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Multi-agency child protection

open access: yesSocial 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
core   +5 more sources

Implications of Media Scrutiny for a Child Protection Agency

open access: yesThe Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 2005
This 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.
Cooper, Lindsay D., Lindsay D. Cooper
openaire   +4 more sources

Child abuse disposition: Concurrences and differences between a hospital team, child protection agency and the court

Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 1989
Ninety-six children admitted to a pediatric ward for maltreatment are described statistically using variables characterizing the child, the family and the type of abuse. Recommendations of the hospital's child protection team in 81 cases are compared to those of the county childrens Services Board and the court.
M J, Paluszny   +4 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Child protection inter-agency working: A discussion

Practice, 1998
Abstract This article discusses some of the complexities of inter-agency working in Child Protection cases. The repeated message from enquiry reports that inter-agency strife is a factor in child fatalities is a strong argument for keeping the inter-agency debate alive. There are numerous strengths in the inter-agency approach which exist alongside the
exaly   +2 more sources

Learning and change: Outcomes of inter-agency networking for child protection

Child Care in Practice, 1994
Abstract 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
exaly   +2 more sources

Relational agency and epistemic justice in initial child protection conferences

2021
The 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 ...
exaly   +2 more sources

Agency policy and the participation of children and young people in the child protection process

Child Abuse Review, 2006
This 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
exaly   +4 more sources

Client Agency in Child Protection Work in Estonia: Clients’ Perspectives

Child Indicators Research, 2022
Tuuli-Brit Vaga   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Service Provision by Child Protection Services — Exploring Variability at Case and Agency Levels in a Norwegian Sample [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 2023
In this study, we look at the decision to provide services following a child protection investigation in Norway. More specifically, we want to look at variability at the case level and at the agency level in order to identify factors that may impact a ...
Svein Arild Vis   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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