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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-2021
DOI: 10.1002/AJS4.172
Abstract: This commentary responds to Webb et al.’s ( Australian Journal of Social Issues , 2021) study of published judgements of allegations of child sexual abuse from the Family Court of Australia 2012–2019. The study offers important empirical data to inform critical debates about the challenges associated with legal decision making about children alleged to be at risk of sexual harm in the context of parental separation. The research findings form the outcomes of 521 published judgements highlight that more needs to be known about how to respond to alleged sexual harm, raised by a parent, to assist the court in identifying factors attached to cases and what are effective responses.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2013
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-01-2019
DOI: 10.1111/CFS.12621
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 26-02-2021
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 21-09-2011
Abstract: • Summary: This article reports on a study funded by the Criminology Research Council, Australia, investigating the intersection between the child protection and criminal justice systems and the extent to which children before the Melbourne Children’s Court on child protection matters, during the study period June to December 2006, had a parent currently in prison, awaiting sentencing or previously in prison. This article focuses on what associations there might be between parental imprisonment and its impact on family life and the care of children. • Findings: Magistrates identified 156 children as meeting these criteria during the study period for whom there were concerns about physical and emotional harm, child development, or the parent’s incapacity to provide care for the child concerns about parental substance abuse, mental health, family violence and transience. The instability in these children’s lives was linked to the parents’ offending and was reflected in the reasons why the children came to the attention of the court, and the child protection concerns expressed about them. Yet, there was no co-ordinated response by the child protection and justice systems to managing these children’s situations. • Application: Early intervention for children affected by parental offending, and the development of child protection service protocols with the corrections system about children when their parents enter prison is essential, to better address the instability and disruption in care these children experience, their vulnerability as adults to mental health and relationship problems, and their reduced education and employment outcomes.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-07-2016
Abstract: This article reports on a case study of specialist social work education in Australia. In particular, the views of specialist forensic social workers are explored both about their needs for social work education to support them for practice in forensic social work and also about their experiences of a particular program. Whilst social work education focuses in varying degrees on mental health practice, social workers not only in mental health and corrections but also in child protection, disability, and drug and alcohol services are increasingly expected to understand linkages between offending behavior, psychological disorder and family systems, and balance community and in idual needs. The social workers reported that their experience of postqualifying education led to adaptations in the nature of their practice, the development of generic skills, which enabled them to incorporate an awareness of the effects of the justice system on mental health and to balance what are often opposing needs and considerations when working in this contested area. The experiences of the study group of forensic social work practitioners can be used to inform the development of similar specialist programs elsewhere not only in forensic social work but more widely as part of debates about the nature of specialist social work practice.
Publisher: Willan
Date: 21-12-2010
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2005
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-03-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-04-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-08-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-05-2010
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-04-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-02-2004
Abstract: Mental illness is an issue for a number of families reported to child protection agencies. Parents with mental health problems are more vulnerable, as are their children, to having parenting and child welfare concerns. A recent study undertaken in the Melbourne Children's Court (Victoria, Australia) found that the children of parents with mental health problems comprised just under thirty percent of all new child protection applications brought to the Court and referred to alternative dispute resolution, during the first half of 1998. This paper reports on the study findings, which are drawn from a descriptive survey of 228 Pre-Hearing Conferences. A data collection schedule was completed for each case, gathering information about the child welfare concerns, the parents' problems, including mental health problems, and the contribution by mental health professionals to resolving child welfare concerns. The study found that the lack of involvement by mental health social workers in the child protection system meant the Children's Court was given little appreciation of either a child's emotional or a parent's mental health functioning. The lack of effective cooperation between the adult mental health and child protection services also meant decisions made about these children were made without full information about the needs and the likely outcomes for these children and their parents. This lack of interagency cooperation between mental health social work and child welfare also emerged in the findings of the Icarus project, a cross-national project, led by Brunel University, in England. This project compared the views and responses of mental health and child welfare social workers to the dependent children of mentally ill parents, when there were child protection concerns. It is proposed that adult mental health social workers involve themselves in the assessment of, and interventions in, child welfare cases when appropriate, and share essential information about their adult, parent clients. Children at risk of abuse and neglect are the responsibility of all members of the community, and relevant professional groups must accept this responsibility.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-08-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 25-08-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-07-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-05-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2009
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-06-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-03-2016
Publisher: MDPI
Date: 04-05-2018
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-08-2017
Publisher: The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
Date: 2000
DOI: 10.1017/S1035077200009950
Abstract: Family Group Conferencing (FGC) in child protection is a method of involving families in planning. This paper reports on a study undertaken in the Victorian child protection system, which examined (1) the extent to which the Victorian FGC program actually involves families in the planning process, (2) the extent to which FGC develops case plans which are appropriate, and (3) the extent to which FGC develops case plans which are sustained over time. Researchers observed 28 conferences and phone interviews were conducted with more than 100 participants including family members, staff members and representatives of non-government agencies providing placement and support services. The results suggest that FGC is more successful in involving family members in case planning than more traditional planning processes. Family members believe that FGC leads to more appropriate case plans which are more likely to be sustained. Child protection workers on the other hand believe that more appropriate case plans are developed in traditional planning meetings, rather than FGCs, and that case plans developed in traditional meetings are more likely to be sustained over time. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed, in particular that FGCs may be used for more difficult cases.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 31-08-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2006
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