Thanks to the progress of scientific research, children who witness domestic violence are now recognized as direct victims. The cells for the collection of information of concern (Crip) carry out a ...pre-assessment of situations where the child is in danger or at risk of danger, including those of domestic violence. Not all Crips are organized in the same way in the country, although their missions are identical.
•A recent French legislative healthcare reform provided an interesting opportunity to study an attempt to create a more integrated service child protection system animated by a Regional Hospital ...Group.•The study provides background information on the vision an organization of the new French integrated child protection system.•The study was conducted along two analytic axes: a territorial approach and the child protection professional’s views.•Inequalities in health needs of children at risk were aggraved by the lack of staff training, a discontinuity and a complexity of access to health services, and the social inequalities.
A regional hospital group located in northeastern Brittany (France) won a national call for improving the care provided to children at risk.
Our work analyzed and compared the health paths of children at risk in this administrative territory of the French healthcare system. This work, thanks to its territorial approach, can help to better understand and identify mechanisms for improving the quality of care as well as the mechanisms that contribute to disruptions and inequalities in the access to a Child protection system.
This qualitative study was based on a field analysis where 28 people were interviewed. The inclusion criteria were being: in one of the four domains of child protection (justice, health, social services and education), in one of the five target service areas (n = 21) and an expert in the field of children at risk (n = 7).
The results showed that the health pathway of abused children was unequal and followed a silo trajectory, with multiple breaks in the support provided. We found many barriers to multi-professional collaboration: institutional, professional, individual and regional.
In terms of recommendations, we underline the relevance of models that promote greater integration. The article ends with a discussion of evidence to this effect.
Purpose:
This article presents the results of a two-phase dialogue between social work practitioners and researchers regarding the development and implementation of safety and risk assessment tools ...and training materials for social workers in the South African context.
Methods:
The first phase of the dialogue included interviews with 81 professionals to determine current practices in safety and risk assessment, resulting in the development of assessment tools and training materials. The second phase involved dialogue with 13 social workers who attended a workshop on the developed safety and risk assessment tools and who were able to implement the tools in practice.
Results:
A need for uniform safety and risk assessment tools and procedures was identified, and encouraging evidence indicated the effectiveness of the developed tools.
Discussion:
Constructive dialogue between practice and research was instrumental in developing and implementing safety and risk assessment tools and training materials for the South African context.
Aim: The aim of the study was to learn about the way in which early childhood developmental support is organised in the local environment. Material and methods: The research was conducted in two ...county towns among the employees of institutions organising and conducting early childhood developmental support. Results: Different systems of organising early childhood developmental support have been developed in the evaluated towns. In Oświęcim, all the activities (from providing expert opinions, through information campaigns and classes for children, to workshops for parents) are carried out by the Psychological and Pedagogical Counselling Centre. The early support in Cieszyn has developed as a grassroots system (in 2016 two private kindergartens will join the early support offer) and the Psychological and Pedagogical Counselling Centre provides opinions on the need for early developmental support. Conclusions: In Europe in recent years, there has been a significant development in the support strategy targeting both young children requiring early support and their families. Despite the implementation of a government pilot programme in Poland ten years ago, systemic solutions are still lacking. Other European countries implement early intervention to support the development of children diagnosed with developmental disorders or retardation. In the Polish system, however, the child’s support is uncoordinated (the tasks are divided between three different ministries: health, education, and social welfare ministry) and often based on the child’s disability certificate. Some legislative changes should be introduced to enable establishing local centres of early support/intervention. It is also necessary to organise terminology so that children who show developmental disorders could receive immediate support, without waiting for the certification of their disability.
The study deals with the possibilities of the use of certain methods, which have their origins in social work and are also useful in the work of social educator working in socially exluded localites. ...The study is based on the concept of social educator as a separate profession and highlights one of the ways in which social workers should act. Deliberately focuses on the methods of work as a fundamental instrument profession. Socially excluded localities, unfortunately, become an integral part of Czech society. When working with the residents to create multidisciplinary teams that include social educator who acts as a bridge between educational establishments, family and welfare authorities. In the paper, we introduce a few selected methods, which are suitable for the job and that could broaden the skills and hence the competence of social educator, including the definition of social exclusion and its associated culture of poverty as a specific phenomenon.
