Un/heard, un/informed, un/involved: Meaningful participation for young people receiving child welfare services

The British Journal of Social Work, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 21, 2025

Abstract Children have the right to be heard in child protection proceedings. However, social work, young people receiving protective services are often perceived as vulnerable and need of protection, an attitude which prevents from participating making important decisions that affect their lives. In this article, participation welfare (CWS) is explored through qualitative interviews with thirty-three aged fourteen nineteen, CWS Nova Scotia, Canada. A thematic analysis findings highlighted four overarching themes—un/heard, un/informed, un/involved, coping strategies—to describe youths’ experiences service providers. The suggest involving children casework, including regarding placement, has potential foster trust care providers, improve cooperation access formal informal supports, enhance well-being during after CWS.

Язык: Английский

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Children's right to participation in the context of child abuse and neglect

Child Abuse & Neglect, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 107304 - 107304

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Ask the children: youth views about parenting, parental freedom, and child safety. A survey study of youth in Finland, Ireland, Norway, and USA

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 30(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 14, 2025

Язык: Английский

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‘What Are We to Each Other?’: Relational Participation as Processes of Positioning, Confirming and Manifesting Relationships

Social Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(3), С. 177 - 177

Опубликована: Март 14, 2025

It is generally recognized in research that participation lacking social work and essential to improve. This article presents findings from qualitative focus group interviews with children parents Denmark supervised contact (SC) after placement focusing on what for them. Since SC a context embedded conflicting perspectives, enabling sense of can be challenging, making an interesting case exploration. The show both parents, about emotionally engaging in, finding, confirming manifesting their positioning the relationship, which goes beyond traditional rights-based understanding. Based new empirical knowledge anchored metatheory agential realism, argues as relational, dynamic transcendental concept revolves around three key aspects: positioning, manifesting, entangled children’s parents’ experiences, emotions thoughts ‘what are we each other?’. Children express orientation towards entering relationships, even though these challenging. Thus, major point need further into relational emotional processes awareness importance specific relationship.

Язык: Английский

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Children’s perspectives on contact with birth parents: a mixed-methods systematic review

European Journal of Social Work, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 27(3), С. 519 - 533

Опубликована: Июль 20, 2023

This mixed-methods systematic review asks what is known about children's perspectives on contact with birth parents when in out-of-home care. To address this question 37 studies were coded to identify experiences and thoughts regarding their parents. Data synthesis was performed three stages. The frequency of the identified factors across all included research determined qualitative quantitative syntheses performed. results reveal that children hold views several aspects parents, breadth variation attitudes wishes great. However, study's main findings indicate want more relationship positive. Parental behaviour prior during seems affect perceptions contact, we suggest should be facilitated a way contributes positive relationships creates good for children.

Язык: Английский

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Children’s Participation in Care and Protection Decision-Making Matters

Laws, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 12(3), С. 49 - 49

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2023

Laws and policies in different jurisdictions provide a range of mechanisms that allow children involved child protection processes care proceedings to express their views when decisions affect them are being made. Whether these facilitate children’s involvement whether they result heard “given due weight accordance with the age maturity child”, as required by article 12 UN Convention on Rights Child, is focus this article. The law, policy practice New South Wales, Australia, used contextual illustration wider theoretical practical issues, drawing international comparisons research. It clear there still some way go satisfy requirements Australia other jurisdictions. These often do not information need understand process, nor consistently encourage meaningful participation through trusted advocates who can accurately convey those making decisions. generally unclear how heard, interpreted, weighted decision-making processes. research findings from number countries, however, consistent feel ‘unheard’ have had few opportunities say what important them. A conclusions suggestions outlined for law could better accommodate views.

Язык: Английский

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‘She has saved my life on many occasions’: Care-experienced young women’s reflections on the significance of pets and the impact of loss

Adoption & Fostering, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 48(1), С. 30 - 56

Опубликована: Март 1, 2024

This article highlights the significance of pets for five young women with care experience, examining impact disruptions to those relationships when moving into or between settings. Findings show that support transition independent living and mental health. Participants’ reflections also reveal how are a source comfort stability children growing up in families experiencing difficult circumstances. Loss is therefore traumatic because provided context surrounding loss. Despite their significance, were largely absent from discussions processes associated managing transitions. Adults perceived constraints residential dictated what happened respect pets. Neither consulted nor supported, left cope on own. Attention should be an integral part process transitions it imperative pet loss (at any stage children’s lives) understood supported. Otherwise, system may inadvertently foster perpetual loop mistrust relational losses. We consider some local authorities starting manage this (considering family carers’ homes), existing guidance introducing animals care.

Язык: Английский

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Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence in Mental Health Settings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 19(23), С. 15672 - 15672

Опубликована: Ноя. 25, 2022

Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (physical, emotional, sexual abuse, neglect, children’s exposure to IPV) are two of the most common types family violence; they associated with a broad range health consequences. We summarize evidence addressing need for safe culturally-informed clinical responses IPV, focusing on mental settings. This considers features IPV; applications rights-based trauma- violence-informed care; how ask about potential experiences disclosures; assessment interventions that include referral networks resources developed in partnership multidisciplinary community actors; policy practice frameworks, appropriate training continuing professional development provisions providers. Principles approach recognizing safely responding IPV discussed, needs well-resourced scarce resource settings, marginalized groups any setting.

Язык: Английский

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Health Literacy in Foster Care Transition Planning and Barriers to Care

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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What Matters and Who Matters to Young People Leaving Care

Опубликована: Март 27, 2024

in Oxford, Norwich, North Wales, Cambridge, Bedford, and Peterborough (Youth Offending Service

Язык: Английский

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