A disappearing act: the differing career paths of fathers and mothers in child protection investigations

Milner, Judith

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“…Criticism has been directed, for instance, at social work practice in a number of areas. These include: the tendency to focus on the woman's 'failure to protect', rather than appropriately challenging the man's violence (Milner, 1993;Lloyd, 1995); the slippage towards emphasis on other problems such as mental ill-health or alcohol misuse, so that domestic violence becomes invisible as an interconnected or coexisting issue (Humphreys, 2000); the lack of attention to the specific difficulties which black women and other minority communities may have in accessing help (Mama, 1996); and minimizing the damaging effects on children of witnessing domestic violence (Brandon and Lewis, 1996). Even the fundamental connection between the abuse of children and the abuse of women is consistently overlooked in a large proportion of cases (Hester and Pearson, 1998).…”

Section: Domestic Violence and Child Abusementioning

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Domestic violence and child abuse: developing sensitive policies and guidance

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Domestic violence is everywhere and nowhere. No statutory organization or health service has work with either perpetrators or survivors of domestic violence (usually women and children) as the primary focus of their service, yet all agencies will have very significant numbers among their clients/service users. It is therefore crucial that the policy framework is developed both within and between agencies to address the need, and scope, of intervention in this area and particularly the impact on children. Currently, significant steps have been taken by some agencies in the UK to address this previously neglected issue, though the developments are patchy. This paper draws on a UK-wide research study which mapped the extent and range of service provision for families where there is domestic violence and also developed a framework of good practice indicators for 'Mapped the extent and range of service provision for families where there is domestic violence and also developed a framework of good practice indicators' provision in this area. This article examines one of the indicators of good practice arising from the research-that of policy development-within social service departments and within the multi-agency arena.

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“…The case conference, however, is only one phase of child protection work and there are often more difficult and challenging preceding phases such as investigation and intervention, often necessitating removal of the child. Despite the concentration on parental participation at case conferences a growing number of studies are examining partnership in these 'emergency protective phases' (Hooper, 1992;Milner, 1993;Cleaver and Freeman, 1995;Farmer and Owen, 1995;O'Hagan, 1997) and they consistently demonstrate the difficulties and failures of achieving partnership in such areas of child protection work. If these phases of the child protection process are more chailenging than the case conference phase then surely it should be easier to achieve partnership in that forum.…”

Section: Partnership In Child Protection Work: An Elusive Conceptmentioning

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The use of family group conferences in child protection work: An exploration of professionals' views

Hayes

2000

Child Care in Practice

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Family Group Conferences (FGCs) originated in New Zealand and offer a radical new approach to involving families in the decision-making process in child care social work. This research was undertaken to explore professionals' views on the possible use of FGCs in child protection work in North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust (NWBT). A postal questionnaire was sent to three groups of staff -practitioners, managers, and non-social work members of the Trust Child Protection Panel (TCPP Members). A response rate of 68 per cent was achieved.The results indicate a positive attitude towards the FGC model amongst all of the groups surveyed as well as an understanding of how it differs from current practice, and a clear recognition of the benefits that its use would provide. However, use of FGCs in child protection work, as opposed to child care work more generallK was deemed to be more problematic by respondents. There was a feeling that FGCs would not be appropriate in all cases/situations encountered in child protection work and that there were a number of potential problems that would have to be overcome if the model was to be introduced to this area of practice. The great majority of respondents (86 per cent) however, supported the establishment of an FGC pilot project within NWBT.The research concludes that it is both desirable and feasible to use FGCs in child protection work, that the difficulties associated with the FGC model are far outweighed by the advantages which it presents over the current process of parental participation at case conferences, and that consideration should be given to the establishment of an FGC pilot project within N WBT

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“…In contested adoptions, largely involving women, there has never been anything like this same robust defence of the right to contact. In a still patriarchal society, where women are conscripted into the primary carer role (Milner, 1993) and where, at least where the care of 'very young children' is concerned, this role is seen as centering on 'a widely held belief based on practical experience and the workings of nature' (Brixey v Lynas [1996] 2FLR 505), women can very easily become the sole focus for blame when family fails. Social mores may have changed since 1926, when legal adoption first began.…”

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The Uneven Scales of Justice Private Law Contact Applications in Divorce and Adoption

Ryburn

1997

Adoption & Fostering

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Murray Ryburn considers how the courts in England and Wales apply contrasting principles to achieve very different outcomes in the private law where there are disputed questions of contact in divorce and separation on the one hand, and on the other, in adoption. He challenges the extent to which such divergence can be justified when the similarities between the questions at issue could be expected more reasonably to lead to comparable approaches. Reasons for the existence of this judicial divide are considered, alongside the consequent harm that may thereby result in the lives of some children and their kin networks.

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A disappearing act: the differing career paths of fathers and mothers in child protection investigations

Cited by 63 publications

References 4 publications

Domestic violence and child abuse: developing sensitive policies and guidance

Domestic violence and child abuse: developing sensitive policies and guidance

The use of family group conferences in child protection work: An exploration of professionals' views

The Uneven Scales of Justice Private Law Contact Applications in Divorce and Adoption

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