In the context of the changing relationship between children, parents and the welfare state, professionals have to deal with notions of the ‘child at risk’. In child welfare and protection, the issue ...of normative judgement in (risk) assessment and documentation is an essential area for exploration for social workers. We examine the practice of report writing in which future professionals exercise power while assessing, documenting and judging the child as ‘at risk’. We report on a study about a fictional social work case conducted with 152 students in Belgium, in which we developed a rhetorical analysis of the ‘terministic screens’ used in writing reports.
Purpose
This paper aims to fill a gap in the existing literature by shedding the light on four main issues. First, the relationship between child-at-risk protection and sustainable development and ...the key factors contributing to the failure or success of child-at-risk protection systems. Second, the main characteristics and limitations of the current institutional arrangements of the child-at-risk protection system in Egypt. Third, the budget allocations to child protection-relevant entities in Egypt. Fourth, the way forward to enhance the effectiveness of the child-at-risk protection system in Egypt.
Design/methodology/approach
The methodology used in this paper is of a qualitative nature. The authors relied on desk review of the international and national reports (including the un-published ones) and the relevant literature on the topic. Additionally, the authors reviewed the relevant laws and regulations and analyzed the fiscal data extracted from Egypt’s State budget. Also, semi-structured interviews were conducted with some officials from the different governmental entities covered by the study.
Findings
From the institutional perspective, the authors find that the current child-at-risk protection system in Egypt needs effective institutional arrangements, as it is attributed with the limited activation of the child protection committees, lack of coordination mechanisms and overlapping mandates with regards to case management. Hence, the authors propose two institutional approaches that could help in enhancing the performance of the current system. While the first approach has decentralized nature, the other is centralized. From the fiscal perspective, the authors analyze the trend and composition of the budget allocations to the child protection-relevant entities in Egypt. They show that such allocations are relatively small especially when items not related to child protection are excluded.
Originality/value
The paper analyzes the main characteristics and limitations of the current institutional arrangements of the child-at-risk protection system in Egypt. Moreover, it proposes two alternative institutional approaches to deal with such limitations and enhance the effectiveness of the current system. The paper also provides an analysis of the budget allocations to the child protection-relevant entities in Egypt. These issues have not been addressed sufficiently in the Egyptian context.
Aim: Children from vulnerable families, where there is social disadvantage, parental mental health problems, substance abuse or domestic violence, are at risk of attention, language, learning and ...behaviour problems because of poor attachment and lack of stimulation in the early years. Three primary modes of early intervention have been shown to produce sustained improvements in children's health, education and well‐being despite these risk factors. This pilot aimed to evaluate the Spilstead Model (SM) of early intervention in Australia, which provides a uniquely integrated model of centre‐based care, incorporating all three best‐practice approaches.
Method: The study targeted all new clients who attended the SM programme over a 12‐month period. A battery of standardised clinician and parent‐rated measures assessed parent, child and family functioning via pre‐post test research design.
Results: Results indicated large effect size changes (P < 0.01) in parent/child interaction; reduced parent stress; parental satisfaction; parent confidence; parental capacity; family interactions; child well‐being; and total family functioning. A total of 71% of children who presented on initial developmental screening with delays in the clinical range were found to be within the normal range on post‐testing; 41% moved from the below average range to scores within the normal range in language development. Parents noted improvements in externalising behaviours of large effect size (1.46).
Conclusions: (i) Results were highly positive for both children and parents; (ii) the synergistic nature of the SM may have the potential to maximise outcomes for families via a cumulative programme effect; and (iii) implications for further research were established.
The purpose of the study was to review an Early Intervention System for young children with developmental disabilities and their families. The researchers focused on overall implementation of the ...system in the U.S. and then focused on Georgia. They then used this model to suggest an Early Intervention System specific to Turkey. In this qualitative study, document investigation was used as the tool for data collection. Guralnick's (2008) basic principles of early intervention systems were used as the criteria for the analyses of program standards. Recommendations focus on the early intervention program, early screening and diagnosis, personnel for early intervention, and an early intervention management system.
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