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Des, Lauriers Julie. "The child protection systems' response to domestic violence." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16620/.
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The co-occurrence of domestic violence (DV) and child maltreatment is high. Response to both problems has historically been via two different systems. However, child protection workers are increasingly asked to respond to this co-occurrence since research has identified that exposure to DV can negatively impact on children and that child maltreatment often co-occurs with DV. This study looks at child protection systems response to families affected by DV by using two research methods. First, a systematic review was conducted using research papers focusing on child protection workers response to families experiencing DV. Second, a critical discourse analysis of current Australian child protection policies was conducted. Findings from the systematic review show that child protection workers' response to abused mothers went from treating them as 'mad' in the 1980s, to labelling them 'failure to protect' in the 1990s and early 2000. These findings showed continued focus on abused mothers rather than on perpetrators of DV. Some contradictions were found around child removal data. However, important links were found between re-notification of children and subsequent removal. Findings from the Australian policy analysis revealed that most policies referred to DV as a child protection issue and used a feminist definition of DV. However, not all states had detailed guidelines on how to intervene safely and effectively with families affected by DV. Discussions and recommendations focus around the pressing need for more DV expertise within child protection systems. It also discusses the issue of responsibility placed on abused mothers while perpetrators of DV remain invisible. Finally, it discusses the response to children exposed to DV compared to the response to children exposed to DV who are also victim of direct child maltreatment. The key recommendations of this study are to have DV expertise within the child protection systems, to empower abused mothers rather than blaming them, which implies putting the responsibility back on the perpetrator of DV and to have resources and systems in place before responding to child exposure to DV as child maltreatment per se.
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Ericson, Joanna. "Child protection systems in Sweden : gaps and challenges in services to asylum-seeking and returning children in families." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-323930.
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During the second half of 2015, Sweden experienced the largest inflow of asylum-seekers in its history. Almost 163,000 people sought asylum in 2015, whereof approximately 70,000 children. The influx challenged the reception system and severe child protection concerns such as disappearances and sexual exploitation of unaccompanied minors were identified. Half of the children that arrived in 2015 came with families but this group have received less attention so far. The aim of this study was to explore the child protection systems around asylum-seeking and returning children in families by identifying child protection concerns and existing gaps in the services provided to this target group. Fourteen semi-structured interviews with twenty individuals belonging to various stakeholder groups such as staff at asylum accommodations, social workers, parents and, volunteer and staff from civil society organisations were conducted in two municipalities in Skåne, Sweden. The data was analysed using thematic analysis and the results are discussed in regards to the Protective Environment Framework. The results suggest that children in migration, with families, face multiple protection concerns in Sweden. Significant gaps exist in the services provided to these children and there are large disparities between accommodation centres. Many accommodations fail to provide a child-friendly environment and gender separated sanitation facilities. Furthermore, the results point out the importance of increasing competence of child protection among actors, and to increase preventive measure directed towards the parents in order to ensure a protective and safe environment for children.
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Clarke, Merrill Luen. "Working together for children : loosely coupled systems and inter-professional relations with particular reference to child protection." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020294/.
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This study explored the impact in Britain of policies to improve co-ordination of services concerned with children and their welfare. To do this, it viewed the agencies as forming a child welfare system which could be described as loosely coupled. Such systems may be characterised by unpredictability and uncertainty, demanding that those involved in them exercise skills of interpretation to make sense of the 'world in which they operate. The insights gained from the literature on loosely coupled systems were used to explore the organisation of services relevant to children and, in particular, change over time in the strength and pattern of coupling. The study took a twin approach. First, it incorporated an historical analysis of policies designed to improve working relationships between workers and agencies. Second, it drew on fieldwork with practitioners, responsible for the delivery of services, to explore change over time in the experience of working together. The fieldwork focused on issues, concerning school aged children. which could fall under the umbrella of child protection. The methodology involved interviews with primary school head teachers, education welfare officers, school nurses and local authority social workers. A vignette approach was used to explore their perceptions of situations involving children. In order to study change. two rounds of interviews were conducted. These took place in 1984/5 and 1993/94. This longitudinal element is a distinguishing feature of the study. Loosely coupled systems theory provided a useful basis for analysis. The study found that policies aimed at co-ordination have reflected changing ideologies and perceptions of the task to be done. The interviews indicated a number of changes in perception of practice and areas of greater agreement. To that extent there is evidence that the looseness of the system had tightened, at least in part, but elements of looseness remained.
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Johnson, Shelly Lee. ""I screamed internally for a long time" : traumatized urban indigenous children in Canadian child protection and education systems." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38067.
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This Indigenist study is the first to enter the contested space that is the unique educational site of traumatized Urban Indigenous children in Canadian child protection systems. It identifies the historic, political, socio-legal, legislative, financial and jurisdictional wrangling and impediments to their academic and traditional Indigenous educational success. Specifically, this study explores the intersectionality of educational and child protection issues identified in the literature and personal experiences of twenty-nine Urban Indigenous former children in Canada’s child protection system and representatives of two Urban Indigenous delegated child protection agencies. The research participants claim Indigenous membership or ancestry in fifty-two First Nations and Métis communities and either grew up on, or are currently living on, traditional Coast Salish territories in the Urban communities of Victoria and Vancouver, BC.
Saulteaux star blanket theoretical and methodological approaches inform the development of a holistic Saulteaux Star Blanket Urban Indigenous Educational Organizational Model (SBEOM). This SBEOM requires Indigenous advocacy and legislation; governance and staff; cultures, languages, traditions and ceremonies; mentoring by former Indigenous children in care; child in care education and support; specific targeted funding; assessment, planning, implementation and review; service delivery protocols, political collaboration and coordination. The twenty-nine Urban Indigenous “voices of experience” offer audible, and strategically critical guidance to Indigenous and non-Indigenous politicians, policy-makers, social workers, educators and advocates about one model that may help to address the educational abyss between Urban Indigenous children in provincial child protection systems and every other Canadian student population.
The results of this study link the educational outcomes of traumatized Urban Indigenous children to a strategic intersectional approach that accounts for social determinants such as a violent gendered and racist child protection, educational and colonial history. The enforced relocation of many Urban Indigenous peoples, and enforced constructions of Urban Indigenous children’s socio-cultural and political identities must also be considered. Recommendations asserted by the Urban Indigenous participants, who are rights-based representatives of larger Indigenous nations, are synthesized from the data as necessary components of culturally competent social work and educational legislation, policies and services for the burgeoning Urban Indigenous population in Canada.
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Mahuntse, Samuel Lisenga. "A social work programme on the contribution of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) to child protection : a Tsonga case study." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78411.
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All children have a right to protection, as set out in international and regional documents such
as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (Office of the High Commissioner of
Human Rights [OHCHR], 1989) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
(ACRWC) (African Union, 1990). Individual countries uphold children’s rights to protection
through domestic laws and formal child protection services (Kirst-Ashman, 2013:286). In SubSaharan Africa, adverse conditions such as extreme poverty and hunger, poor access to
education and health services as well as harmful cultural practices affect children’s rights,
including their right to protection (Kaime, 2005:229-230; Katiuzhinsky & Okech, 2014:81;
Mathews & Benvenuti, 2014:28; Mwambene & Mawodza, 2017:21; United Nations, 2019:21,
24). Yet, the social welfare sector in the region lacks resources and the capacity to deliver key
child protection services to communities (Davis, McCaffery & Conticini, 2012:32; Watkins &
Quattri, 2016:20). Hepworth, Rooney, Drewberry Rooney and Strom-Gottfried (2017:431)
suggest that social workers explore resources in the natural ecological environment to deal
with challenges of limited resources. In terms of child protection, it appears that Africa had
effective child protection systems in pre-colonial times, which have since become extinct
(Mushunje, 2006:16).
Against this background, the researcher explored the possible contribution of Indigenous
Knowledge Systems (IKS) to child protection with the goal to develop and evaluate an
awareness programme for social workers on the contribution of Indigenous Knowledge
Systems (IKS) to child protection. The study was based on the Tsonga IKS, and was guided
by the following research question: How can Tsonga Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)
contribute to child protection and inform an awareness programme for social workers?
Adopting a qualitative research approach and a case study design, intervention research was
implemented to collect data on Tsonga IKS and its potential contribution to child protection,
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which then informed the development of the awareness programme for social workers. Data
were collected from a sample of 40 experts on Tsonga IKS who were recruited through key
informant and snowball sampling in two rural districts in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. A
second sample, consisting of 11 child protection workers in the two districts, were selected
through availability and snowball sampling. Data were collected with the use of semistructured interviews that were regarded as appropriate for exploring indigenous knowledge,
which is based on oral tradition. The ecological systems theory and social constructionism as
the theoretical frameworks for the study enhanced the researcher’s appreciation of and
sensitivity to the influence of culture and IKS on the participants’ views. The research findings
were used to develop an awareness programme for social workers, which was pilot tested
with 22 social workers working in the child protection field in the wider Harare area, Zimbabwe.
Their feedback on the programme, which formed the second stage of data collection of the
study, was obtained through focus group interviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyse
the data.
The research findings obtained during the first stage of data collection confirmed the
encompassing influence of culture and IKS on people’s lives. The Tsonga IKS guided various
aspects of communities’ lives, including their spirituality, beliefs and norms, and manifested in
their patterns of family and community life, mentoring and childrearing practices, rituals and
ceremonies, agriculture, traditional medicine, and stories, songs and dance, amongst others.
The findings showed that the Tsonga culture and IKS were threatened by acculturation, which
affected many of the traditional practices. However, their IKS was perceived to be still relevant
and the participants advocated for efforts to revive the Tsonga culture and IKS.
It was found that many of the beliefs and practices captured in the Tsonga IKS could create
protective environments for children and contribute to child protection. These included the
value placed on children, the extended family and community as a safety net for all children,
the influence of the traditional justice system, and effective indigenous socialisation practices
such as mentoring and age-appropriate teaching methods for children and young people.
However, some beliefs and practices of the culture and IKS could be regarded as harmful
practices according to the CRC, ACRWC, and modern legislation. These practices reflect
some of the public debates on harmful cultural practices, including child marriage, child labour,
and gender discrimination.
