General practitioners and child protection case conference participation: reasons for non-attendance and proposals for a way forward

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet C Polnay
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
Conference Participation

32. Child Protection Conferences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Sendall
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
Health And Development

A local authority’s investigation into a child’s health and development includes a case conference so that information about the child can be shared by those involved with the child and family. This chapter discusses the function of a child protection conference in public children law and the role of a solicitor in the conference.

scholarly journals Getting it right: Talking with social work students about risk and justice

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 86-100
Author(s):  
Martin Kettle
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
Language Practices ◽  
Work Education

This article offers reflection on the tension between risk and justice in the context of working with social work students on child protection. Written within a Scottish context, the article begins by exploring tensions between different strands of policy. The article draws on the author’s experience of moving into social work education from practice and management and of working with social work students on issues of risk. Centred around a simulation of a case conference, the article explores how social work students engage with ideas about risk, and significantly about how fundamentally different outcomes can be reached from the same information. The article then identifies key themes in the discourse, and makes suggestions for research, in particular that research into the language practices of social work students would be a fruitful avenue for exploration.

scholarly journals Uptake of health assessments, care plans and case conferences by general practitioners through the Enhanced Primary Care program between November 1999 and October 2001

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wilkinson ◽  
Heather McElroy ◽  
Justin Beilby ◽  
Kathy Mott ◽  
Kay Price ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Primary Care Program

We aimed to describe the uptake of the Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) item numbers listed on the Medicare Benefits Schedule for health assessment (HA), care plan (CP) and case conference (CC) between November 1999 (when these items first became available) and October 2001. We used data provided by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. General practitioners rendered 371,409 EPC services in all. Most services were HA (225,353;61%), most of the remainder were CP (134,688;36%), and CC comprised the rest (11,368;3%). The number of HA done increased steadily and has stabilised at around 13,000 HA per month. Most CP done (80%) were in the community and with the GP preparing the plan. From a slow start, the number of CP done increased rapidly in 2001 to about 15,000 per month. There has been a slow and steady increase in the number of CC done each month, reaching 8-900 per month. Uptake of the EPC item numbers in the first two years of their availability has been rapid and has reached substantial levels, especially for HA and CP. The uptake of CC has been slower.

32. Child Protection Conferences

Family Law ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 375-380
Author(s):  
Roiya Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Family Group ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
Health And Development

A local authority’s investigation into a child’s health and development includes a case conference so that information about the child can be shared by those involved with the child and family. This chapter discusses the function of a child protection conference in public children law and the role of a solicitor in the conference. Family group conferences are also discussed, as well as who attends the child protection conference, their contributions to it, and when a child protection conference will be held. Confidentiality in the child protection and parents being excludes from all or parts of the conference is explained.

Multicentre study of physical abuse and limb fractures in young children in the East Anglia Region, UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (10) ◽  
pp. 956-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piers D Mitchell ◽  
Richard Brown ◽  
Tengyao Wang ◽  
Rajen D Shah ◽  
Richard J Samworth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
East Anglia

ObjectiveTo determine if the detection of physical abuse in young children with fractures is of uniform high standard in the East Anglia Region of the UK, and whether we can identify areas for improvement in our detection of high-risk groups.DesignMulticentre retrospective 4-year study.Setting7 hospitals across the East Anglia Region of Britain (East Anglia Paediatric Physical Abuse and Fractures study).ParticipantsAge groups and fractures indicated as being at higher risk for physical abuse (all children under 12 months of age, and fractures of humerus and femur in children under 36 months of age).Outcome measuresOur criterion for physical abuse was the decision of a multiagency child protection case conference (CPCC).ResultsProbability of CPCC decision of physical abuse was highest in infants, ranging from 50% of fractures sustained in the first month of life (excluding obstetric injuries) to 10% at 12 months of age. Only 46%–86% of infants (under 12 months) with a fracture were assessed by a paediatrician for physical abuse after their fracture. Significant variation in the use of skeletal surveys and in CPCC decision of physical abuse was noted in children attending different hospitals.ConclusionsIt is a concern that significant variation between hospitals was found in the investigation and detection of physical abuse as confirmed by CPCC decisions. To minimise failure to detect true cases of physical abuse, we recommend that all high-risk children should be assessed by a paediatrician prior to discharge from the emergency department. Our proposed criteria for assessment (where we found probability of CPCC decision of physical abuse was at least 10%) are any child under the age of 12 months with any fracture, under 18 months of age with femur fracture and under 24 months with humeral shaft fracture (not supracondylar).

The child protection case conference: Juggling rights, risks and responsibilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Scott ◽  
Jo Lindsay ◽  
Alun Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Case Conference ◽  
Interaction Data ◽  
Professional Interaction ◽  
Case Conferences ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Case Assessment

This pilot study of child protection case conferences in a region of Melbourne highlights the dynamics of inter-organisational and inter–professional interaction. Data from direct observation of a small number of case conferences and focussed interviews with participants before and after each case conference, in addition to an interviewer administered questionnaire with professionals from agencies regularly participating in case conferences was analysed using manual and computerised methods. The findings relate to: parental attendance; interagency and interprofessional dynamics: case assessment focus; and worker anxiety about conflict. The management of conflict, the tension between the different purposes of case conferences, and the importance of the quality of leadership in case conferences, are discussed.

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