Neglect: Should There Be Mandatory Reporting?

Goldson, Edward

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9685-9_11

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“…But this is a limited shift if the impact of notification duties is only linked to the numbers of reports and their substantiation (Mathews, ). As the findings of the comparison of the frames and ethical sensitivity in the four countries show, they can be directly linked to ethical issues of confidentiality, to the appreciation of professional helping relationships, and to the effects on achieving or maintaining the involvement or compliance of children and their families (Goldson, ; Lonne, ; Melton, ; Meysen, ; Meysen & Hagemann‐White, ). Empathy and balancing interests in helping relationships are downgraded in notification and guideline‐driven practice.…”

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Child protection systems between professional cooperation and trustful relationships: A comparison of professional practical and ethical dilemmas in England/Wales, Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia

Meysen

Kelly

2017

Child & Family Social Work

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This paper explores practical and ethical dilemmas for professionals when securing the protection of children in the complex non-clinical setting of individual families. It is based on a cross-country study on cultural encounters in interventions against child physical abuse and neglect in four countries (England/Wales, Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia). Drawing on national reports of legal-organizational frameworks and socio-cultural backgrounds of European child protection systems, it also presents the results of a series of focus groups with professionals. Data were analysed to identify implicit and explicit discursive constructions as well as normative representations and from this deriving the key ethical issues and dilemmas. Despite a shared normative framework across Europe, intervention cultures vary across the four countries and between the different stakeholder groups. Although each child protection system faced widespread mistrust, policy approaches differ, some relying on strong and detailed guidance whereas others stress professional skill and judgement. We conclude that despite a shared commitment to the protection of children, deliberations and perceived ethical dilemmas suggest interdependency between differences in system cultures and policy approaches that inform the character of professional interventions in the four countries. ------------------------------This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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