The awareness programme that were developed based on the above findings and information
from literature included themes related to culture and IKS, children’s rights and child
protection. The social work participants in the pilot testing of the programme confirmed that
the programme raised their awareness of IKS and of how elements of IKS could be used in
child protection. Their feedback on the programme contents and presentation will inform the
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advanced development of the programme.
Based on the research findings, it was concluded that the IKS of the Vatsonga people could
contribute to formal child protection systems. It is recommended that social workers and
indigenous communities collaborate on the integration of indigenous knowledge into social
work and child protection practices. The process should include elements such as clarification
of constructs related to child maltreatment, information on the role of social workers, discourse
on existing legislation, and frank discussions of cultural practices that can be beneficial or
harmful to children. Integration of IKS in social work practice can promote an empowering
approach to child protection and a focus on preventive rather than responsive child protection
interventions; aspects that relate to the developmental social work approach as well as the
increased focus on including African indigenous knowledge in social work training and
practice. It is recommended that further studies be conducted on the relevance of IKS for
social work and other human service professions.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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Sinclair, Kate. "A Comparative Analysis of Socio-Legal and Psycho-Social Theories and the Construction of a Model to Explain How Law Operates and Evolves in the Dependency Court." University of Sydney. Law, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/562.
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This thesis examines data and theory about how the system of law (SL) operates and evolves: it contrasts data from social workers and attorneys working in the juvenile dependency court with theories about how individuals and social systems evolve. The analysis is based on research conducted in San Diego and revolves around a theory about human development, or the "individual as a system" (HD), and a theory about social systems, such as the autopoietic theory of law and its self-reproducing system (LA). It is suggested that together, the theories of HD+LA help to examine how professionals and law operate and evolve in the legal system. Overall, the thesis rejects the autopoietic systems theory that law reproduces itself, by itself. Instead, analysis in this study supports the finding that law is defined and operates through a dialectic of the individual and the social (or the organic and the mechanistic respectively) such that each gives rise to the other. On the basis of this system connection, aspects from systems theory about legal autopoiesis are integrated into concepts from constructive-developmental theory (HDLA), thus providing a new framework through which to examine how law and its system functions. The new framework is built around an equation that emerged some time after data analysis and theoretical development: SL=HDLA+DSA . The equation states that: The evolution of the system of law involves processes of human development and to some but a much lesser degree, the autopoietic nature of law. The extent of this evolution is best determined by analyzing data from a court setting. The dialectical relationship between individual and social influences in the evolution of law is facilitated by the accumulation of social action � such as activity from media and advocacy groups � and the individual meaning that professionals make about this action, which in turn has an influence on the formal and informal operations that they perform when operating law. The nature of these interacting dynamics will be shown through two interconnected tools of analysis: one is a typology of individual, professional and system self-concepts; the typology helps to show how a cycle of system change (human development giving rise to legal change and vice versa) occurs in the court; the other is the operative structure (or culture) of systems for law and social work in child abuse cases � which unite in court operations. These two interconnected tools help to show how the court operates and how social action (SA) for change contributes to professional and system change in the evolution of law.
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Hearne, Joanna. "Experiences of the child protection system for women with alcohol problems." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431409.
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McPhee, Debra M. "The child protection system, organizational responses to child sexual abuse and the social construction of social problems." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0004/NQ35247.pdf.
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Đuro, Klipa. "MODEL UPRAVLJANJA PERFORMANSAMA PROCESA SOCIJALNE ZAŠTITE I TRANZICIJE MODULA E-UPRAVE U PAMETNU UPRAVU." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, 2018. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=107054&source=NDLTD&language=en.
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Osnovni problem ovog istraživanja je identifikacija indikatora performansi sistema socijalne zaštite i razvoj modela koji omogućuju monitoring i upravljanje određenim segmentima sistema socijalne zaštite, kao konceptualno i metodološki novog pristupa koji će omogućiti unapređenje performansi, detekciju eventualnih neželjenih efekata i anomalija u sistemu prilokom uvođenja i tako obezbediti da se spreče sistemske zloupotrebe i umanje neželjeni efekti primene. Ovo istraživanje se zasniva na činjenici da određene regionalno zavisne fluktuacije parametara sistema indukuju odstupanje od matematičkih modela, što jasno pokazuje gde su propusti koje treba rešiti odgovarajućim promenama zakonske regulative i podzakonskih akata na osnovu kojih se sprovodi odgovarajući sistem socijalne zaštite.Predloženi model i koncept transformacije e-uprave u pametnu upravu biti će testiran u okviru programa dečijeg dodatka, kao studije slučaja i jednog od najvećih segmenata sistema socijalne zaštite, a dobijeni rezultati će moći da se iskoriste za kontrolu i unapređenje sličnih složenih podsistema u okviru celokupnog sistema socijalne zaštite.The main problem of this research is the identification of indicators of the performance of the social protection system and the development of models that enable monitoring and management of certain segments of the social protection system, as a conceptual and methodologically new approach that will enable improvement of performance, detection of possible adverse effects and anomalies in the system during the introduction. to prevent systemic abuse and reduce adverse effects of administration. This research is based on the fact that certain regionally dependent fluctuations in the system parameters induce deviation from mathematical models, which clearly shows where the flaws to be solved by appropriate changes in the legislation and bylaws on the basis of which the corresponding social protection system is implemented. The proposed model and the concept of e-government transformation into smart governance will be tested under the child-allowance program, as case studies and one of the largest segments of the social protection system, and the results obtained will be able to use for the control and improvement of similar complex subsystems within the overall social protection system.
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Esposito, Tonino. "From initial maltreatment investigation: exploring the placement trajectories of children in the Québec child protection system." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=114201.
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This three article dissertation contributes to the growing child protection placement literature by providing the first Canadian series of interconnected province-wide longitudinal studies identifying age-specific factors associated to when and for whom placement, placement changes, and family reunification are most likely to occur. This information can assist child protection authorities in making program and policy decisions regarding existing family preservation and placement support efforts as well as new initiatives and interventions aimed at targeting the most vulnerable.DESIGN/METHODS: Two different data sources were merged to create the province-wide dataset used for this dissertation. One data source is comprised of anonymized longitudinal clinical-administrative child protection data from all sixteen mandated child protection jurisdictions in the province of Québec. The second is comprised of provincial data extracted from the 2006 Canadian Census used to create a neighbourhood area socioeconomic disadvantage composite index. The first study examines when and for whom initial out-of-home placement is most likely to occur for 127,181 children investigated for maltreatment for the first time between April 1, 2002 and March 31, 2010. The second study examines when and for whom out-of-home placement changes are most likely to occur for 29,040 children admitted to out-of-home care for the first time between April 1, 2002 and March 31, 2011. The third study examines when and for whom family reunification is most likely to occur for 24,196 children admitted to out-of-home care for the first time between April 1, 2002 and March 31, 2011. Cox proportional hazard regression models are used in all three studies. FINDINGS: The majority of children served by the Québec child protection system are not placed in out-of-home care, and the majority of those who are experience less than one placement change and return to live with their families within less than six months of initial out-of-home placement. The three studies suggest that there are two discrete age-specific sub-groups who experience problematic placement trajectories, one described as younger children living in unsafe environments due to family difficulties and a lack of appropriate and adequate parental care and the other described as older children manifesting child-specific high risk behaviours which compromise their safety and/or the safety of others, as well as their development. However, all children, irrespective of age, are less likely to reunify with their families if they were placed as a result of parent's high risk behaviours and a lack of appropriate and adequate parental care. This dissertation also suggests that an increase in the number of maltreatment investigations significantly increases children's chances of placement, placement changes, and decreases their chances of returning to live with their families. Similarly, an increase in the number of placement changes decreases children's chances of returning to live with their families. Youth criminal behaviours also statistically explain older children's chances of removal, changing placements and reunification; specifically, older placed children receiving youth criminal justice services are more likely to experience frequent placement changes and less likely to return to their families. Last, this dissertation confirms the association between neighbourhood area socioeconomic disadvantages and the increased risk of experiencing problematic placement trajectories, suggesting that an increase in neighbourhood area socioeconomic disadvantages significantly increases children's chances of placement, placement changes (only for older children) and decrease their chances of returning to live with their families.Cette étude contribue à la littérature croissante sur les trajectoires de placement des enfants dans le but d'identifier les caractéristiques spécifiques ou une combinaison de caractéristiques associées aux placements, aux changements de placement, et à quand les réunifications familial sont les plus susceptibles de se produire. CONCEPTION/ MÉTHODES: Cette étude se base sur des données clinico-administratives des seize centres jeunesse de la province du Québec. Les cohortes principales extraites de cette étude sont constituées de 127,181 enfants provenant d'enquêtes pour mauvais traitements (article 1), et deux sous-cohorte de 29,040 (article 2) et 24,196 (article 3) enfants placés entre 2002 et 2011, suivis de leur entrée jusqu'en septembre 2011. Un compte rendu détaillé de l'historique de maltraitance de ces enfants peut être construit en utilisant un certain nombre de mesures provenant de ces données. Les données sur la composition de la famille, l'emploi et le revenu ne sont pas encore systématiquement saisi dans tous les établissements de la protection de la jeunesse et ne sont donc pas disponibles par le biais des données clinico-administratives des centres jeunesse. Par conséquent, les données provinciales extraites du recensement canadien de 2006 ont été utilisées pour créer un indice de défavorisation socio-économique. Les modèles de régression de risques proportionnels Cox ont été utilisés pour évaluer les effets indépendants des caractéristiques des enfants afin de déterminer pour qui et quand les placements sont les plus susceptibles de se produire (article 1), pour qui et quand les changements de placement sont le plus susceptibles de se produire (article 2), et pour qui et quand les réunifications familiales sont les plus susceptibles de se produire (article 3).RÉSULTATS: La majorité des enfants desservis par le système québécois de protection de la jeunesse ne sont pas placés, et la majorité de ceux qui sont placés connaîtront des placements stables, et seront réunifies avec leur familles en moins de six mois. Les trois études suggèrent qu'il existe deux sous-groupes distincts qui ont des trajectoires de placement problématiques : les jeunes enfants vivant dans des environnements à risque en raison de difficultés familiales et de manque de soins parentaux appropriés et adéquats; et les enfants plus âgés pour qui les défis ne sont pas spécifiques à la famille, mais plutôt liés à la manifestation de problèmes de comportement mettant en danger leur sécurité ou la sécurité des autres, ainsi que leur développement. Cependant, tous les enfants, sans importance d'âge, sont moins susceptibles de retourner vivre avec leur famille si elles ont été placées en raison des difficultés familiales et de manque de soins parentaux appropriés et adéquats. Cette thèse suggère également que l'augmentation du nombre d'enquêtes sur la maltraitance augmente les chances de placement et les changements de placement, et diminue leurs chances de réunifications familiales. De même, une augmentation du nombre de changements de placement diminue les chances de réunification familiales. Les enfants qui recevaient des services en tant que jeune contrevenant étaient plus susceptibles de changer de placement et moins susceptibles de retourner vivre avec leur famille. Dernièrement, cette thèse confirme l'association entre la défavorisation socio-économique et les trajectoires de placements problématiques, en suggérant qu'une augmentation de la défavorisation socio-économique augmente considérablement les chances de placement et de changements de placement (pour les enfants plus âgés seulement), et diminue les chances de réunifications familiales.
