Protecting visible minority children: Family–caseworker dynamics and protective authority intervention strategies.

Abstract

Child protection intervention is already complex, and it is further complicated when it concerns families from cultural diversity. Information on the cases of 48 visible minority children receiving protective services underwent qualitative content analysis. The caseworkers' interviews brought to light 2 issues central to the relationship between parents and caseworkers: their degree of collaboration and the cultural distance between their respective concepts of parental and spousal roles. Based on these issues, 4 types of family caseworker dynamics were identified, as well as suitable strategies for dealing with each of them. This study underscores the fact that visible minority families receiving child protective services are a far from homogeneous group and that there are a number of effective methods that can be used with them.

Mauvais traitements allégués à l’égard d’enfants issus de la diversité ethnoculturelle : nature des signalements à la protection de la jeunesse, de leurs évaluations et typologie des familles signalées

“…Cette étude est menée selon un devis descriptif basé sur une analyse qualitative thématique. Il s'agit d'une analyse secondaire (Bousquet Saint-Laurent, 2013) de données recueillies dans le cadre d'une étude antérieure portant sur l'intervention en protection de la jeunesse auprès du groupe des minorités visibles 1 (voir Dufour et al, 2016, pour la présentation de l'étude originale et ses résultats).…”