A family group conference pilot project: Evaluation and discussion

Pugh, Richard

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“…Several studies have shown that they can result in the prevention of local authority care, reduce the need for child protection case conferences or care proceedings, help to empower family members and thus contribute to increased self‐efficacy, improve outcomes for children and their families, and improve relationships between statutory agencies and families (see Lupton & Nixon 1999; Judge et al . 2000; Pugh 2002). It seems likely that these benefits would potentially accrue equally to families from all ethnic groups.…”

Section: Studies On Family Support Services For Minority Ethnic Familiesmentioning

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Research Review: Child and family support services with minority ethnic families: what can we learn from research?

Chand

Thoburn

2005

Child & Family Social Work

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This paper considers some of the available published research on family support services for minority ethnic families. In addressing this aspect of social work with minority ethnic families, we seek to make a contribution to the knowledge base of practitioners. The paper begins with an overview of what is known about family support services for particular minority ethnic groups, before exploring three specific areas: family centres, a home visiting service, and family group conferences. The paper finally examines what research says about the qualities sought in social workers by minority ethnic parents.

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Section: Studies On Family Support Services For Minority Ethnic Familiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research Review: Child and family support services with minority ethnic families: what can we learn from research?

Chand

Thoburn

2005

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Holdningene dreide seg om å ikke ha tro på metoden, skepsis til å gi fra seg makt og synet på metoden som for ressurskrevende. Et annet funn er en walisisk evalueringsstudie der noen av sosialarbeiderne som ble intervjuet, var usikre på om deltakere i familieråd var i stand til å ta gode og realistiske avgjø-relser (Pugh 2010;Thomas 2000). Natlands (2011) studie av norske sosialarbeidere viste at en barriere mot å tilby nettverksråd, var at sosialarbeiderne kviet seg fordi de trodde brukeren ikke hadde noe nettverk.…”

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Familieråd – frigjørende sosialt arbeid innenfor en manualbasert modell?

Natland¹

2016

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Professor, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, Fakultet for samfunnsfag, Ira.Malmberg-Heimonen@hioa.no Family-Group Conferences -a manual-based model for empowering social work?This study addresses the claimed controversy between professionalism as evidence-based and professionalism that acknowledges local contexts and service-users' individuality. The discussion uses the Family Group Conference model, as this model is manual-based, structured, and follows specific steps and procedures, while at the same time it should potentially facilitate deliberating and empowering processes. The results indicate that use of manual-based or evidence-based methods do not necessary devalue social work practices and professional discretion. Rather, manual-based methods can potentially contribute to the development of a professional and critical consciousness needed in order to carry out social work in complex surroundings.Keywords evidence based practice (EBP), professionalism, family group conferences (FGC), social work practice Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i debatten om hvorvidt evidensbasert sosialt arbeid innebaerer en nedvurdering av sosialarbeiderens bruk av skjønn, hensyn til lokal kontekst, samt brukerens autonomi. Diskusjonen er konkretisert ved å kontekstualisere den innenfor internasjonal og norsk forskning om Familierådsmodellen (FGC) siden dette er en sosialfaglig intervensjon som er manualbasert, strukturert og som følger spesifikke prosedyrer, samtidig som dens målsetting er å igangsette frigjørende og myndiggjør-ende prosesser hos brukeren. Analysen av foreliggende forskning indikerer at den manualbaserte modellen ikke trenger å gå på bekostning av sosialfaglige verdier og bruk av skjønn. I artikkelen diskuteres nødvendigheten av This article is downloaded from www.idunn.no.

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Family group decision‐making for children at risk of abuse or neglect: A systematic review

McGinn

Best

Wilson

et al. 2020

Campbell Systematic Reviews

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Background Capturing the scale of child maltreatment is difficult, but few would argue that it is anything less than a global problem which can affect victims’ health and well‐being throughout their life. Systems of detection, investigation and intervention for maltreated children are the subject of continued review and debate. Objectives To assess the effectiveness of the formal use of family group decision‐making (FGDM) in terms of child safety, permanence (of child's living situation), child and family well‐being, and client satisfaction with the decision‐making process. Search Methods Both published and unpublished manuscripts were considered eligible for this review. Library staff from Scholarly Information (Brownless Biomedical Library) University of Melbourne, conducted 14 systematic bibliographic searches. Reviewers also checked the reference lists of all relevant articles obtained, and reference lists from previously published reviews. Researchers also hand‐searched 10 relevant journals. Selection Criteria Study samples of children and young people, aged 0–18 years, who have been the subject of a child maltreatment investigation, were eligible for this review. Studies had to have used random assignment to create treatment and control groups; or, parallel cohorts in which groups were assessed at the same point in time. Any form of FGDM, used in the course of a child maltreatment investigation or service, was considered an eligible intervention if it involved: a concerted effort to convene family, extended family, and community members; and professionals; and involved a planned meeting with the intention of working collaboratively to develop a plan for the safety well‐being of children; with a focus on family‐centred decision‐making. Data Collection and Analysis Two review authors independently extracted the necessary data from each study report, using the software application Covidence. Covidence highlighted discrepancies between data extracted by separate reviewers, further analysis was conducted until a consensus was reached on what data were to be included in the review. Two authors also independently conducted analyses of study bias. Main Results Eighteen eligible study reports were found, providing findings from 15 studies, involving 18 study samples. Four were randomised controlled trials (RCTs; N = 941) the remainder employed quasi‐experimental designs with parallel cohorts. Three of the quasi‐experimental studies used prospective evaluations of nonrandomly assigned comparison groups (N = 4,368); the rest analysed pre‐existing survey data, child protection case files or court data (N = 91,786). The total number of children studied was 97,095. The longest postintervention follow‐up period was 3 years. Only four studies were conducted outside the United States; two in Canada and one in Sweden and one in the Netherlands. The review authors judged there to be a moderate or high risk of bias, in most of the bias categories considered. Only one study referenced a study protocol. Eleven of the fi...

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A family group conference pilot project: Evaluation and discussion

Cited by 4 publications

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Research Review: Child and family support services with minority ethnic families: what can we learn from research?

Research Review: Child and family support services with minority ethnic families: what can we learn from research?

Familieråd – frigjørende sosialt arbeid innenfor en manualbasert modell?

Family group decision‐making for children at risk of abuse or neglect: A systematic review

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