This study investigated rates of guardianship and adoption dissolution using a complete entry cohort from a large state foster care system and the associations between child characteristics and risk factors with dissolution.
This scoping review was conducted to synthesize the state of the science on proximal, modifiable individual and interpersonal factors that are associated with psychosocial well-being among adolescent youth in foster care.
This discussion article describes a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the United Kingdom developed to meet the mental health needs of children and young people particularly those vulnerable children and young people at risk of actual or potential harm through child abuse and neglect, but may not be therapy ready.
This case study explores the arriving process of an unaccompanied minor refugee in Germany and his perception of the psychosocial support he received.
This evidence synthesis analyses emerging practices and preliminary guidance for engaging children in the response to child protection (CP) challenges during the various stages of COVID-19 and other infectious disease outbreaks (e.g. Ebola).
This Social Welfare Policy is intended to provide direction for reforming the social welfare sector in Liberia.
The author of this paper argues that it is necessary that child protection professionals have access to training that is specific to Liberia and its needs.
To achieve Liberia’s vision of becoming a middleincome country, the goal of this policy is therefore to improve the health and social welfare status of the population of Liberia on an equitable basis.
For this study, surveys were employed to explore the experiences of children in care and their carers about traditional fostering.
This study examined the implementation of Ghana’s child rights legislation (Children’s Act 560) in four districts in respect of the establishment of prescribed administrative and institutional structures, the service delivery procedures, and challenges.
The National Social Protection Policy of Ghana provides a framework for delivering social protection coherently, effectively and efficiently in a way that is holistic and properly targeted.
The focus of this thesis is the position of orphans, vulnerable children and orphanages in Ghana in relation to the ‘help’ they receive from western volunteers and NGOs.
The following report summarizes how UNICEF and its partners have utilized Communication for Development strategies in their work during the period of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2014-2017, with an emphasis on 2017.
This study examines an unexplored consequence of COVID-19 school closures: the broken link between child maltreatment victims and the number one source of reported maltreatment allegations—school personnel.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the lifetime prevalence of official investigations for child maltreatment among children in the United States.
The objective of this evaluation is to document and assess how the capacity of the child protection system in Ghana—in particular the practices of the Social Welfare Actors (SWA)—has changed to enable the provision of quality services to children and families with support of the workforce strengthening (WFS) initiative.
This geographical mapping and analysis of Residential Homes for Children (RHCs) in Ghana aimed to identify the “hot spots” - high concentration of RHCs and/or children in RHCs - and develop a comprehensive understanding of current trends, flows and drivers of children in RHCs in these “hot-spot” (priority) areas.
These Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) describe guiding principles, procedures, roles and responsibilities in the prevention of and response to child protection for children residing within Ghana.
This comprehensive Strategic Plan expounded on the implementation priorities and modalities towards the achievement of the Department of Social Welfare (DSW)’s mandate which leads to the promotion of an operative welfare system in Ghana.
This report captures the findings of a mapping exercise commissioned by UNICEF Ghana and undertaken by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). This mapping exercise sought primarily to establish the number and profile of institutions at national and sub-national levels involved in child protection.
This study examined how custodial grandmothers navigated the process of their grandchildren being reunified with a biological parent.
The goal of the present study was to better understand the scope and characteristics of rapid return, and to provide data-informed recommendations for service providers working with this population.
The aim of this article is to contribute to ongoing discussions about the recently passed Canadian legislation, drawing on lessons learned in the United States context.
This article interrogates concerns regarding the South African government's strict lockdown and related legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the beliefs that it advanced children’s vulnerability to abuse and neglect.
Within the unique and understudied context of a developing economy facing the strain of an international pandemic, this study sought to expand our theoretical understanding of the individual and socio-ecological predictors of whether child protective services professionals engage in resilient behaviors.
