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Relational agency and epistemic justice in initial child protection conferences
2021The chapter examines Initial Child Protection Conferences in two local authorities in England, focusing principally on the role of the chair. It applies the concepts of institutional talk, relational agency, and epistemic rights and (in)justice. It demonstrates that differences in the chair’s interactional approach is influenced more by institutional ...
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Learning and change: Outcomes of inter-agency networking for child protection
Child Care in Practice, 1994Abstract The paper argues the crucial importance of local networking by middle-managers and senior professionals to the development of effective inter-agency work. It is suggested that the network provides a basis for learning both about critical issues in child protection practice and inter-professional collaboration, and that formal inter-agency ...
Tony McFarlane, Tony Morrison
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Agency policy and the participation of children and young people in the child protection process
Child Abuse Review, 2006This article explores agency policy in relation to children's participation in the child protection process. This was done by examining policy documents and conference minutes and by interviewing social workers and conference chairs working in child protection in Wales.
Robert Sanders, Sam Mace
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Client Agency in Child Protection Work in Estonia: Clients’ Perspectives
Child Indicators Research, 2022Dagmar Kutsar +2 more
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Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 2013
Public concern over, and recent developments in, the field of child protection are well known (Munro 2012). Within these developments, there has been a strengthening of the role of social work with an increased focus on, and recognition of, professional knowledge, skills and ‘expert' decision making (Munro 2011; Gilbert et al. 2011).
Julia Stroud, Chris Warren-Adamson
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Public concern over, and recent developments in, the field of child protection are well known (Munro 2012). Within these developments, there has been a strengthening of the role of social work with an increased focus on, and recognition of, professional knowledge, skills and ‘expert' decision making (Munro 2011; Gilbert et al. 2011).
Julia Stroud, Chris Warren-Adamson
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Responding to Child Maltreatment: a Framework for Mapping Child Protection Agencies
Child Indicators Research, 2015While there is a growing number of international population surveys about rates of child maltreatment there is much less data on legal, health and social services responses to maltreatment. Agency surveys are a cost effective method for assessing this response in countries where there is limited administrative data available about child maltreatment ...
Nico Trocmé, Bree Akesson, Andreas Jud
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Suggestions for Improving Interviews in Child Protection Agencies
Child Maltreatment, 1996This article identifies difficulties that can arise during sexual abuse interviews in child protection agencies. Practical recommendations are offered to interviewers, trainers, and child protection administrators. The authors suggest ways to improve the interview process and the interview environment, emphasizing the need to improve rapport building,
James M. Wood +2 more
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Professional and Agency Liability for Negligence in Child Protection
Law, Medicine and Health Care, 1983Suits for negligence in the area of child protection have become frequent as reporting of child abuse and neglect has increased. This article begins with various theories and defenses raised in specific cases, and briefly examines the problem of inadequate legal representation for the child. An additional section notes various policy issues for lawyers
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Implications of Media Scrutiny for a Child Protection Agency
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 2005This study examines media impact on job efficacy in a child protection agency. The research uses inductive, holistic research methods to examine the effect of media scrutiny on changes in management dictates, worker duties and responsibilities, and agency services.
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