Should we take their children? Caseworkers’ negotiations of ‘good enough’ care for children living with high-conflict parents

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High Conflicts as Wicked Problems from the Perspective of Family Counsellor and Child Welfare Services in Norway

“…While FCS and CWS are given different mandates and are regulated by different laws, their professional understanding and assessments are crucial for children. In line with previous studies, this study also shows that professionals assess high conflict as challenging (Black et al, 2016;Jevne & Andenaes, 2017;Saini, Black, Godbout, & Deljavan, 2019;Sudland & Neumann, 2020). The professionals also seem to be easily 'trapped' within the parents' conflict-based system.…”

“…Knowledge of patterns of post-divorce relationships and their different trajectories, the evolution of high conflict, and protective factors in children's adjustment to enduring parental conflict, emphasise the necessity of a broad approach when professionals encounter children and parents. Consequently, the ability to distinguish poor and dysfunctional parenting from child emotional maltreatment is known to be challenging (Sudland & Neumann, 2020;Wolfe & McIsaac, 2011).…”

Ammattilaisten osaaminen lapsinäkökulmaisessa riskinarvioinnissa vaativissa erotilanteissa

“…Haastateltavien kokemusten mukaan riskinarviointikoulutuksessa esitelty ja käyttöön otettu lapsinäkökulmainen riskien seulontalomake auttoi heitä ilmiöiden, niiden välisten erojen ja riskien tunnistamisessa ja vakavuuden arvioinnissa. Lomake tuki heitä tiedon muodostamisessa, auttoi saamaan tietoa ja käsityksen perheen tilanteesta, hahmottamaan erotilanteen taustalla olevia tekijöitä ja erottamaan, milloin kyse on esimerkiksi lapsen kaltoinkohtelusta, toisen vanhemman vieraannuttavasta käyttäytymisestä tai erokriisin keskellä toimimattomasta vanhemmuudesta (myös Sudland & Neumann, 2021;Nikupeteri & Laitinen, 2022;Birnbaum & Bala, 2010).…”

Professional Practice in Child Protection and the Child's Right to Participate

“…In the example, Alex is assigned a number of subject-positions by his FF and FM. He is viewed as a slob (has turned turn night into day, does nothing), he is a criminal (steals cars), he is a boy in need of care (thin, weak, needs to be shown that the world can be healthy and sporty and good), and he becomes an informant for adults who want to tell him what his parents are really like and about all the bad things they have put him through (Sudland & Neumann, 2021). Neither of the foster parents has managed to establish a collaborative alliance with Alex.…”