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Torres, Guadalupe Citlalli, and Victoria Vanesa Mariscal. "SOCIAL WORKERS PERSPECTIVES OF THE PROTECTIVE AND RISK FACTORS THAT AFFECT YOUTH IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/324.
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Youth who have experienced maltreatment and the dysfunction of multiple placements are at risk of engaging in delinquent behaviors. Studies from various professionals found specific risk and protective factors that affect youth from being involved in the juvenile justice system. The current study adds significantly literature by identifying the risk and protective factors that affect foster youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice system based on social workers perspectives. The results indicate almost 93% of the participants agreed that multiple placements, 74% agreed that physical abuse, 61% agreed that group homes, and 67% agreed that sexual abuse serve as risk factors for foster youth. Foster youth who have encountered risks factors such as psychical abuse, sexual abuse, severe general neglect, mental health issues, multiple placements, group home placements, substance abuse, and negative support systems are at risk of being involved with the juvenile justice system. In addition, approximately 99% of the participants agreed that a mentor, 98% agreed that after school activities, 91% agreed that early parent bonding, 90% agreed that monitoring youths behaviors, and 73% agreed that contact with birth parents serves as protective factors that prevent youth from being involved from the juvenile justice system. The results identify factors such as early parent child bonding, school activities, contact with birth family, parents or caregivers monitoring their behavior, a mentor or role model, school involvement, and involvement with religious and spiritual activities serve as protective factors in preventing youth involvement in the juvenile justice system.
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Wu, Yen-Chun. "Protecting children in Taiwan : the limits of law and court systems in managing familial child abuse cases." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429805.
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Archer, Elizabeth. "Exploring the phenomenon of resilience with a child survivor of abuse." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26914.
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The purpose of this voyage is to explore the phenomenon of resilience with a South African child survivor of abuse. This research may be used to foreground elements in narrative conversations that can be employed to enhance resilience in other child survivors of abuse. The collaborator was identified using a constructivist approach of selection, incorporating the Indigenous Knowledge of the staff involved in the care of abuse survivors in a place of safety. The selection work session led to the generation of an operationalisation of the concept resilience, as well as an observation schedule for resilience specific to this environment. A 16-year-old female collaborator was identified as resilient for the purpose of this research. A number of in-depth interviews with the collaborator were conducted whilst the collaborator was in the place of safety, as well as after her move to a children’s home. Narratives about the collaborator’s life were generated and computer aided qualitative data analysis was undertaken. This facilitated the generation of networks of codes which allow for the representation of the particular resilience processes present in the collaborator. In this study the ability to adapt and utilise new environments is identified as a major factor in the collaborator’s resilience.Dissertation (MEd(Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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McIntyre, Thomas Jeremiah. "Internet blocking law and governance in the United Kingdom : an examination of the Cleanfeed system." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/17971.
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This thesis examines the legal and governance issues presented by internet blocking (“filtering”) systems through the use of the United Kingdom’s Cleanfeed system as a national case study. The Cleanfeed system – which aims to block access to child abuse images – has been influential both domestically and internationally but has been the subject of relatively little sustained scrutiny in the literature. Using a mixed doctrinal and empirical methodology this work discusses the evolution of Cleanfeed and considers the way in which government pressure has led to a private body without any express legislative basis (the Internet Watch Foundation) being given the power to control what UK internet users can view. The thesis argues that the Cleanfeed system sits at the intersection of three distinct trends – the use of architectural regulation, regulation through intermediaries and self-regulation – which individually and collectively present significant risks for freedom of expression and good governance online. It goes on to identify and examine the fundamental rights norms and governance standards which should apply to internet blocking and tests the system against them, arguing in particular that Cleanfeed fails to meet the requirements developed by the European Court of Human Rights under Articles 6 and 10 ECHR. It considers the extent to which Cleanfeed might be made amenable to these principles through the use of judicial review or actions under the Human Rights Act 1998 and concludes that the diffuse structure of the system and the limited availability of horizontal effect against private bodies will leave significant aspects beyond the effective reach of the courts. This work also assesses claims that the Cleanfeed system is a proof of concept which should be extended so as to block other material considered objectionable (such as websites which “glorify terrorism”). It argues that the peculiar features of the system mean that it represents a best case scenario and does not support blocking of other types of content which are significantly more problematic. The thesis concludes by considering proposals for reform of the Cleanfeed system and the extent to which greater public law oversight might undermine the desirable features associated with self-regulation.
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Allan, Claire. "Is South Africa's social protection system addressing the causes or the symptoms of poverty? : the case of the Child Support Grant." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13418.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-77).The South African Government's anti-poverty strategy has been largely dominated by unconditional cash transfers. A growing body of literature examines the impacts of these transfers on a range of socio-economic outcomes; however there is little discussion of why such impacts are important. Without an explicit conceptual framework within which to examine these effects, evaluating their likely long term poverty impacts remains problematic. The focus of this research is to distil the current thinking on poverty and social protection to establish an appropriate theoretical framework within which to appraise anti-poverty measures. 'An Assets-Augmented' Capabilities Framework is proposed with a focus on asset-building as the primary means of poverty reduction. Focusing on the Child Support Grant (CSG), empirical analysis is then applied to examine whether the underlying causes of poverty are being addressed. Using the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) Wave 1 Dataset, the effects of the CSG on households' expenditure patterns are examined to assess the extent to which CSG-recipients invest in asset-building. A propensity score matching method is employed to construct an appropriate counterfactual. Households receiving the CSG are not found to exhibit significantly different expenditure patterns compared to a control group and cannot therefore be argued to invest differently in assets. This key finding provides evidence that the CSG primarily addresses the symptoms of poverty and cannot be expected to generate sustainable poverty reduction. A linking approach is thus proposed to combine the cash transfer element of the grant with more explicitly promotional measures in order to seek greater asset effects. A key recommendation is to ensure that the CSG acts as a gateway to other complementary services and benefits in order to increase the value of the grant with relatively little additional effort or cost.
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Tucci, Joseph 1966. "Towards an understanding of emotional and psychological abuse : exploring the views of children, carers and professionals involved in the child protection system in Victoria." Monash University, Dept. of Social Work, 2004. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5477.
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Cocozza, Madeleine. "The Parenting of Society : From Report to Support." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-10713.
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Child protection is the process that aims to find, investigate and help maltreated children. In many countries this process is initiated by professionals who compile mandated reports that are then submitted to a designated agency that in many cases is part of a separate child protection system. In Sweden there is no separate child protection system. In Sweden, the child protection process is part of the family-service organization system. The system has two main objectives, one is voluntary (provide family service), the other coercive (provide child protection). This system is administered by the municipal social services agencies (referred to throughout as Social Services). Aim: The overall purpose of this study was to gain knowledge of the child protection process in Sweden. The aim was two fold, one to carry out an in-depth study of a population of reports, the other to analyse the results of the findings in relation to the child protection system. The child protection system consists of elements outlined in the macro system: the underlying ideology and the framing of the problem, and the legislation, administration and the demands placed on professionals. Method: A total population of reports made to one municipality during 1998 was followed to a final decision. The reports were collected in 2000.´There were 1 570 reports made regarding 1 051 children, which composed 4 % of children age 0-18. This initial study was used in four papers where data were analysed covering four different issues. In 2003 a follow-up study was conducted in order to determine the extent to which the child appeared in the database of Social Services. In the first paper the children’s age, gender and contacts with Social Services were described as were the content of the reports and the outcome of reporting. The objective of the second paper was a description of the reporter, and the measurement of the extent to which the reports indicated child maltreatment. The third paper aimed at analysing how the first decision, the decision not to investigate reports, was made in the child protection process. Then a re-evaluation of these decisions was made to see how well the decision was justified. The contacts taken were described. In the fourth paper the influence of the socio-economic load on the child protection process was measured. Findings: Few reports (16 %) led to an intervention being provided, and 41% of the reports were not investigated further. In the follow-up study 61% of all 1 051 children appeared in the files of Social Services. As Sweden lacks a juvenile delinquency system these cases are automatically passed from the police to Social Services and are there registered as mandated reports. Hence the police became the largest report group of reporters, followed by professionals. Of the professionals’ reports 22 % were not investigated. In the follow-up study 53 % of these re-occurred at the Social Service and were then investigated. Seventy six percent of the reports not investigated were when re-evaluated found to indicate child maltreatment. The social worker used the parents as the main source for information in 74 % of the cases. The social worker did not contact the child at all in 53 % of the cases and only nine of the reporters were contacted. In the follow-up study 45 % of the children investigation re-appeared in the files of Social Services. Children from high socio-economic load districts were more often reported than those from middle or low (4.3%, 3.1% 2.3%). The socio economic load when measured in logistic regression was not found to correlate with the decision to investigate. A main finding in this study was that the child protection process was difficult to separate from other systems within the family service. This makes it much more difficult to evaluate the child protection process. The reports filed by professionals were not investigated adequately, and the lack of criteria of specifying how reports are to be evaluated creates a risk that maltreated children will not be found. The professional reports were handled in a way that increased the risk that professionals will have negative experiences with Social Services that consequently can lead them to refrain from filing eports. Conclusion: These findings suggest the following: Pass new legislation that makes it easier to separate each of the three systems from the other. Create a national database in which data on the handling of child-protection cases is systematically recorded. Develop a national reporting form that is to be used by all who file mandated reports of suspected maltreatment. Create clear criteria that specify how a report is to be handled to ensure that the reporting professionals are met with appropriate respect and that the quality of the decisions is guaranteed all over the country.
