Creating Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare

Congruence with the Everyday Lives of Children and Parents

AvGary Cameron,Marshall Fine

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Beskrivning

The North American approach to child protection is broadly accepted, despite frequent criticisms of its core limitations: parental fear and resistance, the limited range of services and supports available to families, escalating costs, and high stress and turnover among service providers. Could these shortcomings be improved through organizational or system reform?Based on findings from a decade’s worth of research, Creating Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare provides original reflections on the everyday realities of families and front-line service providers involved with the system. It includes data from a variety of regions and situations, all linked together through a common investigatory framework. The contributors highlight areas of concern in current approaches to child and family welfare, but also propose new solutions that would make the system more welcoming and helpful both for families and for service providers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-31
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442666269
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
Vikt:1 g

Utforska kategorier

Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Gary Cameron is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University.Marshall Fine is a professor in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Sarah Maiter is an associate professor in the School of Social Work in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University. Karen M. Frensch was the research project manager for the Partnerships for Children and Families Project in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University from 2000-2019. Nancy Freymond is an associate professor in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Recensioner i media

‘This is an unusual book, to its great credit…. The book listens to and presents the voices of parents and caseworkers to make the child welfare system ‘more welcoming and helpful for both families and service providers.’- David Tobis (Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare vol 42:01:2015)

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionGARY CAMERONChapter 1: Fathers and Child WelfareGARY CAMERON, NICK COADY, SANDY HOYChapter 2: Mothers and Child WelfareGARY CAMERON, SANDY HOYChapter 3: Reviewing Child Protection Experiences Of Mothers And of FathersMARSHALL FINEChapter 4: Mothers of Children in PlacementNANCY FREYMONDChapter 5: Invisible Lives: Parents Receiving Child Protective ServicesSARAH MAITER, SHEHENAZ MANJI, SALLY PALMERChapter 6: The Characteristics of Good Helping Relationships in Child WelfareCATHERINE DE BOER, NICK COADYChapter 7: Matched Comparisons of Parent And Service Provider PerceptionsKAREN FRENSCH, GARY CAMERONChapter 8: Families and Family & Child ServicesMARSHALL FINE, DEENA MANDELLChapter 9: Helping Relationships in Accessible and Central Service Delivery SettingsLIRONDEL HAZINEH, GARY CAMERONChapter 10: A Workplace Study of Four Southern-Ontario Children’s Aid SocietiesDEENA MANDELL, CAROL STALKER, CHERYL HARVEY, PETER RINGROSEChapter 11: Child Protection Jobs in Accessible And Central Service Delivery SettingsGARY CAMERONQuestions and SuggestionsBibliography