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Decisions in the child protection context take place in a complex environment influenced by individual decision-makers, institutional resources and practices, demographic inequalities, and family responses. This report describes some of these factors as reported by practitioners in the child protection context in Aotearoa New Zealand, providing an insight into the experiences and perceptions of front-line practitioners.
This research explores how decision-making heuristics are used by practitioners to determine which foster family is the best fit for a child.
This paper presents a qualitative analysis of front‐line practices regarding emergency removals in Finnish and Irish child protection.
The purpose of this study is to explore child welfare workers' perspectives on ethnic matching in child welfare service delivery.
The present study describes how two youth care organizations in the Netherlands implemented group climate monitoring instruments for children as part of the broader ‘You Matter!’ project, and aims to answer the question how these monitoring instruments can help to improve group climate when routinely embedded in daily care.
Utilizing case examples, this discussion paper examines foster care decisions that disrupt important child-caregiver relationships.
This paper reviews research on child maltreatment over a recent 10-year span to identify trends in maltreatment assessment and operationalization.
The BIP Guidelines combine a conceptual framework of the best interests of the child with field-driven, operational guidance to provide one consolidated, practical frame of reference for staff and partners in the field. This document provides a guide to the 2018 updated Guidelines, including what's new, why they were revised, and what's next.
These updated UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Guidelines provide guidance on determining the best interests of the child in decisions affecting children at risk, in particular children who are separated from their parents and families.
The purpose of this Foster Care Operational Manual is to provide guidance to Department of Social Welfare (DSW) officers and Foster Care Agencies on the delivery of foster care services in line with the Children’s Amendment Act, 2016 and Foster Care Regulations 2018.