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Bond, Jocelyne Coan. "Separated by the Child Welfare System: The Journey of One Set of Fraternal Twins." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7856.
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This study explored the separation of twins in foster care and examined how their lived experiences relate to their interpersonal relationships as adults. Many researchers have studied the long-term impact of nontwin sibling separation in foster care, but little is known about the separation of twins, leaving a significant gap in existing literature. The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences twins who were separated in foster care as relates to their interpersonal relationships during adulthood. A qualitative, narrative approach was used to gather the lived experiences of one set of twins. The research questions examined how one specific set of adult fraternal twin sisters interpreted their personal experiences of being separated from each other while in foster care and whether this experience had an impact on their interpersonal relationships. The study relied on the theoretical foundations of attachment theory and family systems theory to support the use of existing literature and to integrate the research findings into current child welfare practice. Through personal interviews, each twin was asked to recall experiences from foster care and comment on the impact of being separated from their twin. Thematic analysis of the interview data and observations of the interview process helped to identify four themes: forming successful attachments, mental health issues, trauma history, and number and type of placements experienced. To encourage social change these results can inform the child welfare system, add to the body of existing research, and influence future placement decisions regarding twins in foster care.
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Johnson-Dalzine, Patricia. "An analysis of the interorganizational relationships among three types of organizations participating in a protective service system /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487266011221457.
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Lean, Kirstin. "Creating family resilience?" Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3395.
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The balance between family support and child protection services is continuously challenged by high-profile cases. These highlight shortcomings both of the UK system and of research on the effectiveness of child maltreatment interventions (Munro, 2011). One such intervention is the Resolutions Approach to ‘denied’ child abuse (Turnell and Essex, 2006) – a systemic approach which creates a support network including extended family, friends, community members and professionals. There is, however, only limited research analysing the supporters’ experience of this intervention. In the present study five semi-structured group interviews were conducted in order to investigate how the family support network members made sense of their participation in Resolutions. Through a thematic analysis three related themes: returning hope; building safety and trusting a professional were identified. Additionally, special attention was paid to processes linked to the creation of family resilience (Walsh, 2003). Based on two contrasting case studies the potential creation of family resilience through Resolutions was discussed and clinical recommendations for creating family resilience within support networks were outlined.
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Saine, Marie. "Protecting the rights of children in trouble with the law : a case study of South Africa and The Gambia." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1159.
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"It is the responsibility of every government to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizenry and to ensure that the rule of law and justice prevails at all times. Hovewer, children accused of committing crimes are more susceptible to human rights abuses and violations of their legal rights while in detention, either in police cells, prisons or authorised detention centres. They mostly suffer from both the agents of the state as well as from inmates. These violations often take place [behind] closed doors, and society being primarily concerned with keeping offenders locked up rather than about their conditions and human rights being respected, the cries of these children to be treated with dignity and worth go unnoticed despite the constitutional and international guarantee of their rights. The problem therefore is first to examine what rights do children in trouble with the law have under international law in general and specifically within the African human rights sytem with special emphasiis on the rights of children deprived of their liberty. Secondly, to examine how these international instruments are given effect domestically and whether there are challenges encountered in realising these rights. These are the main issues that this research intends to grapple with using South Africa and the Gambia as case studies with a view to making recommendations for better protection of the rights of this category of children. ... This research consist of four chapters. The first chapter is the introduction. It will give the basis and structure of the research which will include a general overview of the problem in the two countries under study. In the second chapter, it will explore the relevant international and African normative framework that protects the rights of children in trouble with the law and the obligations of states towards these children. However, the main focus will be the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), because they are the two main human rights instruments providing specific protection for children's rights in all spheres. The third chapter will be a comparative analysis of the rights of children deprived of their liberty as provided in the municipal laws of South African and the Gambia vis a vis the minimum standards set [out] in the CRC and ACRWC. It will discuss the following issues, namely: defintion of a child, age of criminal responsibility, the best interest, detention as a last resort and for the shortest possible time, separation from adult detainees, role of parents, establishment of separate criminal procedures, right to legal respresentation and assistance, and sentencing options. It will also examine the problems and challenges for implementation. The fourth chapter will conclude and make recommendations on how best to implement the laws and who should be the role players in ensuring that the rights of these children are well protected." -- Introduction.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2005.
Prepared under the supervision of Professor Gilles Cistac at the Faculty of Law, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mocambique
http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.html
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Bronsard, Guillaume. "Evaluation en santé mentale chez les adolescents placés : L’épidémiologie à la relance de la pédopsychiatrie dans le champ de l’enfance en danger." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012AIXM5028/document.
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250 000 enfants sont impliqués dans les dispositifs de l'Aide Sociale à l'Enfance ; 135 000 sont placés. Ils devraient présenter des taux élevés de troubles mentaux car la raison principale qui conduit au placement, le dysfonctionnement familial sévère et durable, est aussi un facteur de risque largement reconnu au développement de la plupart des troubles mentaux survenant dans l'enfance. Les rares études d'épidémiologie pédopsychiatrique réalisées auprès de cette population spécifique et repérable dans quelques pays anglo-saxons et germaniques, affirment effectivement des taux dépassant volontiers les 50%. Ces enfants sont paradoxalement peu pris en charge par les dispositifs de pédopsychiatrie, car la place des parents, ici défaillants, y est en général essentielle et l'articulation entre les professionnels des champs socio-éducatif et médico-psychologique est médiocre. Le contact avec les services de pédopsychiatrie se fait volontiers par les urgences en situation de crise comportementale. Après avoir décrit l'histoire de la « protection de l'enfance » et de la pédopsychiatrie, notamment leur construction concomitante et entremêlée à partir du 19ème siècle, nous analysons les points favorisant et défavorisant leur rencontre. Nous envisageons aussi les possibilités et les freins à la recherche scientifique en milieu socio-éducatif. Nous présentons ensuite les résultats de deux études menées auprès d'adolescents placés en foyers du département des Bouches-du-Rhône : une étude de prévalence des troubles mentaux et une étude de leur Qualité de la Vie et des liens de ces valeurs avec les troubles mentaux250 000 children and adolescents are involved in the child welfare system in France. 135 000 are living in « out-of-home care ». These children should have high rates of mental disorders because the severe familial dysfonction which drive them in these social institutions is a wellknown risk factor for the main mental disorders too. Prevalence studies of mental disorders among this very specific population are rares and have been held in anglo-saxon or germanics countries. They show mental disorders rates above 50%. However, their access to regular mental services is weak, because of failing parents and the poverty of the partnerships between social workers and child mental health professionals. These adolescents often meet child psychiatry through emergency during a behavioral crisis. We describe, in a first part, the history of child welfare system and of the child psychiatry, in particular through their co-construction since the 19th century. We analyze the elements influencing their partnerships. We examine too the difficulties to organize scientific research in the field of the child welfare. We presents, then, the results of two studies among adolescents living in residential group homes in the county of Bouches-du-Rhône (France) : a prevalence of mental disorders study and a Quality of Life study including the links between these values and the mental disorders. Results show mental disorders rates five times more frequents than in general population, and much more among girls, with specific psychopathologic profiles and an irregular expression of mental health needs degrading the screening. These data are the first in France
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Letsoalo, Lisbeth Ledile. "The protection of children's identities in the criminal justice system: an analysis on section 154(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/3046.
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Thesis ( LLM.) --University of Limpopo, 2019The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 provides that a child’s best interests should be of primary consideration in any matter concerning him or her. Contrary to this value, and thereby excluding protection of child victims, section 154(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 simply focusses on anonymity protection of child offenders and witness involved in criminal proceedings. It currently expressly prohibits the publication of the identities of child offenders and witnesses when the media makes publications on the relevant criminal proceedings. However, this protection terminates once such child offenders and witnesses attain majority, therefore arbitrarily stripping them of the identity protection. As a result, media houses are not only at liberty to publish on criminal proceedings identifying child victims, but also to expose the identities of child offenders and witnesses upon attaining majority. Such publications have proved to impede on children’s rights, as well as to contribute to the psychological challenges faced by the children whenever they are exposed to the criminal justice system. In this study the constitutional validity of section 154(3) is investigated and it is argued that it is unconstitutional in all respects. The section contradicts the specific right afforded to all children in the Bill of Rights, as well as other ancillary rights, which ought to ensure the progressive realisation of the protection afforded in terms of section 154(3). It is recommended, firstly, that section 154(3) be declared unconstitutional, and be amended to include child victims within the ambit of its protection. Secondly, the protection should extend beyond the age of 18, in respect of all children involved in criminal proceedings.
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Philander, Rochelle. "Management of children with sexual behaviour problems, between the ages of five to nine years old, by educators and social workers." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6404.
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Magister Artium - MA (Child and Family Studies)The Management of children, younger than twelve years of age, who pose a risk to other children, remains complex and confusing. When their behaviour includes sexual aggression towards other children, ignorance about how to manage them becomes even more challenging. Society has an expectation that any sexual aggressor should be punished, however, when the aggressor is younger than ten years old, different responses are necessary. The aim of this current study was to explore the management of learners with sexual behaviour problems, within the primary school setting. The main question underpinning this study was: How are children, aged five-to-nine-years, with sexual behaviour problems, managed by social workers and educators? A qualitative methodology, with focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews were used to conduct this study. Educators from primary schools, as well as social workers from the Western Cape Education Department, were purposively selected to form the sample for this study. Focus group discussions were conducted with the educators, while semi-structured interviews were conducted with the social workers.
