Influences on children's voices in family support services
Practitioner perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12570889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jo‐anne Harkin (0000-0002-3548-9796, Faculty of Health, School—Public Health and Social Work Queensland University of Technology Kelvin Grove QLD Australia, corresponding author), Lisa Stafford (0000-0003-3439-9972, Faculty of Health, School—Public Health and Social Work Queensland University of Technology Kelvin Grove QLD Australia), Chez Leggatt‐cook (0000-0002-9746-7752, Research and Evaluation, Practice, Improvement and Development, Family and Disability Services Host Organization Nundah QLD Australia) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 955-963 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child & Family Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cfs.12781 |
| OpenAlex | W3043550344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 26 |
Australia's 2017 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommended to organizations that children should participate in decisions affecting their lives as a safety standard. While a substantial body of research about children's voices in statutory or out‐of‐home care now exists, there remains a paucity of research into children's voices in family support services delivered by nongovernment organizations. This is despite the primary service purpose being to benefit children. This lack of focus in family support was identified as a research priority by a nongovernment organization in Queensland, Australia, which lead to a collaborative research programme. This article reports on initial research from a survey study to describe the current state of play from practitioners into their perceptions and practices of children's participation in family support contexts. A voluntary and anonymous online, qualitative‐predominate survey was opened to 110 practitioners in family support services, of which 50% responded. The findings identified that children's voices were compromised by perceptions of children's capacity relating to age and vulnerability, the parental focus of the service coupled with perceptions of parent's needs and gatekeeping behaviours and service pressures that work against the conditions required for children's rights to voice
Business · Child protection · Family support · Focus group · Gatekeeping · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Service (business · Service provider · Sociology · Statutory law · Vulnerability (computing · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |