Child Welfare Workers in Court

1965 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn T. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
The Other ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
Mock Trial ◽  
Welfare Workers

The first section of this article on Kentucky child welfare workers and their relationship to courts and lawyers discusses court organization. It compares the juvenile court and the cir cuit court and describes the workers' roles and responsibilities toward each. The second section discusses the use of a "mock trial" technique to prepare child welfare workers for testifying as witnesses in court hearings. It goes into procedural details and gives some results of the use of a mock trial. The third section presents the different roles of social workers and law yers and points out some of the feelings of each group toward the other. The article ends optimistically, noting that social workers and attorneys can work together for the good of the public in general.

scholarly journals Ivaretakelse av barns rettigheter i sosialt arbeid med familier

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingunn T. Ellingsen ◽  
Ingunn Studsrød ◽  
Marit Ursin
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Adult Psychiatry ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
Welfare Workers

The UN Child Convention and Norwegian laws aim to ensure children’s right to protection, informationand participation. Despite an increase in research on the implementation of children’srights, less attention is paid to the ways in which children’s rights are exercised across welfareareas. This article builds on four focus group interviews with social workers from three welfareareas: Child welfare (2), substance misuse (1), and adult psychiatry (1). Participants discussed avignette describing a family where children live with parental substance misuse and where thereare concerns about domestic violence. Findings show that children are seen as subjects withrights, with emphasis on children’s best interest. An individual rights perspective together with arisk perspective were more prominent among child welfare workers, whereas participants fromthe other two welfare areas emphasised children as next to kin, and thereby employed a relationalrights perspective. Furthermore, children’s right to information seems better ensured thantheir rights to participation.

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

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973152098484 ◽  
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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