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Friberg, Anneli, and Solvej Strid. "Gränslandet - när systemet tar slut : En kvalitativ studie om vad socialsekreterare framhåller som viktiga aspekter i arbetet med barnavårdsutredningar." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-185872.
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The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze how social workers experience their cooperation in childcare investigations, how they experience their discretion and what happens emotionally with social workers in relationship with child care investigations. The study is based on a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews. The interviews have been analyzed via a thematic analysis and have been interpreted with the theoretical frameworks, human service organizations, street level bureaucracy and power. The results show that work linked to childcare investigations arouses feelings of the social secretary. Feelings like hopefulness, fear, stress and powerlessness. Further results show that the social secretary prefers parents to accept voluntary efforts compared with imperativ efforts and cooperation is of the greatest importance to bring child care investigations forward. The study shows that the social secretaries consider themselves to have discretion in their work but their work is also controlled by the organization. Especially when it comes to imperative care, something that the law also prescribes.
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Nek, Petronella Susanna. "Identifisering van risikofaktore wat bydra tot seksuele misbruik van kleuters in 'n informele nedersetting in Buffalo City / P.S. Nel." Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9684.
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Sexual abuse of children is a reality that occurs in communities on a daily basis. In a specific informal settlement in Buffalo City, where the researcher has previously worked as social worker, statistics showed that children in their early childhood are the most vulnerable to sexual abuse. The parents' socio-economic circumstances lead to inadequate protection and security for their minor children, making them vulnerable to sexual abuse. Research shows that each community has specific risk and protection factors in respect of sexual abuse. The aim of this study was to explore and describe through a descriptive, qualitative design the risk factors that contribute to sexual abuse of children in a particular informal settlement in Buffalo City. The research question for the study reads as follows: What are the risk factors that contribute to sexual abuse of children in a particular informal settlement in Buffalo City?
Sixteen participants were interviewed by means of semi-structured one-on-one interviews. Purposeful, non-probability sampling was used to select parents or caregivers of children who were sexually abused as well as community leaders in the community to participate in the interviewing. Detailed reflections were ob tained from participants of their perceptions of contributing risk factors that left the children vulnerable. These interviews were conducted with the use of an interview schedule that was compiled in accordance with a literature study and thereafter tested. The methods that were use to capture data were interviewing, observations, reflections and fieldnotes. The interviews were transcribed for the purposes of data analysis and were analysed according to the steps of Creswell (2009).
The ecological system perspective has served as the theoretical framework for this study, and five themes were identified in this context. These themes were divided into sub-themes and categories, and were discussed with relevant narratives. The narratives were obtained from the transcripts. Finally, the findings were checked and verified against existing literature. The results can be summarised as follows:
i. According to the findings, risk factors that contribute to the preschool child as an individual being vulnerable to sexual abuse is leaving the child alone at home without adequate supervision or the inability of parents or caregivers to provide adequately for the child’s basic needs.
ii. Inadequate parenting was identified as a contributing risk factor on micro level.
iii. Apathy among neighbours due to the absence of ubuntu was a contributing risk factor on meso level.
iv. Inadequate programmes by social service organisations to preschool children were contributing risk factors on the eco systemic level.
v. Finally, poverty and inadequate infrastructure were contributing risk factors within the community as macro system.Thesis (MSW)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.
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Levd, Acosta Maria, and Miranda Hedström. "Fast i systemet : En kvantitativ studie om recidivism inom den sociala barnavården." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-166057.
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Children and adolescents that reappear for investigation in the Child Protective Services (CPS) can be interpreted as an issue for the social services ambitions to provide service for potential families in need of assistance. This study was based on information gathered from social workers investigating the situation for 882 children during two months, in two municipalities in Sweden. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and being the subject of more than one previous investigation at the CPS. The study provides an estimate of the likelihood of being the subject of more than one previous investigation. Results show that certain adversities concerning the child and in the family situation increased the odds of having been exposed to several investigations. Findings from the study also show that the risk of being investigated several times increases incrementally with accumulated adverse childhood experiences.
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Newton, Kathryn. "African American Women's Perceptions of and Experiences with Mandated Substance Abuse Treatment: Implications for Counselors." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04242008-014909/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008.Title from file title page. Brian J. Dew, committee chair; Kris Varjas, Barbara Gormley, Catherine Cadenhead, Leslie Jackson, committee members. Electronic text (169 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 7, 2008. Includes bibliographical references.
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Tanton, Frieda. "Social work students' perceptions of child sexual abuse / Frieda Tanton." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15603.
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Social workers are responsible for rendering services to children and families who have experienced sexual abuse. These services are to a large degree guided by legislation and organisational policy, but the question arises whether all social workers perceive child sexual abuse in the same way. This is significant since the possibility that a social worker perceives child sexual abuse differently from legislation and existing policies, could lead to having an adverse effect on the rendering of services to children and families exposed to sexual abuse.
The aim of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of social work students regarding child sexual abuse by way of a descriptive qualitative research design. For the purposes of this study the non-probability sampling technique of purposive sampling was used to obtain participants. Fourth-year social work students at a specific higher learning institution were allowed to volunteer for this study and ten students agreed to participate. Unstructured in-depth individual interviews were conducted in order to explore their perceptions of CSA (Child Sexual Abuse). The data was coded into six main perceptions with their categories and subcategories. These perceptions were the following: (1) Child sexual abuse is caused by factors within the child’s ecological environment; (2) Description of the sexually abused child; (3) Description of the perpetrator of child sexual abuse; (4) Child sexual abuse is pervasive and can be characterised by the presence of specific aspects; (5) Child sexual abuse affects the child in specific ways; and (6) Children do not disclose sexual abuse.
These results were presented in the format of an article with conclusions, recommendations as well as the limitations of the study.MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Adu-Gyamfi, Jones. "Ghana’s child panels: effective child protection and juvenile justice system or superfluous creation?" 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17582.
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YesIn accordance with the United Nations’ requirements for dealing with juvenile offenders, Ghana’s Children Act 1998 mandated local authorities to establish child panels to mediate minor offences committed by children. However, to date there has not been any research that has examined the functioning and effectiveness of the child panels. This research examined the operationalisation and effectiveness of child panels in Ghana. The study involved the use of semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with panel members of four local authorities. Findings showed that the child panels are not functioning effectively in Ghana. The relevance of the child panels has been questioned since it was found to be duplicating the roles of some other child welfare agencies. This article discusses the challenges impeding the effectiveness of the child panels and outlines recommendations to improve their effectiveness.
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Su, Fang-Yi, and 蘇芳儀. "The Perception Of Adolescent Clients In The Child Protection System." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06960115278595428702.
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Cases of mistreated adolescents have long been neglected as low risk because of their sufficient ability for self-preservation. However, as adolescents’ sense of autonomy becomes stronger, a gap between their needs and professional treatment often occurs. This study intends to understand what adolescent case subjects’ thoughts are about the treatment provided by the protection system from their perception. The purpose of this study includes: (1) to examine the needs of mistreated adolescents and the impacts after the involvement of the protection system; (2) to understand what adolescents think about the services provided by the current protection system; (3) to discuss the significance of the involvement of the protection system toward adolescents; (4) to provide adolescent protection workers with practical treatment suggestions. This paper tries to understand the experience from the standpoint of adolescent case subject as to how he/she has been served. The so-called “perception” points to the case subject’s subjective feeling and expression. The process has nothing to do with the examination of right or wrong, but rather focuses on observing the case subject’s need and feeling. Therefore, the writer adopts the method of qualitative research to describe the interactive experience between adolescent case subjects and the protection system. Through the assistance of the protection system, this study has chosen eight mistreated adolescents who ever accepted protective services in recent two years for study. Information is gathered through in-depth interviews. Research lasts from May 20, 2006 to July 30, 2006. During the process, this study has gained the permission from the case subjects and has followed the principles of confidentiality and privacy respect to protect the rights of the interviewees. The analytical process of this study is divided into four major parts. Firstly, to discuss adolescents’ coping behavior to the mistreatment, their self-preservation and how they seek help before the protective resources are triggered; secondly, to describe the reality experience of those mistreated adolescents as they receive services from the protective system; the third part is to discuss adolescent case subjects’ perception and feeling during the process of resources operation of the protective system; the last part is to understand adolescent case subjects’ needs and how they have been affected and changed after the involvement of services. In conclusion, this study has found that the “subjective feeling” is an accumulation process of emotion, event and experience. No matter it is a positive or negative subjective feeling, the scenario context on the back is always related to the three dimensions, namely the adolescents’ needs, service experiences and life experiences. Therefore, the writer has focused on discussing the process of influential movements among these three dimensions. The main points are as follows: (1) The coping behavior and need shaped from the past life experiences: The writer has found that the pattern of how they cope with violent events is just like a process of risk assessment. There could be two extreme behavior changes due to their attachment with the family and how well they can maintain the sense of safety after exposing themselves. This has clearly indicated that the past life experiences have shaped up the dimension of special and sensitive needs for protected case subjects. When such needs are not fulfilled, the coping behavior and defense mechanism are immediately triggered to protect themselves. Such situation also affects adolescents’ experience when they receive services. (2) From adolescents’ needs to decrypt the process of their being served: The needs for mistreated adolescents include a. personal safety protection: Adolescents whether being settled or not still have doubt on the level of personal safety protection and when the protection is not perfect enough, they tend to cope by not participating in or cooperating with the treatment. b. emotional support: No matter in the earlier or later treatment, adolescents always expect to be respected, listened and cared. But actually what they have felt may be mixed with positive or negative impressions due to different professional staffs and various scenario contexts. c. autonomy: During our observation of the service process, adolescent case subjects’ needs for autonomy is not likely to be fully realized. It may be caused by the influence of societal culture as most treatments are whole family-based. Another reason may be coming from the professional staffs who overly concern and interfere with the case subjects. Besides, this study has also found that although adolescents have strong will to express themselves, they usually convey their own opinion by silence or through other mouthpieces. The reasons could be their sense of helplessness, limited information, lack of experience of making decision on their own and low self-esteem. Therefore, most commonly, adolescents express their opinion in a vague manner that results in their opinions being changeable or misunderstood and cause all sorts of unsteadiness during the treatment process. In addition, most of the adolescents also indicate that ever since their receiving the treatment, their sense of safety has been raised and they have put more trust on the professionals. With more careful examination, we find that actually the meaning of the protection system to adolescents have changed from a protective role at the beginning to a supporting and accompanying role as soon as their relationship with the family becomes more steady. Finally, from looking into the value of adolescent protection, this study suggests that social workers should empower adolescent clients from the perspective of respecting their autonomy and to look seriously at the special nature of the cases of mistreated adolescents; regarding treatment strategy for adolescent protection work, this study has also proposed to carry out independent living and assist families in facing crisis events, and provided suggestions on the suitability of relative foster family and the improvement of settled environment. The researcher’s afterword is attached at the end of this paper to retrospect those gains and emotions experienced during the research process.
