Working in Partnership in Child Protection
The Conflicts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Bell (0000-0001-9251-6773, National Institute of Child Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 437-455 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011466 |
| OpenAlex | W2020124593 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article critically examines the work of twenty-two local authority social workers undertaking child protection investigations. The findings suggest that, while the social workers were committed to being (and believed their practice to be) participative, the dual tasks of making risk assessments for the conference and working in partnership with the families concerned produced conflicts of interests and rights. The impact of these on social workers' engagement with family members, on their assessments, and on the decision making process is explored. It is concluded that the difficulties identified limit opportunities for participative practice, and that these difficulties are endemic to the present system. It is argued that these findings point up the need for a more broadly based child-care service which more appropriately meets the families' welfare needs, and that the contradictory nature of the conference task should be addressed by clarifying the legal base of the intervention and developing other models of decision making. Some ways forward are suggested
Child protection · General partnership · Intervention (counseling) · Local authority · Management · Political science · Process (computing) · Public relations · Social Welfare · Sociology · Task (project management) · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Cambios recientes en los servicios sociales para menores en Inglaterra
Børns tarv og børns ret
Establishing a Basis for Multi-System Collaboration
The Influence of Child Protection Orientation on Child Welfare Practice
The Nature and Effects of Violence against Child-Protection Social Workers
Decision making by senior social workers at point of first referral
Processes of Discernment when Considering Issues of Neglect in Child Protection Practice
Navigating helping relationships amidst heavy workloads
The unfinished democratisation of family service systems
Facing conflict
Synergies and tensions in child protection and parent support
Congruence and co‐operation in social workers’ assessments of children in need
Like walking on eggshells’
From parental engagement to the engagement of social work services
Parental participation in child protection case conferences
Protecting Children
Working with aggressive and violent parents in child protection social work
Group Supervision as a Learning Laboratory for the Purposeful Use of Self in Child Protection Work
Power and Child Protection
Partnership Reviewed
Perspectives on organizational structure and social services’ work with clients – a narrative review of 25 years research on social services
The use of sociograms to explore collaboration in child protection conferences
What is the impact of supervision on direct practice with families
Like waking up in a Franz Kafka novel’
In whose interest? An analysis of exemplary interaction between a family supervisor and a Dutch-Curaçaoan single-mother
Understanding worker–parent engagement in child protection casework
The evolving relationship between casework skills, engagement, and positive case outcomes in child protection
Legal Advocacy for Parents in Child Protection
It’s Technical’
Partnership with Parents of Children in Care
Implementing the Strengthening Families Approach to Child Protection Conferences
Doing Child-Protection Social Work with Parents
Parental Participation in Statutory Child Protection Intervention in Scotland
The Balancing Act
Social Workers' Use of Power in Relationships with Grandparents in Child Welfare Settings
The Productive Uses of Conflict in Child Protection
A Framework to Inform Protective Support and Supportive Protection in Child Protection and Welfare Practice and Supervision
| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,42 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2023 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |