An account of the experiences of 51 families involved in an initial child protection conference

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ID12570225
AuthorsMargaret Bell (0000-0001-8822-8437, University of York, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume1
Issue1
Pages43-55
Publication date1996-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild & Family Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1365-2206.1996.tb00006.x
OpenAlexW1987666298
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This paper reports on one part of a research project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, to evaluate the effects of involving parents in 83 initial child protection conferences in a northern city between May 1991 and June 1992. The experiences of two groups of families are recounted and compared, those who attended the conferences and those who did not An analysis was made of the degree to which the parent's participation in the conference affected their overall attitude to the intervention. There were differences between the two groups with regard to their feeling fairly treated, and in their relationship with their social worker. The factors most strongly associated with attitude were whether the child had been removed from the family or statutory action was recommended, and whether the parents agreed abuse had taken place. The fear of removal of the child had an independent influence on the overall attitude, irrespective of whether or not the parents attended the conference. The parents who attended were glad they had gone but found the experience emotionally difficult Although their positive feelings of involvement did not extend to a conviction that they had influenced the decisions, their on‐going relationship with their social worker was less likely to have been impaired where they had been invited and attended

Action (physics · Child protection · Conviction · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Psychiatry · Statutory law · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work

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