Jane Thomson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6468706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Thomson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Child Protection Workers’ Perceptions of Foster Carers and the Foster Care System
Child protection workers are key players in the statutory system for the protection of children and young people. For this reason, their perceptions of the operation of the system are important. This study, conducted in Queensland, Australia, explored the views of child protection workers regarding foster carers and the foster care system. The present study revealed the difficulties the child protection workers encountered in engaging with foster…
Critical review of Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into abuse of children in foster care
This paper profiles Queensland's recent Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into the abuse of children in foster care. The authors welcome the outcome as an opportunity to highlight the problems encountered by child protection jurisdictions in Australia and internationally, and they applaud some of the Inquiry's findings. However, the paper argues that the path to reform is hampered by insufficient accountability by government and management,…
Powerful partnerships in social work
In this paper we describe and promote a model of group work with parents of children in care in operation in Townsville, a regional city in northern Australia, since 1989. We begin from the premise that parents have frequently been ‘ left out of the loop ’ as key players in child protection. This is despite the fact that it is parents' ability to afford protection that is at issue. The paper proceeds to discuss what is meant by empowerment in the…
Forward to the Past
In this paper I briefly outline my Ph.D. findings, which led me to make a call for a renewed commitment to collective practice approaches. I argue that social work has suffered from a trend towards decontextualizing and technologizing practice. I assert that social work needs to reclaim and revalue the importance of materiality as a framework for understanding people's experience, both service users and social workers
Powerful partnerships in social work
In this paper we describe and promote a model of group work with parents of children in care in operation in Townsville, a regional city in northern Australia, since 1989. We begin from the premise that parents have frequently been ‘ left out of the loop ’ as key players in child protection. This is despite the fact that it is parents' ability to afford protection that is at issue. The paper proceeds to discuss what is meant by empowerment in the…
Critical review of Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into abuse of children in foster care
This paper profiles Queensland's recent Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into the abuse of children in foster care. The authors welcome the outcome as an opportunity to highlight the problems encountered by child protection jurisdictions in Australia and internationally, and they applaud some of the Inquiry's findings. However, the paper argues that the path to reform is hampered by insufficient accountability by government and management,…
Child Protection Workers’ Perceptions of Foster Carers and the Foster Care System
Child protection workers are key players in the statutory system for the protection of children and young people. For this reason, their perceptions of the operation of the system are important. This study, conducted in Queensland, Australia, explored the views of child protection workers regarding foster carers and the foster care system. The present study revealed the difficulties the child protection workers encountered in engaging with foster…
Forward to the Past
In this paper I briefly outline my Ph.D. findings, which led me to make a call for a renewed commitment to collective practice approaches. I argue that social work has suffered from a trend towards decontextualizing and technologizing practice. I assert that social work needs to reclaim and revalue the importance of materiality as a framework for understanding people's experience, both service users and social workers
Powerful partnerships in social work
In this paper we describe and promote a model of group work with parents of children in care in operation in Townsville, a regional city in northern Australia, since 1989. We begin from the premise that parents have frequently been ‘ left out of the loop ’ as key players in child protection. This is despite the fact that it is parents' ability to afford protection that is at issue. The paper proceeds to discuss what is meant by empowerment in the…
Critical review of Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into abuse of children in foster care
This paper profiles Queensland's recent Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into the abuse of children in foster care. The authors welcome the outcome as an opportunity to highlight the problems encountered by child protection jurisdictions in Australia and internationally, and they applaud some of the Inquiry's findings. However, the paper argues that the path to reform is hampered by insufficient accountability by government and management,…
Child Protection Workers’ Perceptions of Foster Carers and the Foster Care System
Child protection workers are key players in the statutory system for the protection of children and young people. For this reason, their perceptions of the operation of the system are important. This study, conducted in Queensland, Australia, explored the views of child protection workers regarding foster carers and the foster care system. The present study revealed the difficulties the child protection workers encountered in engaging with foster…
Political science (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Child protection (3 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)