Understanding system change in child protection and welfare / edited by John Canavan, Carmel Devaney, Caroline McGregor and Aileen Shaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Canavan, John, 1967- editor.

Series:

Routledge Advances in Social Work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child Abuse.

Child Welfare.

Medical Subjects:

Child Abuse.

Child Welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2022]

Summary:

"This book provides an account of the experience of a multifaceted system-change programme to strengthen the capacity of Ireland's statutory child protection and welfare agency in the areas of prevention, early intervention and family support. Many jurisdictions globally are involved in system change processes focused on increasing investment in services that seek to prevent children's entry into child protection and welfare systems, through early intervention, greater support to families, and an increased emphasis on rights and participation. Based on a four-year in-depth study by a team of University-based researchers, this text adds to the emerging knowledge-base on developing, implementing and evaluating system change in child protection and welfare. Study methodological approaches were wide ranging and involved a number of key stakeholders including children, parents, social workers and social care workers, service managers, agency leaders and policy makers. Since the change process involved an agency-university partnership encompassing design, technical support and evaluation, the book also contributes to understandings of the potential and limits of such partnerships in the child protection and welfare field. Uniquely, the book gives voice to the experience of both agency personnel and academic in the accounts provided. It will be of interest to all scholars, students and practitioners in the areas of child protection and welfare"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

List of contributors

List of abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introducing systems change in child protection and welfare through prevention, partnership and family support

Chapter 2 Focusing on the big picture: Doing system change evaluation

Chapter 3 A collaborative approach to researching the Meitheal model: Learning and legacy

Chapter 4 Systematically embedding child and youth participation in Tusla's culture, practices and processes: Key findings from an evaluation of national training for staff

Chapter 5 Collaborative research on Parenting Support and Parental Participation in child protection and welfare services

Chapter 6 Expectations, capacity and sustainability: Introducing a commissioning model for child and family services in Ireland

Chapter 7 Understanding and improving public and media awareness of family support services and supports: Challenges and opportunities for research and practice

Chapter 8 Conclusion: reflections on learning from the study to inform future research

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-314752-6

1-000-47824-6

1-000-47827-0

1-003-14752-6

9781003147527

OCLC:

1281978097