Chapter 5: Children Flashcards
is child welfare system federal or provincial?
provincial
a group of public+private services focused on ensuring that all children live in safe, permanent, stable enviros that support their well-being
child welfare system
six key activities of child welfare:
child and family investigation, family support, child placement, foster care, guardianship, adoption
practice model for effective decision making?
professional expertise–>client state/circumstances, preferences/actions, research evidence–>organizational mandate/resources/constraints, training/supervision, community–>professional context, economic context, political context, socio/historical context
person who was a child welfare pioneer that founded the Toronto Humane Society and helped establish Children’s Aid Societies and Ontario Children’s Protection Act
Kelso
last province to adopt child welfare legislation:
Quebec
child welfare originally entrenched in ____ paradigm
child-saving
In the 1920s, started thinking __ care better than ___ care
family; institutional
this report brought to light extent of child sexual abuse in Canada
Badgley
first clinical diagnosis of child abuse called:
battered child syndrome
post war trends:
volunteers –> professionalized , provincial gov accept direct responsibility for service delivery, SW agencies develop risk assessment models and standardized record keeping, institution/protection –> non-institution/prevention
risk assessments estimate ____
likelihood of maltreatment and severity
alternative responses to risk assessment?
investigative track that assesses safety and risk factrs, assessment track that focuses on family strengths and needs and voluntary support services available to family
why moving toward more family centred approach?
more collaborative and flexible, responds to needs of children and family, encourage all parties to seek alternatives to court disputes
examples of collaborative approaches:
family group conference, mediation, cultural/traditional decision making, signs of safety
want to balance ___ approach and ____ approach
best interests; least restrictive
stages of family group conference:
introductions, information, private family time, the plan
child maltreatment involves acts of _____ that result in ____
commission or omission; harm, potential for harm, threat of harm
5 broad categories of child maltreatment:
physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, emotional maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence
what is CIS?
Canadian Incidence Study of reported child abuse and neglect
2 most frequent categories of maltreatment:
exposure to domestic violence and neglect (1/3 of all)
form of maltreatment most likely require med treatment, associated with child fatality, and re-opened if case closed
neglect
important structural interventions and practices:
housing, substance use, poverty (greatest)
placement of choice for young kids vs older kids:
foster home vs. group home
factors that influence experience at group home:
creating extrafamilial enviro, responding to pain/pain-based behaviour, developing sense of normality
what is NOM?
national child welfare oucomes indicator matrix
NOM 4 domains:
child’s safety, child’s well being, permanence, family/community support
goals of Campaign2000:
raise and protect basic living standards of families , improve life chances of all children to fulfill potential, ensure availability of secure/affordable housing to all children, create and strengthen family support/community resources to empower families provide best care for children
average child poverty rate of Indigenous is ___ while average is ____
40; 17
campaign2000’s 2 recommendations in response to child poverty for indigenous:
1) plan to prevent/eradicate family poverty in Indigenous families developed in conjunction with indigenous organizations
2) commitment by fed gov and provinces to implement Jordan’s principle
child welfare legislation and policy organized around 2 frameworks:
family support, child protection
is urgent protection or chronic need more common?
chronic need
initial response to reports of abuse/neglect steps:
receive report, obtain complete info, assess motivation/credibility, check records, determine if investigation needed, develop investigation plan, document reported abuse/neglect
workers often interview children at ____
school
4 possible investigative outcomes:
complaint not substantiated, protection concern substantiated by child remain at home, pretection concern substantiated and child remains at home but may need protection (need safety plan), protection concern substantiated and child removed from home
case management activities include:
1) assessment 2) planning 3) linking clients and services 4) monitoring the quality of services provided 5) advocacy
FGC originate from ___
New Zealand
4 main stages of FGC:
1) meeting where professionals inform family of concerns 2) private family time 3) meeting where plan presented to professionals 4) implementation and review of plan
best practices suggest that strong youth participation in ____ is important factor in developing resilience and continuing aftercare
discharge planning
4 areas that social workers should focus when intervening with youth/children in care:
1) explain child’s rights 2) recognize acting out and manipulation signal young ppl searching for own voice 3) assign consistent social workers willing to forge positive and understanding relationship 4) acknowledge insidious and everpresent experience of trauma and neglect
