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Dutch have courage to change
- Author:
- HANLON Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.04.08, 2008, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Isabel Schwarz Travel Fellowship Award winner Corina Modderman travelled to the Netherlands to study the effects of a restructuring of child protection services. In this article she talks about the changes, child protection work in the Netherlands and highlights differences with social work in the UK.
About social workers: a children's views report
- Author:
- MORGAN Roger
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. Office of the Children's Rights Director
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Over 500 young people give their views about social workers. They said that social workers changed too often, didn't always seem to listen to them, didn't act quickly enough when problems arose and sometimes concentrated more on what was best for the adult looking after them.
Examining professionals' critical thinking about children who pose a serious threat to others
- Authors:
- HERON Gavin, LIGHTOWLER Claire
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 50(2), 2020, pp.598-615.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Concerns have been raised about the quality of child-care professionals’ critical thinking and analytical skills. This study examines the critical thinking demonstrated by professionals when discussing risk in relation to vulnerable children. Data were collected from thirty consultation meetings, each of which focused on assessing the risks of a child who presented a serious threat of harm to others. Discourse analysis is used to examine the way in which critical thinking about risk is discussed at the consultation meetings. The findings suggest that critical thinking is demonstrated by professionals in ways that differentiate between potential harm and actual harm, and in relation to harm children pose to themselves and to other people. Also, the willingness of professionals to ask relevant questions and challenge each other is an important way of prompting individuals to demonstrate critical thinking. However, professionals tend to demonstrate a relatively narrow conceptualisation of critical thinking. This narrow conceptualisation cannot be reduced solely to the abilities or traits of an individual or professional group and it is argued that the bureaucratic and procedural demands of organisations in relation to vulnerable children may be an important factor in limiting the way professionals demonstrate critical thinking. (Publisher abstract)
Interprofessional collaboration: self-reported successful collaboration by teachers and social workers in multidisciplinary teams
- Authors:
- HESJEDAL Elisabeth, HETLAND Hilde, IVERSEN Anette Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 20(4), 2015, pp.437-445.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aim of this paper is to address facilitators for successful interprofessional collaboration (IPC) between social workers (SWs) and teachers. Individual interviews were carried out with seven SWs employed in municipal child welfare services and six teachers from primary and secondary schools. The informants had at least two years' experience within multidisciplinary teams. The transcripts were analysed using an inductive thematic approach and the NVIVO9 computer software package for qualitative data analysis. Thematic analysis revealed three themes: ‘personal commitments’, ‘creating a positive atmosphere for IPC’ and ‘pulling together towards future goals’. Results are discussed in relation to the Norwegian context concerning IPC in multidisciplinary teams for children at risk. (Publisher abstract)
Violence in the home
- Author:
- STEPHENSON Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now, February 2011, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The issues social workers need to be aware of when working with families who are experiencing domestic violence are discussed. These include assessment of the risk posed to children living in an environment where there is domestic violence, the importance of multi-agency risk assessments, and need to engage with male perpetrators of violence. The role of independent domestic violence advisers who work with high-risk victims suffering ongoing domestic violence is also described.
Health visitors to the fore
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.12.10, 2010, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Health visitors are set to play an increasingly important role in early intervention services for vulnerable children. The benefits of joint working between social workers and health visitors are discussed, highlighting joint visits and joint teams.
We've got the balance wrong
- Authors:
- NAREY Martin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.10.09, 2009, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The chief executive of Barnardo's, Martin Narey, has suggested that not enough children are being taken into care. Leaders in the social care sector debate whether professionals are under too much pressure to continue to work with families who "can't be fixed."
Ambivalences and dilemmas in handling family violence case among youth workers in Hong Kong
- Authors:
- CHI HO Howard Cheng, CHUNG Chan Yuk, KEUNG Jerf Yeung Wai
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 19(1), June 2009, pp.22-38.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
This qualitative study found that the practice problems experienced by youth workers handling family violence cases might include: (at the individual level) role confusion, lack of sufficient knowledge and skills, and ethical tensions; (at the messo level); problems of multi-agency coordination; and (at the structural level) high risks associated with the impoverished community where they worked. It is recommended that the competence of youth workers in dealing with family violence cases could be enhanced through better training and multi-agency collaboration.
“CPS is not a housing agency”; housing is a CPS problem: towards a definition and typology of housing problems in child welfare cases
- Author:
- SHDAIMAH Corey S
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 31(2), February 2009, pp.211-218.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Despite claims that child protective services are not designated as housing agencies, many child welfare-involved families face housing challenges that may be considered a risk to the health and safety of children. This article is based on interviews with judges, lawyers and social workers (N = 18) in a city in the Northeastern U.S. Participants were selected from a variety of child welfare constituencies, including parents, children, and the state. They provided grounded understanding of when and how housing concerns arise in their cases. Findings suggest the need for a definition of housing problems that encompass a broader range of housing difficulties and include cases where housing problems may be obscured by other problems. A typology is developed categorizing housing problems as precipitating or complicating, derived from when and how they present. Both types may also remain a final hurdle to reunification of families who have been separated. Changes are recommended at the “street level” and at the policy level, including the expansion existing definitions of housing problems as a gateway to resources; providing child welfare professionals with better knowledge of housing problems and flexibility in addressing them and assessing their impact on families; and the collection, analysis and dissemination of more comprehensive housing data.
Perception of risk among child protection workers
- Authors:
- SULLIVAN Catherine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 30(7), July 2008, pp.699-704.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Differences in ratings of the severity of risk for children involved in the child welfare system among less experienced and more experienced social workers are examined. Sixty-three social workers from a south western Ontario CAS participated: twenty-seven with less than three years of experience and thirty-six with more than three years of experience. Social workers read two scenarios and were asked to determine the extent of risk present to the child and indicate if that child should be taken into care. The findings indicate that social workers with different levels of experience do not differ in their perceptions of risk and in their decisions with regards to managing risk in the community. Increases in the number of children taken into care is not attributable to differential decision making based on experience.