Trauma-informed child welfare practice model in Methodist Welfare Services Covenant Family Service Centre (Singapore)

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (02) ◽  
pp. 81-83
Author(s):  
Cindy Hui Mei Ng-Tay ◽  
Joyce Teo ◽  
Yi Ying Ng
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Family Service ◽  
Service Centre ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Trauma Informed Practice

AbstractIn view of the rise in child abuse in Singapore, our Family Service Centre developed a child welfare practice model to guide and anchor our practitioners in trauma-informed approaches. This practice model was developed over two years through literature reviews and qualitative interviews with practitioners. Three aspects of the practice model were found to be key in ensuring practitioners were trauma-informed in their practices, these being: the principles and values related to trauma-informed practice; reflection by practitioners on their attachment history and self; and the assessment of caregivers’ characteristics. Despite this practice model being largely beneficial for practitioners in our agency, implementation in the local context gives rise to certain challenges due to differences in beliefs about disciplining children.

Exploring trauma-informed practice in public child welfare through qualitative data-mining of case records

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Taylor ◽  
Claire Battis ◽  
Sarah Carnochan ◽  
Colleen Henry ◽  
Margaret Balk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Trauma Informed Practice

scholarly journals Nga-tahi Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Wills ◽  
Bernice Gabriel ◽  
Kay Morris Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Competency Development ◽  
Cultural Leadership ◽  
Client Group ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Trauma Informed Practice ◽  
Collaborative Activities ◽  
The Impact

Ngätahi is a three-year project aiming to identify and embed the additional competencies needed for the children’s workforce to work with families experiencing intimate partner violence, child abuse and neglect, mental illness, addictions, poverty and poor supports. Mäori tamariki (children) and whänau are over-represented in this client group. Collective impact, appreciative inquiry and a robust tikanga inform the project. A formal Treaty of Waitangi partnership with the local iwi, Ngäti Kahungunu, provides cultural leadership at all levels of the project. Twenty-seven agencies or services representing 441 practitioners have engaged in the project in Hawke’s Bay. The three priorities for competency development identified are: engaging effectively with Mäori (EEWM), mental health and addictions (MHA) and trauma-informed practice (TIP). Within the TIP work stream, addressing practitioners’ burnout, fatigue and vicarious trauma is the first priority. The three work streams are currently developing curricula and identifying leaders to deliver training locally, and delivering activities to embed the new competencies into practice and metrics to demonstrate the impact of the new competencies on practice and on outcomes. Qualitative interviews demonstrate high commitment from the workforce and its leaders, consistent priorities for development of additional competencies and important lessons learnt. We suggest that this model may be helpful for policymakers considering other collaborative activities to address ‘wicked’ or complex problems, and offer some lessons learnt to date.

Trauma-informed care for children involved with the child welfare system: A meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 105296
Author(s):  
Saijun Zhang ◽  
Austin Conner ◽  
Younghee Lim ◽  
Tess Lefmann
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
System A ◽  
Trauma Informed Care ◽  
Trauma Informed

Safety, Collaboration, and Empowerment

Archivaria ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 38-73
Author(s):  
Kirsten Wright ◽  
Nicola Laurent
Keyword(s):  
Practice Theory ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Archival Practice ◽  
Memory Work ◽  
Radical Empathy ◽  
The People ◽  
Individual Memory ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Trauma Informed Practice ◽  
Past Wrongs

In order to undertake liberatory memory work, engage effectively with communities and individuals, and centre people rather than records in their work, archival organizations must be aware of trauma and its effects. This article introduces the concept of trauma-informed practice to archives and other memory organizations. Trauma-informed practice is a strengths-based approach for organizations that acknowledges the pervasiveness of trauma and the risk and potential for people to be retraumatized through engagement with organizations such as archives and seeks to minimize triggers and negative interactions. It provides a framework of safety and offers a model of collaboration and empowerment that recognizes and centres the expertise of the individuals and communities documented within the records held in archives. Traumainformed practice also provides a way for archivists to practically implement many of the ideas discussed in the literature, including liberatory memory work, radical empathy, and participatory co-design. This article proposes several areas where a trauma-informed approach may be useful in archives and may lead to trauma-informed archival practice that provides better outcomes for all: users, staff, and memory organizations in general. Applying trauma-informed archival practice is multidimensional. It requires the comprehensive review of archival practice, theory, and processes and the consideration of the specific needs of individual memory organizations and the people who interact with them. Each organization should implement trauma-informed practice in the way that will achieve outcomes appropriate for its own context. These out comes can include recognizing and acknowledging past wrongs, ensuring safety for archives users and staff, empowering communities documented in archives, and using archives for justice and healing.

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