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Saari, Robin Leticia. "Process Pluralism and Systemic Resistance to Child Protection Mediation in Ontario." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/25784.
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This paper focuses on the use of mediation within Ontario’s child protection system. Applying the process pluralism framework advocated by Carrie Menkel-Meadow, the systemic resistance to child protection mediation [CPM] in Ontario is explained. To address this resistance, a particular approach of structuring conflict resolution is evaluated through the lens of process pluralism. It is concluded that increasing the use of CPM at the dispositional stage of a child protection proceeding will improve results for children and their families.
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Teng, Chia-Min, and 鄧佳旻. "Research on the System of Child Abuse Serious Cases Review:From the Child Protection Social Workers’ Perspectives." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gz52by.
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社會工作學研究所
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This study aims to explore the system of child abuse serious cases review of Taiwan. From the child protection social workers’ perspectives, the status of implementation of the serious cases review can be understood. Through this study, we can also exposing the situations and needs of the child protection social workers, and how they go through the process of the serious cases review. Most importantly, we also gather child protection social workers’ views on the system, in order to improve the better practice on the system of the serious cases review in Taiwan. Moreover, it is time to advocate the professional status and value of the child protection social worker. Seven child protection social workers participated in this study, summarized the results as follows: 1.The review system is able to promote network inter-disciplinary coordination, increase the quality of child protection services. But there is deviation from the original intent of the current system, and it also blames the problem on the individual, and trouble focusing on the reasons for the occurrence of the serious cases. And it is showed that, this case review system is not recognized by the social workers. 2.The social workers are not familiar with this mechanism. In the professional team, the social workers seem often to be the role of "scapegoat". When the social workers participate the meetings of the serious cases review, the public, media and other professionals often blame them. The social workers can only use self-comfort, reluctantly accepted way to mitigate their pressure and psychological trauma. The social workers are not only to have a positive experience of facing the challenges, but also have a negative experience with “burnout” related. 3.The social workers assume that the governmental authority should pay more respect to the social work profession, and need to provide the adequate support. The governments should work hard to reduce the misunderstanding the work of child protection from the public and the media. The social workers also suggest to reduce the caseloads and extra support when they focus on the responses of the serious cases review.
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Vulliamy, Anne Petrice. "Physicians' experiences with the child protection system as a factor in their decision to report child abuse." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8354.
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Victims and perpetrators of child abuse will typically not self-report to child
protection services (CPS) so responsibility for detection and reporting of
suspected child abuse must fall to others. Since physicians are often the
first to treat serious injuries in children, they are in an ideal position to report
abuse allegations to CPS social workers who are delegated with the
responsibility to protect children. Research shows that although physicians
are generally aware of mandatory reporting legislation, they are often non-compliant.
A recurrent theme which has not been fully explored in Canadian
research is the lack of confidence in CPS as an organizational barrier to
reporting. To that end, a short questionnaire was distributed to pediatricians
at British Columbia's Children's Hospital (BCCH) requesting feedback about
their previous reporting experiences to CPS. Results of this study provide
useful feedback to organizations such as CPS and the College of Physicians
and Surgeons. Recommendations include the use of interdisciplinary training
and guidelines about collaboration between organizations.
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Van, Huyssteen Cecile. "Die ervaring van ondersteuning as funksie van supervisie aan maatskaplike werkers in diens van kinderbeskermingsorganisasies / Cecile van Huyssteen." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/12079.
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In the service of child protection organisations, where services are focused on the protection of children within the preservation of families, social workers are exposed to the adverse conditions of children and families forming part of their caseload. Social workers must remain objective and make thoughtful decisions in the best interest of children and families, while they themselves might be traumatised by the circumstances of these children and families.
Various studies have been done about occupational stress, secondary trauma, compassion fatigue and the role of supervision in this regard. Less is however known about support as a function of supervision for social workers employed by child protection organisations and the social workers’ experience(s) of this support.
The aim of this study was to investigate and to descripe, by means of a descriptive qualitative design, social workers employed by child protection organizations' experience of support as function of supervision. For the purpose of this study, the researcher used a purposeful non-probability sampling. Ten social workers from seven child protection organisations within the specific field of child protection were selected according to their willingness to participate. Unstructured, in-depth, one-on-one interviews, with one question to initiate the interview, were conducted with social workers to investigate their experience of the support as function of supervision. During interviews with the individual social workers the researcher made use of observations and field notes as tools for data collection tools. A focus group with eight social workers was also utilised to verify initial findings and to allow for any additional data that would emerge. The first theme deals with participants’ view of support as a function of supervision, which includes receiving guidance and emotional support. Theme two is about participants’ experience of support as a function of supervision in terms of task-oriented as well as emotional support. The third theme that came up was alternative sources of emotional support, including colleagues, external counselors, family members and selfcare.
These themes were divided into sub-themes and categories and discussed according to relevant quotations from interviews and literature reviews. Conclusions and recommendations were made according to these results. One of the most important recommendations arising from the findings of the study, is that the support function of supervision should be used more effectively. Social workers and supervisors must develop a greater awareness of the importance to discuss emotions and the dangers of suppressing emotions. Social workers that receive the opportunity to reflect on their emotions, develop a sense of self-worth, appreciation and experience job satisfaction and motivation, which leads to an increase in service quality.MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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Martin, Joseph. "The Effect of Risk Assessment on Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System." 2012. http://digital.library.duq.edu/u?/etd,154151.
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Minority children are involved in the child welfare system at rates disproportionate to their numbers in the overall population. Prior research argues that risk assessments conducted by child welfare agencies may be racially biased, and thus contribute to disproportionality. This study seeks to explore the effect of different risk assessment models on racial disproportionality. This is done by examining the relationship between race/ethnicity and various child welfare outcomes in three states that utilize the consensus-based model and three states that utilize the actuarial model of risk assessment. Results were similar for both groups of states, suggesting that one model is not more biased than the other. The results also indicate that racial/ethnic groups enter the child welfare system at different rates. However, groups remained involved in subsequent outcomes at consistent percentages. Finally, the results suggest differential treatment among the most restrictive child welfare outcomes.McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy
MA
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Lin, Chi-Ya, and 林琪雅. "The Story of Social Workers who settled in the System of Child-Protection." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75882151829397831584.
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碩士東吳大學
社會工作學系
94
As a freshman in the profession of child-protection, Writer attempted to study and comprehended about this highly stressed field, which often demands working experiences, yet holds a high turnover rate of staff. Writer pursued this research by studying the persisting social workers regarding their ways of viewing work-related-difficulties, their coping strategies, and their viewpoints towards the field of social work. This study adapted a qualitative researching method, and collected data via detailed interviews with ten child-protection social workers from the great Taipei area. The results are listed as followed: 1. The difficulties in child-protection works generated from the lack of resources within the system, large amount of cases, and the discrepancy in recognition of child-protection inside the network. Hence it resulted in the gap of cooperation and caused the lack of acknowledgements of child-protection in the public. 2. Child-protection social workers usually experienced different phases from initial to later, and consequently different perspectives and values would be formed accordingly. Those who remained in this career did not consider the work of child-protection only as a work, but also as an ultimate goal that they could continuously look forward and seek for. 3. These social workers in the child-protection system recognized the importance and value of social work, since mutual help is essential for the society. However, they believed that it is unavailing to advertise the professionalism of this field. Social work should emphasize on the irreplacibility of itself, and not on whether it is specialized or not. The objective of this study was attempting to provide advices to the beginning social workers in the child-protection field, to social work study, to the social work profession and to the child-protection organizations. This study also aimed to provide references for the social work training in the area of child-protection for the future.
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HO, CC, and 何承謙. "An Interorganizational Coordination Study of Selected Child Protective Services System in Taipei." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22836844995139637833.
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Lu, Chi-Fang, and 呂季芳. "The Practice Development for Child Protection Social Workers: A Case Study of the Supervision System." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63071181238132545516.
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碩士靜宜大學
社會工作與兒童少年福利學系
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Children and teenagers protection is a more complicated and tricky helping work in the field of social work practice. The service process is full of challenges and risks, and novice social workers particularly suffer from heavy stress and sense of helplessness. According to the studies, if children and teenager protection supervisors can exert its function, it will be very beneficial to the cultivation of practical working skills and coping ability of novice social workers. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the work dilemma faced by novice social workers and their need for assistance in guidance and counseling from the perspective of children and teenager protection supervisors, as well as novice social workers. This study also summarizes novice children and teenager protection social workers’ expectations towards guidance and counseling system and supervisors’ opinion on the current guidance and counseling system. To achieve the research purpose, this study conducted in-depth interviews to collect and analyze the qualitative data from 2 supervisors and 4 novice social workers. The research findings are as follows:(1) under the diversified context where supervisors are not cultivated through specific training system, their abilities are affected; (2) only when applicable laws and decrees of protection are understood can their guidance and counseling function be exerted;(3) to assist novice social workers in improving coping effectiveness, it is necessary to grasp protection-related sources and fully apply and connect them; (4) it is necessary to respect the individual differences of social workers and provide them with individualized guidance and counseling model; (5) novice social workers should engage in advanced studies to improve guidance and counseling professional skills; (6) it is necessary to use individual guidance and counseling and group guidance and counseling to form a good interactive relationship; (7) it is necessary to establish social worker peer support group and guidance and counseling peer support group.Based on the research finding mentioned above, this study proposed the following suggestions: (1) to legalize the practical guidance and counseling training system; (2) to regularly hold cross-county/city guidance and counseling group meetings; (3) to regularly inspect the function and efficiency of guidance and counseling; (4) to legalize the guidance and counseling responsibilities of practical work; (5) to urge local governments to budget for the training and cultivation of protection supervisors and social worker manpower; (6) to develop protection supervisors and social worker personal safety mechanism.
