scholarly journals FACILITATING CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION WITHIN MULTIDISCIPLINARY MEETINGS: GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CHILD AND YOUTH CARE CENTRES

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Johannisen ◽  
Carlien Van Wyk ◽  
Hannelie Yates
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
National Level ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
African Child ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Multidisciplinary Meetings ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
Children's Participation

Legislation on both an international and national level advocates that all children have a right to participate in all matters affecting them. This article reflects an interest in children’s participation in the broad field of child protection, and specifically within the context of South African child and youth care centres. Against this contextual background, the article aims to introduce guiding principles that may stimulate ongoing conversation on the facilitation of children’s participation in a specific space of decision-making within child and youth care centres, namely multidisciplinary meetings. Guiding principles were derived from a comprehensive qualitative study in which individual semi-structured interviews and focus group groups were conducted to collect data from residential social workers, child and youth care workers, and children from child and youth care centres in the greater metropolitan area of Cape Town in South Africa

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.

Participation as a methodological and ethical issue in child protection research

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Kiili ◽  
Johanna Moilanen
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
International Child ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Participation In Research

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how children have been involved in research activities in recent international child protection research and what kinds of ethical and methodological decisions are made by researchers regarding children’s participation. Design/methodology/approach In the paper, the complexity of children’s participation in research activities is analysed through an integrative literature review. Findings Children’s right to self-determination and the right to make informed decisions were the most challenging ethical principles to implement in practice. The study shows that researchers usually decide on the research design, and child welfare professionals and parents assess the eligibility of the children as research subjects. Originality/value More ethical reflection and critical discussion on the rights that adults, both parents and professionals, have in deciding the involvement of children in research activities is required.

scholarly journals Reducing financial barriers through the implementation of voucher incentives to promote children’s participation in community sport in Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Reece ◽  
C. McInerney ◽  
K. Blazek ◽  
B. C. Foley ◽  
L. Schmutz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
Annual Expenditure ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation

Abstract Background Participation in organised sport and physical activity contributes to health-enhancing levels of leisure time physical activity. In Australia, 58% of children aged 0–14 years participated at least once a week in October 2015 – December 2017. To overcome the frequently cited cost barrier, sports voucher incentives have been widely implemented across Australia. Method The financial value of jurisdictional vouchers and the National median financial value were used to calculate the proportion of total annual expenditure on children’s participation in sport supported by sports vouchers. Participation rates using AusPlay data were estimated by age, sex and socio-economic index (SEIFA) at state and national level for children aged 0–14 years. Results Five States and Territories implemented sports vouchers from 2011 to 2018, with a median value of AU$150. Nationally, median annual expenditure for children’s sport participation was AU$447 (IQR $194.2–936), with 27% reported expenditure supported by a sports voucher. The proportion of financial support from sports vouchers increased considerably with social disadvantage, rising to over 60% of total expenditure in the most disadvantaged populations. Conclusions Socio-economic status was associated with sports-related expenditure and sports participation amongst children. Sport vouchers should target children in the most disadvantaged areas to promote participation in organised sport and physical activity.

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