Decision making at substantiation in cases involving racialized families: Child protection workers’ perceptions of influential factors

This book examines a participatory approach in child protection practices in Norway and the United States, exploring ways of empowering children. The book shows how children can be encouraged to develop and express their own opinions and explores tools for child protection workers to negotiate complex boundaries around the inclusion of children in decision-making. The goal of the book is to show in what ways child protection caseworkers employed by public child protection agencies in Norway and the United States can create citizens by promoting the participation of children and young people in their everyday practice. Public child protection agencies are only one part of the citizenship piece, but they are a salient one in the lives of children and young people who encounter them. Child protection caseworkers working in public child protection agencies, make very important decisions about children and young people's lives and provide children, youth, and families with pertinent services. The book presents valuable insights from front-line child protection professionals' unique perspectives and experiences within two very different systems, and evaluates the impacts of different organizational practices in promoting children's participation.

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Prospects for an Uncertain Response: Advances in Research on the Decision Making Ecology (DME/GADM) in Child Maltreatment and Child Welfare - Toward a Science of Resource Allocation within Child Protection System

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e578482014-079 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Fred Wulczyn ◽

John Fluke

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Resource Allocation ◽

Child Welfare ◽

Child Maltreatment ◽

Child Protection ◽

Protection System

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Decision making in multi-agency child protection systems: An exploratory study

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e578482014-212 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Deborah Lynch ◽

Kathleen Felton

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Child Protection ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Protection Systems

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Influential Factors in The Law Enforcement Process of Sexual Violence Cases in Children in The City of Semarang

SOEPRA ◽

10.24167/shk.v6i2.2912 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 4

Author(s):

Liya Suwarni

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

Medical Record ◽

Child Protection ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Medical Record Data ◽

Violence Against Children ◽

Record Data ◽

The Law ◽

The City

Background. Cases of sexual violence increase every year, victims ranging from adolescents, children to toddlers. Based on data from the Indonesian Child Protection Commission, abuse and violence against children in Indonesia in 2013 were 23 cases, in 2014 there were 53 cases, in 2015 there were 133 cases, 2017 reached 1,337 cases, and as of July 2018 there were 424 cases. Purpose. Knowing the factors that influence the law enforcement process of sexy violence cases in Semarang City. Method This study uses descriptive analytical methods for cases of violence against children, based on medical record data in hospitals, documents in Mapolrestabes, the District Attorney's Office and the Semarang City Court for the period of January 2015 to December 2018. Results. Based on research results obtained 213 experimental cases section from medical record data in hospitals in the city of Semarang. Most cases of child abuse occurred in 2018 with 72 cases. Most victims are 12-14 years old age group, female. Most types of cases are cases of intercourse. The majority of violations are persons known as victims, perpetrators not working, and most of the places of occurrence are in the defendant's house. At the time of prosecution and trial, the number of cases was significantly reduced to only 8 cases. Factors related to this include lack of evidence, difficulty in obtaining information from victims, convoluted statements of coverage, lack of election, and obtaining diversion rates. Conclusion Cases of sexual violence have increased from year to year. The process of law enforcement on this problem still has many difficulties in each manufacturing process which is still difficult to overcome.

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Children’s Participation in Decision Making From Child Welfare Workers’ Perspectives: A Systematic Review

Research on Social Work Practice ◽

10.1177/1049731520984844 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 104973152098484 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Karmen Toros

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Decision Making ◽

Child Welfare ◽

Child Protection ◽

Child Welfare Workers ◽

Children’S Participation ◽

Participation In Decision Making ◽

Children's Participation ◽

Meta Analyses ◽

Welfare Workers

This article explores child welfare workers’ experiences of children’s participation in decision making in the child protection system. The systematic review follows the principles of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement and includes 12 peer-reviewed articles published in academic journals from 2009 to 2019. Findings indicate that children’s participation in decision making is generally limited or nonexistent. The age of the child is an important determining factor concerning whether the child is given the opportunity to participate in decision making. Potential harm for children that may result from participation is considered when deciding on whether to include a child in the decision-making process.

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Today in Light of Yesterday: An Exploration of Workers’ Childhood Memories in the Context of Child Protection Practice

The British Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1093/bjsw/bcab011 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sean A R St. Jean ◽

Brian Rasmussen ◽

Judy Gillespie ◽

Daniel Salhani

Keyword(s):

Child Protection ◽

Research Question ◽

Childhood Adversity ◽

Well Being ◽

Childhood Memories ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Child Protection Workers ◽

Professional Experiences ◽

Explorative Study ◽

Parents And Children

Abstract Child protection workers are routinely faced with emotionally intense work, both personally and vicariously through the traumatic narratives and experiences of parents and children. What remains largely unknown is how child protection workers’ own childhood memories might influence the manner in which they experience and are affected by those narratives. The aim of this explorative study was to use Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis as a research methodology to answer the research question, ‘In what ways do social workers experience, and make sense of, their own childhood memories in the context of their child protection practice?’ Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight child protection workers, aiming to understand their personal and professional experiences with regard to this question. The study found a relationship between various forms of childhood adversity and the presence of negative present-day triggers when participants were faced with practice scenarios that bore similarity to those experiences. Implications with regard to child protection worker well-being, countertransference and risk decision-making are discussed.

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Australian Foster Carers’ Views and Concerns Regarding Maternal Drug Use and the Safety of Breastmilk

Children ◽

10.3390/children8040284 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 284

Author(s):

Stacy Blythe ◽

Kath Peters ◽

Emma Elcombe ◽

Elaine Burns ◽

Karleen Gribble

Keyword(s):

Home Care ◽

Child Protection ◽

Online Survey ◽

Infant Health ◽

Health Issues ◽

Child Protection Workers ◽

Out Of Home Care ◽

Maternal Caregiving ◽

Health And Development ◽

Major Factors

Parental substance misuse and mental health issues are major factors associated with infant placement into out-of-home care. Such placements may result in disruption and/or cessation of breastfeeding. Provision of breastmilk to infants in out-of-home care (OOHC) is desirable in terms of infant health and development, and also in supporting maternal caregiving. However, little is known about how breastfeeding is supported for infants in out-of-home care. This study used an online survey to explore the facilitation of breastfeeding in the context of OOHC and foster carers’ management of expressed breastmilk (EBM). Foster carers were generally open to the idea of maternal breastfeeding and infants in their care receiving EBM from their mothers. However, the majority of respondents expressed concern regarding the safety of EBM for infant consumption due to the possibility of harmful substances in the milk. Concerns regarding the safety of handling EBM were also prevalent. These concerns caused foster carers to discard EBM. Findings suggest foster carers’ may lack knowledge related to maternal substance use and breastmilk. Better integration between health care and social service systems, where the voices of mothers, foster carers and child protection workers are heard, is necessary to develop solutions enabling infants living in OOHC access to their mother’s breastmilk.

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