Pooja Sawrikar is Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Policy at Griffith University, Australia.

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• Introduction: What is in this book and who should use it Methodology: The Study on Which this Book is Based Part I: Setting the Scene1. Defining and Understanding the Client Group – Who are Ethnic Minorities and What do they Characteristically have in Common? 2. The Theoretical Backdrop – Why is it Important to Work Effectively with Ethnic Minorities and Across Cultures in Western Child Protection Systems? Part II: Practice Issues 3. Frequency of Maltreatment – What are the Most Common Types of Abuse and Neglect Reported across Cultures and What is their Effect on Children? 4. Culture and Maltreatment – Are Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Inadequate Supervision and Neglect of Basic Needs Related to Culture? 5. Common Risk Factors of Maltreatment – Are Domestic Violence, Alcohol and Other Drug Issues, Mental Health Issues in the Carer, Housing and Financial Issues Related to Culture? 6. Protective Factors – Acknowledging Strengths of Families across Cultures Chapter 7. Working Effectively with Interpreters Chapter 8. To Match or Not To Match? The Pros and Cons of Ethnic Dis/Similarity between Client Families and Caseworkers 9. Ethnic Minority Children in the Out-Of-Home Care (OOHC) System – How do they Fare Compared to Aboriginal and Anglo Children? Part III: Wrapping Up10. Summarising the Main Causes of Entry of Ethnic Minorities in Western Child Protection Systems – What’s Cultural and What Isn’t? 11. Getting it Right – Personal, Organisational and Institutional Characteristics of Cultural Competency12. Conclusion and Where to from Here?

Pooja Sawrikar is Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Policy at Griffith University, Australia.

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• Introduction: What is in this book and who should use it Methodology: The Study on Which this Book is Based Part I: Setting the Scene1. Defining and Understanding the Client Group – Who are Ethnic Minorities and What do they Characteristically have in Common? 2. The Theoretical Backdrop – Why is it Important to Work Effectively with Ethnic Minorities and Across Cultures in Western Child Protection Systems? Part II: Practice Issues 3. Frequency of Maltreatment – What are the Most Common Types of Abuse and Neglect Reported across Cultures and What is their Effect on Children? 4. Culture and Maltreatment – Are Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Inadequate Supervision and Neglect of Basic Needs Related to Culture? 5. Common Risk Factors of Maltreatment – Are Domestic Violence, Alcohol and Other Drug Issues, Mental Health Issues in the Carer, Housing and Financial Issues Related to Culture? 6. Protective Factors – Acknowledging Strengths of Families across Cultures Chapter 7. Working Effectively with Interpreters Chapter 8. To Match or Not To Match? The Pros and Cons of Ethnic Dis/Similarity between Client Families and Caseworkers 9. Ethnic Minority Children in the Out-Of-Home Care (OOHC) System – How do they Fare Compared to Aboriginal and Anglo Children? Part III: Wrapping Up10. Summarising the Main Causes of Entry of Ethnic Minorities in Western Child Protection Systems – What’s Cultural and What Isn’t? 11. Getting it Right – Personal, Organisational and Institutional Characteristics of Cultural Competency12. Conclusion and Where to from Here?

Pooja Sawrikar is Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Policy at Griffith University, Australia.

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• Introduction: What is in this book and who should use it Methodology: The Study on Which this Book is Based Part I: Setting the Scene1. Defining and Understanding the Client Group – Who are Ethnic Minorities and What do they Characteristically have in Common? 2. The Theoretical Backdrop – Why is it Important to Work Effectively with Ethnic Minorities and Across Cultures in Western Child Protection Systems? Part II: Practice Issues 3. Frequency of Maltreatment – What are the Most Common Types of Abuse and Neglect Reported across Cultures and What is their Effect on Children? 4. Culture and Maltreatment – Are Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Inadequate Supervision and Neglect of Basic Needs Related to Culture? 5. Common Risk Factors of Maltreatment – Are Domestic Violence, Alcohol and Other Drug Issues, Mental Health Issues in the Carer, Housing and Financial Issues Related to Culture? 6. Protective Factors – Acknowledging Strengths of Families across Cultures Chapter 7. Working Effectively with Interpreters Chapter 8. To Match or Not To Match? The Pros and Cons of Ethnic Dis/Similarity between Client Families and Caseworkers 9. Ethnic Minority Children in the Out-Of-Home Care (OOHC) System – How do they Fare Compared to Aboriginal and Anglo Children? Part III: Wrapping Up10. Summarising the Main Causes of Entry of Ethnic Minorities in Western Child Protection Systems – What’s Cultural and What Isn’t? 11. Getting it Right – Personal, Organisational and Institutional Characteristics of Cultural Competency12. Conclusion and Where to from Here?