Staten, barnevernet og utenrikspolitikken

Haugevik, Kristin M.; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg

doi:10.18261/issn.1504-3053-2020-01-02

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“…However, CWS does not have this opportunity as it is "the pointy end" of the continuum of interventions designed to respond to allegations of child maltreatment. These aspects, coupled with the reputation of CWS for "invasive intervention" and "hasty child removal," exacerbate parents' fear and distrust (Fylkesnes et al, 2018;Haugevik & Neumann, 2020;Paulsen & Berg, 2021). Furthermore, most of the participants come from countries like Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, where the state and its institutions are not known as sources of protection and support.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Besides, analysis by Willumsen and Skivenes (2005) suggests the difficulty of establishing cooperative relations with parents emanates from knowledge and power imbalances between professionals and service users, among other things. In addition, the Norwegian CWS has been widely criticized by study reports, parents, interest groups, the media, and international bodies like the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for taking unnecessary and intrusive measures, being biased, judgmental, and self-righteous (Haugevik & Neumann, 2020;Norwegian National Human Rights Institution, 2020). Furthermore, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has passed multiple decisions against Norway for violations of the right to family life on account of unjustified and invasive intervention, unnecessary restrictions on contact between parents and children, and failure to submit an updated report on the status of parents' parenting capacity after child removal (Norwegian National Human Rights Institution, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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From Fear and Distrust to Trust and Collaboration: Exploring Transitions in the Quality of Relationships in the Encounters Between Immigrant Parents and Child Welfare Services

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2024

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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This article examines the characteristics of transitions in the quality of relationships from fear and distrust to trust and collaboration in the encounters between immigrant parents and child welfare services and explores what these changes demonstrate about trust and collaboration within such contexts. The study draws on empirical data from interviews with ten immigrant parents who have experience with the Norwegian Child Welfare Services due to allegations of child abuse and/or neglect. The findings show that the transition from fear and distrust to trust and collaborative relations does not evolve in clearly defined phases but rather unfolds as a complex cyclical process. This process appears to involve fear, distrust, and uncooperative behavior as a point of departure but can, in some cases, develop into trusting and collaborative relations with disruption and restoration during the process. The characteristics of the transitions seem to demonstrate that parents can engage in trusting and collaborative relations amid institutional distrust, fear, and vulnerability, if they experience the encounter as meaningful. The turning points in this regard include the following: (1) parents’ experience of positive interactions and relational trust with child welfare professionals and (2) defining moments in the subsequent intervention process, including parents’ awareness that the intervention will not lead to child removal and/or the positive impacts of therapeutic intervention measures like parental training courses, counseling, and financial support.

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From Fear and Distrust to Trust and Collaboration: Exploring Transitions in the Quality of Relationships in the Encounters Between Immigrant Parents and Child Welfare Services

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2024

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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“…The relationship between immigrants and the Norwegian child welfare services (CWS) is strained and characterized primarily by fear and distrust, among other things (Fylkesnes et al, 2015;Paulsen & Berg, 2021;Vassenden & Vedøy, 2019). The CWS has been criticized by citizen groups both within Norway and abroad for being biased, discriminatory, and taking unnecessarily intrusive measures, especially against immigrant families (Czarnecki, 2018;Haugevik & Neumann, 2020). Several studies have also highlighted a prevalent lack of trust in the CWS among immigrants (The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs, 2018;Czarnecki, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Immigrant Parents’ Experiences of Child Welfare Assessment Processes in Child Maltreatment Cases: Implications for Trust

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2023

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The purpose of this article is to contribute to an in-depth understanding of how immigrant parents’ experiences of the child welfare assessment process shape their trust in the Norwegian child welfare services (CWS). The study is based on qualitative data generated through semi-structured interviews with six immigrant parents who have previous or ongoing contact with the CWS. The study finds that the parents’ experiences of the child welfare assessment process influence their trust in the CWS in a variety of ways, with the central themes being: (1) interactions with child welfare workers; (2) transparency and (un)predictability of the process and outcome; and (3) the risk-oriented, problem-focused and adversarial nature of the assessments. Whilst the parents’ positive experiences of the assessment process are associated with trust, their ambivalent and negative experiences are related to mistrust and distrust in the services respectively.

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“…As a country labelled a Scandinavian welfare state with wide social and economic safety nets (Esping-Andersen, 1990), pursuing a leading role in welfare policies (Neumann and Haugevik, 2020), it is a goal of the government that no one should experience homelessness. Homelessness policies have, since 2001, been developed in coordination between the policy sectors responsible for housing, labour and social affairs, health and care, and criminal justice 1 , the housing policy sector holding the main responsibility.…”

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What They Talk About When They Talk About Homelessness: Discourse and Knowledge Culture as a Barrier to Integrated Policy Initiatives

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2022

J. Soc. Pol.

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Integrated government initiatives have become a common approach following the institutional fragmentation of New Public Management reforms. Complex societal issues require equally complex solutions, which sectorial units of government cannot attend to alone. However, integrated policy initiatives are prone to a range of obstacles. Using a study of policymaking aimed at homelessness in Norway as a case, this paper discusses how sectorial-shared knowledge creates barriers to a common view of policy problems and solutions. Engaging theories of governmental fragmentation, coordination, discourse, and epistemic cultures enable an exploration of how the involved policy sectors understand and address homelessness. The findings indicate that all policy sectors seem to recognise their responsibility within a social welfare frame, but despite having cooperated for several years, embeddedness in sectorial discourse and epistemic culture causes differing problem definitions. Established terms and categories within homelessness policies are filled with content according to epistemic embeddedness, thereby contributing to obscure the differences, rather than integrate the policy initiatives.

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Staten, barnevernet og utenrikspolitikken

Cited by 6 publications

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From Fear and Distrust to Trust and Collaboration: Exploring Transitions in the Quality of Relationships in the Encounters Between Immigrant Parents and Child Welfare Services

From Fear and Distrust to Trust and Collaboration: Exploring Transitions in the Quality of Relationships in the Encounters Between Immigrant Parents and Child Welfare Services

Immigrant Parents’ Experiences of Child Welfare Assessment Processes in Child Maltreatment Cases: Implications for Trust

What They Talk About When They Talk About Homelessness: Discourse and Knowledge Culture as a Barrier to Integrated Policy Initiatives

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