From the Evidence of Violence Against Children to a Prevention-Oriented Response in Malawi: Planning for Social Services with a Public Health Model for Social Work Engagement

Ross, Brendan; Rotabi, Karen Smith; Maksud, Nankali

doi:10.1007/s40609-015-0036-y

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“…Child sexual abuse (CSA) primary prevention represents all efforts aimed at stopping CSA before it occurs and this largely happens through education and increased awareness (Dickson and Willis 2015;Ross et al 2015). Gwirayi (2013) notes that the primary goal of CSA primary prevention programmes is to help children, parents, communities, policy makers and governments to identify and mitigate the occurrence of CSA by addressing risk factors.…”

Section: Primary Prevention Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The definition of social work highlights that central to the profession is principles of social justice and human rights (International Federation of Social Workers 2014). Ross et al (2015) see social workers as critical factors in the prevention of CSA. Mugumbate (2016) argues that social work has an important role to play in the Zimbabwean society to foster equality and fight oppression.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Secondary roles at this level include social planning and coordination of interventions, services and processes such as the VFS. According to Ross et al (2015), social workers are experts in social planning, advocacy and community building. Thus, social work intervention at this level is critical.…”

Section: Social Work Roles At the Macro System Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Some Impediments to Child Sexual Abuse Interventions and Corresponding Social Work Implications: Reflections on the Zimbabwean Victim Friendly System

Muridzo

Chikadzi

2020

J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work

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Child sexual abuse is a multifaceted children's rights issue and a global problem of considerable extent. It has adverse effects for child survivors and their ecological environments. Using qualitative data from a multiple-case study research project, the current paper discusses some of the impediments hindering effective service provision within the institutional arrangements that respond to child sexual abuse cases in Zimbabwe. The Victim Friendly System is a confluence of multisectoral and multistakeholder professionals from different governmental and nongovernmental organizations that offer integrated and coordinated services targeting primary, secondary and tertiary levels of child sexual abuse prevention and mitigation. While the Victim Friendly System has made significant strides in providing better service delivery outcomes to direct and indirect victims of child sexual abuse, there remains some service provision gaps that hinder its effectiveness. These impediments include limited coverage of services due to an urban bias, services remaining largely unknown to the public owing to poor visibility, and the cost burden associated with accessing services. The authors argue that these gaps constrain children's access to muchneeded intervention. This constitutes rights violations for CSA survivors. The paper ends by discussing corresponding implications for social work practice.

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Section: Primary Prevention Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Implications For Social Work Practicementioning

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Some Impediments to Child Sexual Abuse Interventions and Corresponding Social Work Implications: Reflections on the Zimbabwean Victim Friendly System

Muridzo

Chikadzi

2020

J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work

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Other people’s children and the critical role of the social service workforce

Desmond

Watt

Tomlinson

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Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

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As any caregiver will attest, understanding the needs of your child is a complicated business. Understanding the varied needs of a population of children with whom you have no direct contact is near impossible, yet it is the challenge policy makers, government planners and donors face when making policy or selecting interventions to fund and implement. They cannot unpack each child's individual needs and so must predict what is most important for a given population and which services should therefore be prioritised. Priority setting can be simplified by assuming that the needs of other people's children are hierarchical. If needs are hierarchical, basic needs, such as food and shelter, must be met before it is possible or necessary to consider higher order needs, such as belonging and self-actualisation. This conceptualisation justifies a focus on basic needs and decision makers can ignore higher order needs and the complex interventions they may require, because both are assumed to be of secondary importance. We suggest that assuming needs are hierarchical and thus focusing on basic needs is a mistake. By drawing on examples from the literature, we outline how children, our own and other people's, have non-hierarchical needs thus caring for them is a balancing act, best done by those close to them. This conceptualisation of need highlights the importance of families and therefore how policy makers wishing to support children with whom they are not in close contact should focus on creating an enabling environment for families. For a subset of families who are struggling, additional family strengthening interventions may be needed. In the relatively rare cases that such interventions are insufficient as family function is severely compromised, more intensive interventions may be necessary, but must be undertaken with great care and skill. Social services are critical because they have a potential role along the continuum of need, from initial identification of problems, to service access and then direct support. They have the potential to facilitate the intensive interventions when they are required, and while they are not required by all, for some of the most vulnerable children they are essential. The quality standards of such a service will be key in meeting the needs of other people's children.

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From the Evidence of Violence Against Children to a Prevention-Oriented Response in Malawi: Planning for Social Services with a Public Health Model for Social Work Engagement

Cited by 2 publications

References 19 publications

Some Impediments to Child Sexual Abuse Interventions and Corresponding Social Work Implications: Reflections on the Zimbabwean Victim Friendly System

Some Impediments to Child Sexual Abuse Interventions and Corresponding Social Work Implications: Reflections on the Zimbabwean Victim Friendly System

Other people’s children and the critical role of the social service workforce

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