessary behavioural health services. This paper examines the role of inter-agency collaboration in facilitating behavioural health service access for crossover youth. A study examined associations for 3 dimensions of collaboration between local child welfare and juvenile justice agencies (jurisdiction, shared information systems, and overall connectivity) and youths' odds of receiving behavioural health services. Data were drawn from the Child Protective Services (CPS) cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). The results showed that having a single agency accountable for youth care increased youth odds of receiving outpatient and inpatient behavioural health services. Inter-agency sharing of administrative data increased youth odds of inpatient behavioural health service receipt. The article concludes that clarifying agency accountability and linking databases across sectors may improve service access for youth involved with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
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.