Assessment and Placement Monitoring

An assessment is the dynamic process of gathering and analysing information in order to undertake informed interventions. This can include an individual assessment of a child and family, or a situational analysis if there are large numbers of vulnerable children, e.g. in an emergency. 

 

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Whitney D. de Haan, et al - Developmental Child Welfare,

The current study examines the relation between several individual characteristics of professionals in the Netherlands and their decisions about out-of-home placement in a multivariate model.

Sabinevan der Asdonk, et al - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study investigated whether information regarding parents' response to an attachment-based intervention impacted placement decisions and agreement among decision makers.

Better Care Network,

Comprised of 12 videos and accompanying discussion guides, this video series features the learning from practitioners working across a range of care-related programs and practices in Cambodia.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Case Management Task Force,

The aim of this guide is to encourage a structured approach to developing Standard Operating Procedures for Child Protection Case Management in humanitarian settings. 

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Case Management Task Force,

These Case Management Minimum Indicators provide measurable benchmarks to assess the quality of case management in humanitarian crises.

National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,

This case study profiles the reintegration experiences of one child who has participated in the Tubarerere Mu Muryango (Let’s Raise Children in Families - TMM) programme in Rwanda.

Mary Mitchell - Child & Family Social Work,

This article reports on a qualitative study, which sought to retrospectively understand the contribution family group conferencing (FGC) makes to longer‐term outcomes for children at risk of entering State care and their families.

Shamra Boel-Studt, Jonathan C. Huefner, Hui Huang - Children and Youth Services Review,

The aim of this article is to offer a working blue print to guide the adaptation of quality initiatives aimed at transforming residential care in other child welfare organizations or jurisdictions while taking into consideration the fit of such initiatives within the service environment and the complexities of system-wide change.

Helen Whincup, Maggie Grant, Cheryl Burgess, Nina Biehal - Universities of Stirling, York, and Lancaster in collaboration with Adoption and Fostering Alliance (AFA) Scotland,

The Decision making for children report is one strand of the Permanently Progressing? study. In this strand, during 2015-17, 160 decision makers were interviewed across Scotland mainly in groups, but some individually.

Lisa Merkel‐Holguin, Laura Schwab‐Reese, Ida Drury, Heather Allan, Dana Hollinshead - Child & Family Social Work,

As part of a 3‐year US federal project of family group conferences (FGCs) in one jurisdiction, this study collected fidelity data from professional and family member participants of FGCs, including children and young people. Descriptive data from a small sample of child and young people participating in FGC suggest differences in their perspectives regarding family empowerment, transparency, and inclusion in decision making, when compared with the perspectives of other family members and professionals for whom data are available.