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Boatswain-Kyte, Alicia. "Overrepresentation and disparity of Black children reported under the child protection system : the need for effective cross-system collaborations." Thèse, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/21784.
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Preston, Susan. "Demystifying the Commodification of Social Relations in the Ontario Child Protecton System: A Marxist Approach to Textual Analysis." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35929.
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Demystifying the Commodification of Social Relations in the Ontario Child Protection System: A Marxist Approach to Textual Analysis
Susan Elizabeth Preston
Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty of Social Work
University of Toronto
2013
In the space of quiet and disquiet, another read is possible.
Abstract
Capitalism invades all aspects of society, including the welfare state. Capitalist notions of the market appear to be encroaching into social services, wherein we see the “businessology” of social work; however, little empirical attention has been given to how capitalism appears to be replicated within social services. This research aims to make the invisible visible in order to agitate for radical change in the organization and practice of social service provision.
In this inquiry, focusing on the child protection system in Ontario I examine some of the documentary actualities of the ruling apparatus of regulated parenthood and childhood by exploring the textualities of the state. Specifically, through the critical lens of Marxism and feminism, and drawing on my own experience of a classed and gendered world, I critically deconstruct the regulatory texts closest to the state, the legislation of the Child and Family Services and the regulations that expand the legislative intent. I also explore the procedural document of the Ontario Risk Assessment Model as an enacted text that operationalizes the legislation and regulation.
By reading and re-reading these texts, at the surface but also above and below the surface, positioning the documents in context and recalling my social work practice, I seek answers to questions of how texts replicate capital, and commodify social relations through the ruling apparatus of the state. This work queries how the text itself in its active use of language has implications for social work, in practice, in research and in education.
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Yoo, Jean Jihyei. "Texas Child Welfare System needs to protects its workers." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22642.
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Texas Child Protective Services has been struggling with keeping its workers. The turnover rate, which measures the frequency of workers quitting and entering the agency, has been extremely high since the 1980s. In 2012, CPS reported that about one-fourth of its skilled workers are leaving the agency. This puts extra burden on the remaining workers, eventually leading them to resign as well. To fix the turnover issue, the state of Texas initiated a major reform in CPS in 2006. Although the reform succeeded in improving the quality of work environment and other areas, it failed to bring down the turnover rate. To identify why the statewide reform had failed, former caseworkers share their experiences with the agency to reveal what causes the high turnover, the detrimental effects it has on children, and what should be done to reduce the rates.text
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Brown, Debra J. "Working the system: re-thinking the role of parents and the reduction of 'risk' in child protection work." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/35.
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This thesis examines how the British Columbia child protection system permeates the lives of the mothers it investigates. Dorothy Smith’s generous notion of work (1986) and Arlie Hochschild’s emotion work (1983) were combined to explicate the unpaid labour mothers contribute to the child protection process. Smith’s textually mediated relations of ruling (1987) revealed how a contracted child protection agency uses various texts to organize these women’s everyday activities. These texts are linked to others in work locations representing the institutional priorities of government and professional bodies, which uphold societal expectations of mothering.
Ten interviews and a focus group with mothers revealed the ‘core competencies’ necessary to successfully navigate the child protection system. Mothers also identified risks inherent in the system with the potential to negatively impact their children, themselves and their family’s resiliency. Interviewing an experienced child protection counselor informed a textual analysis of the requisite paperwork within contracted agencies.
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Chuan, Lee Hsiu, and 李秀娟. "A Study on Child Abuse and the Protective System in Family Violence：with emphasis on Civil Relief." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23714586146789450397.
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碩士東吳大學
法律學系
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Abstract In regard to domestic violence, child abuse is a serious social problem. This study aimed at probing into the importance of protection of children’s rights and government legislation and policy implementation on child protection. The legal remedies for child abuse in Taiwan and the United States are compared to find out the ongoing child protection policy implementation and whether the domestic laws and regulations are inadequate or there are omissions in order to propose suggestions for future legislation and policy implementation. The children’s rights to begin with, child abuse in violation of the basic rights, the protective measures taken when a child is abused by a family member, the U.S. Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and the U.S. California Family Code (the Domestic Violence Prevention Act) are discussed which serve as reference for analysis and comparison of the children’s protection laws in Taiwan (such as the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, the Children And Youth Welfare Act, the Child and Youth Sexual Transaction Prevention Act and so on). In the overall framework, Chapter One covers an overview of the history and development of domestic violence and the definition, types, and causes of child abuse in order to elaborate on the correlation between domestic violence and child abuse and the impact of domestic violence on children. And the domestic implementation of children protection is briefly analyzed. In Chapter Two, the important child protection legislations in Taiwan and the United States are compiled to compare the differences between the two countries on the legal norms. In Chapter 3, the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of the Child serve as the basis for interpretation of children’s rights and a brief discussion of the legislation against child abuse in the United States, and the implementation of the fundamental rights of children. In Chapter 4, the content of parental rights, termination of parental rights, and the correlation between parental right abuse and child abuse are outlined to discuss professionals’ duty to report child abuse cases, the importance of child abuse prevention, and the regulations related to launching the guardianship system following declaration of parental rights termination. In Chapter 5, with the “Civil Protection Order” as the focus, the Domestic Violence Prevention Act in Taiwan, the U.S. Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence, and the regulation of the Civil Protection Order stipulated in the U.S. California Family Code following incidences of domestic violation are introduced, which cover types, reliefs, petitions, and issuances of protection orders and the legal protection when protection orders are violated. Finally, the legal systems in the United States and Taiwan are analyzed and compared. In Chapter 6, the study findings and suggestions are summed up.
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Bekink, Mildred. "The protection of child victims and witnesses in a post-constitutional criminal justice system with specific reference to the role of an intermediary : a comparative study." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22774.
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It is common knowledge that owing to their particular vulnerability children worldwide falls prey to physical and/or sexual violence in the home and/or community or witness criminal acts. Consequently children are called upon to testify in a court of law to cruelties or acts of violence. As a result of their developmental shortcomings and immaturity, children find the criminal justice system extremely intimidating and challenging. The importance of realising a justice system that not only affords an accused person the right to a fair trial but also protects and safeguards the rights of the child victims of and witnesses to the crime is thus indisputable. The purpose of this research was therefore to assist the South African criminal justice system in its on-going challenge to find a balance between the right of the accused person to a fair trial and the protection and safeguarding of the rights of child victims and child witnesses. The protection and safeguarding of the rights of child victims and child witnesses in terms of the South African Constitution, applicable domestic law and international instruments relating thereto were extensively discussed and shortcomings identified. Possible solutions to ensure that child witnesses and child victims are adequately protected and supported during the trial stage of the criminal process were advanced. Particular emphasis was placed on the role of an intermediary in assisting child victims and child witnesses during the court process. Comparative research on the protection of child victims and child witnesses in the criminal justice systems of New Zealand and Namibia were also conducted. Conclusions drawn from comparative studies were used to recommend appropriate changes to the current system. It is submitted that the adequate protection and safeguarding of the rights of child victims and child witnesses are dependent not only on sound legal principles but also on governmental and other involved stakeholders’ commitment toward the realisation of these rights. In order to give proper effect to the protection and safeguarding of child victims’ and child witnesses’ rights, it is proposed that the recommendations made throughout this study should be adopted and implemented. In this regard the role of an intermediary is crucial and the use of intermediaries should be promoted.Private Law
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Van, der Schyff Martha Levina. "'n Interagentskap-aanmeldingsprotokol vir die kinderbeskermingstelsel in die Vrystaat / Martha Levina van der Schyff." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/12062.
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The overall purpose of this research was to develop an inter-agency reporting protocol
for the child protection system in the Free State. The aim was to integrate current
legislation and policy into this inter-agency reporting protocol to create standardised
reporting procedures to ensure effective access to and response from the child
protection system for the child in need of care and protection. The thesis comprises
six sections:
SECTION A:
This section comprises the problem statement, the research purpose statement and
objectives, the central theoretical statement, the approach to the research, the
research methodology, as well as the limitations and restrictions of the research.
Furthermore, key words are defined and an explanation of the research report is
provided.
The problem statement shows that problems have been experienced for quite some
time regarding the way reports are being handled within the child protection system.
The result is that children in need of care and protection do not have effective access
to the child protection system and they don’t get effective response when their cases
are reported. Although the rights, interests and wants of the child in need of care and
protection are addressed in existing legislation and policy, there is still a problem with
the implementation and enforcement of said legislation and policy.
SECTION B:
This section comprises four consecutive articles: Article 1:
Legislation and policy for reporting within the child protection system of South
Africa
In this article, Phase 1 (problem analysis and project planning) of the intervention
model was used. An analysis was made of the existing legislation and policy
regulations currently in use in South Africa during reporting at the child protection
system. This was done by means of literature analysis.
Article 2:
Agents, cases, persons and response during reporting at the child protection
system
In this article, Phase 2 (information gathering) of the intervention model was used. An
analysis was made of the stipulations of current legislation and policy in South Africa
regarding agents, cases, persons and response that should be kept in mind when
developing an interagency reporting protocol for the child protection system. It was
done by means of literature analysis.
Article 3:
Reporting procedures and protocols from abroad applicable to an inter-agency
reporting protocol for the child protection system
In this article, Phase 2 (information gathering) of the intervention model was used.
The contents of foreign reporting procedures and protocols were analised in an effort
to determine what contribution such procedures and protocols can make to the
development of an inter-agency reporting protocol for the child protection system. It
was done by means of literature analysis.
