Congruence and co‐operation in social workers’ assessments of children in need

Platt, D. C. M.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00473.x

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“…Quand le pouvoir décisionnel n'est pas partagé et reste l'apanage des éducateurs (power over), cela produit de la part des familles une réponse de l'ordre de la lutte ou du faire-semblant, faisant ainsi obstacle à l'obtention de résultats et de changements. Au contraire, quand la relation se manifeste grâce au partage du pouvoir décisionnel (power with), on observe alors des comportements de « co-opération », ce qui permet d'atteindre plus facilement les objectifs de l'intervention (Platt, 2007).…”

Section: Construire Une Relation De Confiance Avec Les Parentsunclassified

“…D'autre part, différents auteurs soulignent que les parents et les enfants désirent être écoutés et pris en considération par rapport à leurs propres situations où ils sont capables de fournir des aperçus importants sur leurs propres besoins et sur les changements désirés (Fernandez, 2009;Walsh, 1998). C'est à l'éducateur de trouver les stratégies, les interventions permettant de raccourcir cette distance, étant donné que la compréhension des points de vue et la construction d'un récit partagé sur les difficultés de la famille peuvent réussir à impliquer le parent dans l'intervention, avec un effet positif autant pour l'intervention elle-même que pour les résultats de l'intervention (Berry, 1992;Dawson et Berry, 2002;Darlington et al, 2010;Dumbrill, 2006;Platt, 2007).…”

Section: La Participation Des Parents Dans La Définition Et La Réalisunclassified

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Évaluer pour mieux intervenir : évaluer les résultats et les processus pour améliorer les pratiques d’intervention auprès des familles négligentes1

Serbati¹,

Gioga²,

Milani³

2012

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Certaines familles sont caractérisées par un grand niveau de vulnérabilité en raison de différents facteurs tels que l’histoire personnelle et familiale, des situations de pauvreté, d’isolement social, etc. Dans ces situations, la capacité des parents à prendre soin de leur enfant peut se révéler plutôt limitée. En Italie, dans le but de soutenir ces familles vulnérables, et celles qui sont négligentes en particulier, les interventions éducatives à domicile en faveur de l’enfant et de sa famille sont fort répandues, mais elles ont très peu fait l’objet d’évaluations scientifiques rigoureuses. Dans cet article, nous présentons les résultats d’une démarche partenariale de recherche-formation-intervention d’une durée de 12 mois impliquant 12 éducateurs et 18 familles considérées comme négligentes. L’évaluation de cette démarche a ainsi permis d’identifier les facteurs clés favorables à l’adaptation de ces familles.

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Évaluer pour mieux intervenir : évaluer les résultats et les processus pour améliorer les pratiques d’intervention auprès des familles négligentes1

Serbati¹,

Gioga²,

Milani³

2012

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“…Secondly, they highlighted congruent worker-client communications and relationships as a powerful intervention tool in child protection work. It is widely noted that in most instances, children are better protected when workers and parents build a collaborative relationship and work in alliance (Dumbrill and Lo, 2009;Platt, 2007;D'Cruz and Gillingham, 2014). The family informed insights are quite significant as most child protection studies have examined the case worker-client relationship from the perspective of service providers, but there are limited studies that examine the phenomena from the perspective of service users (Altman, 2008;Yatchmenoff, 2005).…”

Section: Child Protection Policies and Investigationsmentioning

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“…Platt (2007) noted the case worker's congruent and cooperative relationship with the clients was the prime factor that influences the quality of child protection intervention and outcomes. Farmer and Owen (1998) (Ghaffar et al, 2012;Harris, 2012;Dale, 2004).…”

Section: Engagement With Familiesmentioning

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Re-visioning Child Protection Management Embedded in Family Empowerment

2018

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This paper reports on recently completed research which explores the key question of whether public child protection practice requires a vision embedded in family empowerment. The principle objective of the study was to promote our understanding of the experiences families have with child protection services. The project progressed in two different phases. In phase one, a qualitative in-depth interviewing method was applied to explore the experiences and views of the families. The findings were then thematically analysed through a critical theoretical process. For the second phase, we developed an empowerment framework to analyse and map the key themes from the findings, which outlines the families’ difficulties to engage with, and their alienation from, the services in all stages of interventions. The mapping outcomes indicate a link between the process of empowering the families and the process of improving the child protection service.

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“…Studies have shown that parents are discouraged when the complexity of their lives and the challenges that they face to their parenting are not recognised (Featherstone & Fraser, 2012;Platt, 2007). For example, Forrester and colleagues' (2012) English study, in which workers responded to case vignettes, found that the majority of workers imposed or negotiated their own agenda on parents rather than incorporating the parent's perspective.…”

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Collaborative practice in statutory in child protection practice: Parental agreements and procedural justice

Venables¹

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Internationally, there is a growing trend to introduce alternative pathways for children and their families involved with statutory child protection systems. These alternatives focus on developing partnerships with families in order to promote children's safety and well-being within their homes. The form that alternative pathways take varies by jurisdiction.In Queensland (Australia), where this study takes place, the State Government has identified the use of parental agreements to be the least intrusive option available to the child protection authority when a child has been substantiated, via a full investigation, as in need of protection. These agreements are known as 'Intervention with Parental Agreement' (IPA) and allow for the statutory authority to work in partnership with families to address child protection concerns, without the use of a court order. Little is known about how IPA occurs and the extent to which its collaborative ethos is realised in practice.This study aims to provide a detailed understanding of collaborative practice in statutory child protection, using the example of IPA. The study has a key focus on procedural justice, that is the quality of treatment that people receive from an authority during decision-making processes (Tyler, 2006). Using a two-phase, qualitative methodology the study explores the perspectives of practitioners and parents involved in IPA practice.Phase one involved semi-structured interviews with 33 practitioners from the Queensland child protection authority, tertiary family support services and a service responsible for providing cultural guidance in cases that involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Phase two of the study involved semi-structured interviews with four parents. The interviews captured their unique experience of being subject to IPA, with a focus on their procedural justice judgements.The findings of the study indicate that the crisis-driven nature of statutory child protection in conjunction with the dominance of a risk-adverse culture is perceived by practitioners to be a barrier to collaborative practice. However, the local office culture within branch offices of the child protection authority and relationship-driven models of practice were found to facilitate collaboration in IPA practice.In particular, the nature and quality of three key partnerships of practice was found to shape how IPA practice occurred. These partnerships are: intra-agency partnerships, particularly those between statutory officers at the branch office level; inter-agency 2 partnerships; and those between practitioners and parents. The findings highlight that each of these partnerships are characterised by hierarchical relationships between the different stakeholders. Within all three of these partnerships, procedural justice emerged as an important factor for facilitating positive and collaborative working partnerships. This demonstrated that procedurally fair treatment is important to both parents and practitioners during IPA practice.All of the p...

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Congruence and co‐operation in social workers’ assessments of children in need

Cited by 29 publications

References 10 publications

Évaluer pour mieux intervenir : évaluer les résultats et les processus pour améliorer les pratiques d’intervention auprès des familles négligentes1

Évaluer pour mieux intervenir : évaluer les résultats et les processus pour améliorer les pratiques d’intervention auprès des familles négligentes1

Re-visioning Child Protection Management Embedded in Family Empowerment

Collaborative practice in statutory in child protection practice: Parental agreements and procedural justice

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