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Negotiating Permanence for Young People in Long‐Term Foster Care: A Process of Co‐Creation Between Young People and Their Foster Carers

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Establishing permanence for young people growing up in care is widely recognized as central to promoting stability and positive outcomes. Historically, permanence has been understood primarily as a legal status; however, contemporary scholarship increasingly emphasizes relational permanence, highlighting the importance of enduring, supportive ...
Sinead Whiting
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"What Parents Want": A Needs Assessment in Dublin South City [PDF]

, 2018
This report presents the findings on research on family-related services in Dublin with a specific focus on Dublin South City (DSC). The focus of the research concerns awareness of, perceived need for as well as reported usage of these services. For this
Köppe, Stephan, Oak, Eileen, Reynolds, Ciara   +2 more
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Empowering Parents in Child Protection: An Evaluation of the Parental Advocacy and Information Service (PAIS) in Ireland

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parental advocacy represents a crucial response to the marginalization of parents within child protection systems, aiming to empower them by amplifying their voices, ensuring their participation and supporting them through complex legal and bureaucratic processes.
Shane Powell, Emilia Preter, Clive Diaz, Vicky Hansly   +3 more
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‘Crossing the Line’: Child Protection and Welfare Managers' and Social Workers' Experiences of Social Media, Online and Digital Abuse and Harassment in Ireland

Child Abuse Review, Volume 35, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Users of child protection social work and/or their families are fully entitled to express their dissatisfaction with the professional or service through both formal and informal channels. Fair criticism and dissatisfaction can sometimes, however, escalate and cross the line into violence, harassment and abuse (VHA).
Amy Bradley, Kenneth Burns, Fiachra Ó. Súilleabháin, Olwen Halvey   +3 more
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Western Region Drugs and Alcohol Task Force: family support strategy 2017-2020. [PDF]

, 2016
The Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force (WRDATF) is a co-ordinating body, providing a multi-agency and regionally appropriate response to substance misuse in the western region (Galway, Mayo and Roscommon).
McDonagh, Debbie, Walshe, Orla
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Family support in practice : voices from the field [PDF]

, 2017
This paper revisits core family support messages for social work practice in working with children and families, linking to findings from high-profile child protection cases in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Berni Smyth, Buckley H., Canavan J., Cutrona C., Devaney C., Dolan P., Dryfoos J. G., Flint J., Garbarino J., Gardner R., Mary Shannon, McKeown K., Munro E., Patrick Dolan, Rapp C. A., Saleeby D., Thompson N., Weick A., Whittaker J.   +18 more
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The Importance of Relationship in Independent Advocacy for Care‐Experienced Young People

Children &Society, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 546-555, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Independent advocacy services for children and young people with care experience aim to connect with, empower and facilitate service users to have their voices heard and address issues of importance and concern to them. This paper gives an account of a review of independent advocacy services for those with care experience in Ireland, with a ...
Hilary Jenkinson
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APPROACHES TO UNACCOMPANIED MINORS FOLLOWING STATUS DETERMINATION IN IRELAND. ESRI RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 83 DECEMBER 2018 [PDF]

, 2018
An estimated 45,500 unaccompanied minors – children below the age of 18 who are not in the care of, or accompanied by, a responsible adult – lodged asylum applications globally in 2017,1 representing a 33 per cent increase since 2014 (34,300) (UNHCR ...
Arnold, Samantha, Groarke, Sarah
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Child Welfare Professional Education in Trauma‐Informed Care: A Mixed‐Methods Evaluation Study

Child Abuse Review, Volume 35, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Child welfare professionals require high‐quality training to support them in carrying out their complex roles. Trauma‐informed care is an approach identified that may improve child welfare standards of care. This paper describes a mixed‐methods approach that was applied to evaluate a newly developed post‐graduate–level trauma‐informed care ...
Maria Lotty, Margarita Frederico, Noreen Kearns, Tadgh O′Shea   +3 more
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IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO RECENT TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION APPLICATIONS. ESRI RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 72 JUNE 2018 [PDF]

, 2018
The number of displaced persons has almost doubled over the last 20 years, reaching a record high of 65.6 million globally in 2016. Some 2.9 million of this number were refugees or asylum seekers (UNHCR, 2017a). The ongoing war in Syria, as well as major
Arnold, Samantha, Quinn, Emma, Ryan, Conor   +2 more
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