Article 4:
An inter-agency reporting protocol for the child protection system in the Free
State
In this article, Phases 3 (design), 5 (evaluation and advanced development) and 6
(dissemination) of the intervention model were used. The researcher used the
information that came to the fore during the literature analysis in Phases 1 and 2 of the
intervention model, to design an inter-agency reporting protocol and flow charts for the
child protection system in the Free State. The suitability of this protocol was tested by means of semi-structured interviews with the agents responsible for handling reports
within the child protection system. The qualitative data obtained from this was used
for the further development of an inter-agency reporting protocol for the child
protection system in the Free State.
SECTION C:
This section comprises a summary of the collective findings and conclusions that
came to the fore during the research, whereafter recommendations were being made.
SECTION D:
This section comprises the various appendices used during the research.
SECTION E:
This section comprises a complete list of references.
SECTION F:
This section comprises the final inter-agency reporting protocol for the child protection
system in the Free State.PhD (Social Work), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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Jang, Kyeonghee. "An understanding of the capabilities and limitations of technology-based solutions to Child Protective Services : using a knowledge-based and process-oriented mediation model." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-12-2336.
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One important research direction that has emerged in Child Protective Services (CPS) is the potential of information technology (IT) to be used by CPS agencies in order to enhance organizational effectiveness by addressing the barriers that caseworkers face in integrating multiple stakeholders’ knowledge. Based on empirical findings with regard to numerous unsuccessful IT development initiatives, the present study strives to gain an in-depth understanding of the research question: How can CPS caseworkers be supported by their agency in the integration of knowledge resources, thereby contributing to organizational effectiveness?
A literature review to answer this question revealed the following two major research gaps: the adoption of a technology-focused perspective of intervention and the use of direct research models to evaluate this kind of intervention. In order to bridge these research gaps, this study presented a knowledge-based and process-oriented mediation model, built around the concept of knowledge integration that involves related processes at the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic levels. In this model, a process-oriented Knowledge Management System (KMS) stemming from a Socio-Technical System (STS) perspective was proposed as an alternative intervention model consisting of knowledge management intervention in three dimensions: techno-structural, socio-cultural, and inter-organizational practices. This mediation model partitions the effect of this KMS on outcome (organizational effectiveness) into two components: the direct effect and the indirect effect that is mediated by its output (a CPS caseworker’s knowledge integration ability). This research model was empirically tested using Structural Equation Modeling. This analysis used a sub-set of the 2008 Survey of Organizational Excellence (SOE) data set, which includes the perceptions of CPS caseworkers in the Texas DFPS about their work environment.
Results indicate that each of the three dimensions of knowledge management practices enhanced a CPS caseworker’s knowledge integration ability. This ability was a critical factor in determining organizational effectiveness. The mediation effects of a caseworker’s knowledge integration ability were found to mediate the relationship between three dimensions of knowledge management practices and organizational effectiveness. Overall, this mediation model was more useful in explaining the complex relationships among the variables of interest than other direct models.text
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Benešová, Zdeňka. "Nejlepší zájem dítěte v průběhu rozvodu rodičů a v porozvodové péči." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-340908.
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This diploma thesis deals with contemporary family, in particular by ensuring the best interests of the child during the parents' divorce and post-divorce in care. The theoretical part introduces the characteristics of the contemporary family, as a result of socio-cultural development of society, and then attempts to put forward the concept of the current healthy family, as the possibility of a positive direction. It deals with the causes and manifestations of families at risk to stability, the question of divorce of parents in relation to a child after divorce and child care. It introduces the possibility of using supportive and protective services social and legal protection of children under current legislation. The subject of the practical work is still continuing casuistry's growing conflict divorce of parents, which resulted in threatening condition child's healthy development. The research focuses primarily on the way to fulfilling the practice of social and legal protection. Analyzes processes work, looking for the main obstacles to ensure the best interests of the child and trying to find possible solutions support and child protection. KEY WORDS
The best interests of the child, a healthy family, divorce, social and legal protection, system connection
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Cunha, Ana Rita da Costa Lopes Honório. "Criação de uma unidade de acolhimento de emergência." Master's thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12606.
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PsycINFO- Classification Categories and Codes: 2910 Social Structure & Organization; 2956 Childrearing & Child CareA Protecção de Menores tem sido alvo de profundas alterações nos últimos anos. O despertar das consciências da população em geral tem aumentado substancialmente o número de sinalizações de crianças vítimas de Abuso. Para fazer face às novas exigências foi necessário repensar o modelo de Protecção de Menores em Portugal, surgindo em 1999 o Sistema de Acolhimento de Emergência (SAE), criado com o intuito de acolher as crianças e jovens com necessidade de um acolhimento imediato e urgente. Apesar do esforço para se obter um serviço de excelência ainda urge a necessidade de se equacionar um modelo estável, pois as Casas e Unidades de Emergência não se podem limitar a um papel relativamente passivo de controlo e provisão das necessidades básicas das crianças e jovens acolhidos. O presente estudo qualitativo tem como objectivo a criação de um dispositivo organizacional funcional de Acolhimento de Emergência para crianças e jovens em situação de perigo muito grave ou iminente, garantindo o seu bem-estar e desenvolvimento integral. Participaram neste estudo nove profissionais das entidades que constituem o Sistema de Acolhimento de Emergência, sendo três do Centro Distrital da Segurança Social de Lisboa, três da Casa Pia de Lisboa e os restantes três da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. Face à profundidade da informação que se pretendia recolher foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com guião realizado para o efeito. Os resultados obtidos permitem estruturar o serviço em termos organizativos, de recursos humanos e ao nível da interligação com outras entidades.
The Child Protection System has been profoundly changed in the last years. The population’s mind awakening has substantially increased the signalizations’ number of abused children. To face the new requirements, it was necessary to rethink the Child Protection model in Portugal, appearing in 1999 the Residential Care Emergency System, created with the purpose of receiving children with immediate and urgent necessity for shelter. Although the efforts made to have a service of excellence, urges a necessity to think in a stable model, because the Homes and Emergency Units can’t be limited to a somewhat passive role of control and provisioning of the children’s basic needs. The present qualitative study aims the creation of a functional organizational Child Emergency System, for children in serious or imminent danger, securing their well-being and full growth, based in the rights, principles and values of all Humans. Nine professionals from the entities of the Residential Care Emergency System participated in this study, being three from Centro Distrital da Segurança Social de Lisboa, three from Casa Pia de Lisboa and the last three from Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. Facing the depth of the required information, there were conducted semi-structured interviews, with a script created for it. The obtained results permit to structure the service at the levels of organization, human resources and interaction with other entities.
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Rebelo, Álvaro Leonel Passos. "Percursos de vida dos jovens institucionalizados na infância: um caso de estudo." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/17134.
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A presente dissertação incide sobre a temática dos "Percursos de Vida dos jovens
Institucionalizados na Infância", tendo como objetivo geral sistematizar as perceções na perspetiva
interdisciplinar dos profissionais, sobre o processo de autonomia do jovem institucionalizado e
interpretar os significados que o jovem atribui ao seu processo de autonomização social. A análise foi
desenvolvida à luz de um quadro teórico de forma a dar sustentação científica e teórica, correlacionar e
abordar conceitos, no âmbito da Promoção e Proteção da Criança, do acolhimento residencial, e sobre o
processo de autonomização e prática do assistente social e de outros profissionais, que promovem a
autonomização dos jovens e a exercitação da sua cidadania plena.
Utilizámos uma metodologia de investigação, de natureza qualitativa e aplicámos como técnicas
de recolha de dados a análise documental, a entrevista semi-estruturada aos jovens
desinstitucionalizados que passaram por um processo de autonomização, e aos técnicos que
acompanharam estes processos. Foi desenvolvida uma análise de conteúdos, correlacionando os
conteúdos teóricos e empíricos, de modo a sistematizar o conhecimento do objeto de estudo em função
dos objetivos de estudo.
Concluímos com a sistematização de conhecimentos teóricos, procedimentos metodológicos, que
sustentam a prática profissional. Os jovens atribuem como significativo no seu processo de
autonomização, a sua situação profissional e sociofamiliar, as competências adquiridas, habilidades
sociais e valores como maturidade e responsabilidade, que adquiriram ao longo deste processo, face à
importância que atribuem na vida atual. Por outro lado, os profissionais, tendo em conta a sua perspetiva
interdisciplinar e saber científico, atribuem como significativo, a prática de uma intervenção interpluridisciplinar através de um processo multidimensional de grande complexidade, realçando o impacto
na estabilidade comportamental e emocional, assim como os valores de responsabilidade e maturidade,
fomentando a participação ativa dos sujeitos de ação no seu processo de autonomia.This dissertation focuses on the theme of the "Life Paths of young people Institutionalized in Childhood", with the general aim of systematizing perceptions in the interdisciplinary perspective of professionals about the process of autonomy of the institutionalized youth and interpreting the meanings that the young person attributes to his process of social empowerment. We develop the analysis in the light of a theoretical framework in order to give scientific and theoretical support, to correlate and to approach concepts, in the scope of the Promotion and Protection of the Child, of the residential reception, and on the process of autonomization and practice of the social worker and others professionals who promote the autonomy of young people and the exercise of their full citizenship. We used a research methodology of a qualitative nature and applied as data collection techniques the documentary analysis, the semi-structured interview to the deinstitutionalized youngsters, who underwent a process of autonomization and the technicians who accompany these processes. A content analysis was developed, correlating the theoretical and empirical contents, in order to systematize the knowledge of the object of study and in function of the study objectives. We conclude with the systematization of theoretical knowledge, methodological procedures that support professional practice. Young people attribute their acquired competences, social skills and values such as maturity and responsibility to their autonomy process, as a result of their professional and socio-family situation, which they acquired throughout life. On the other hand, professionals, taking into account their interdisciplinary perspective, attribute their perceptions, taking into account their scientific knowledge, how they view this process, emphasizing the practice of an interdisciplinary intervention and the importance of multidimensional and great complexity, highlighting the impact on behavioral and emotional stability, as well as the values of responsibility and maturity for action subjects to participate actively in their autonomy process.