Underexamined points of vulnerability for black mothers in the child welfare system: The role of number of births, age of first use of substances and criminal justice involvement

Tricia Stephens, Alexis Kuerbis, Caterina Pisciotta, Jon Morgenstern - Children and Youth Services Review

With research into traditionally understood contributing factors such as poverty, substance use, mental health and intimate partner violence abounding, this study sought to identify underexamined factors that potentially sustain very high rates of child welfare (CW) involvement for Black mothers.

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Safety assessment in child welfare: A comparison of instruments

Annemiek Vial, Mark Assink, Geert Jan J. M. Stams, Claudia Children and Youth Services Review van der Put -

This review aimed to compare child safety assessment instruments, which are used by child welfare professionals to determine whether a child is in immediate danger, and subsequently, whether immediate action is required to stop or prevent serious harm to the child.

Cross-over kids: Effective responses to children and young people in the youth justice and statutory Child Protection systems

Susan Baidawi & Rosemary Sheehan - Report to the Criminology Research Advisory Council. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology

The study set out to examine the extent to which children and young people before the Criminal Division of the Victorian Children’s Court in Australia were also clients of the statutory Child Protection system, and to better understand the characteristics of this group.

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Stress sensitization among severely neglected children and protection by social enrichment

Mark Wade, Charles H. Zeanah, Nathan A. Fox, Florin Tibu, Laura E. Ciolan, Charles A. Nelson - Nature Communications

The current study uses data from a longitudinal randomized controlled trial to examine whether severe early neglect among children reared in institutions increases vulnerability to the effects of later stressful life events on externalizing problems in adolescence, and whether social enrichment in the form of high-quality foster care buffers this risk.

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A Swedish national study: Immigrant-country of birth status and child welfare compulsory care among a sample of parents with risky substance use

Amy S. He, Mojgan Padyab, Jennifer A. Sedivy, Lena Lundgren - Child Abuse & Neglect

Using Swedish registry national data, this study explored the relationship between immigration-country of birth status, psychosocial risk factors, and child compulsory care for parents with risky substance use (RSU).

Breaking cycles of poverty through child care institutions in Japan: According to a survey and interviews to university students who were fostered in child care institutions

Kayo Nishimoto, Mitsuhiro Ogawa, Qingyi Zhang, Hiroyuki Yamada, Ju Yang - International Journal of Educational Research

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the process of going to college and subsequent college life of those who have experiences of entering Child Care Institutions (CCI) in Japan and to discuss higher education policies concerning ‘child poverty’ based on the results.

“Family is Family Forever”: Perceptions of Family Changes After Deportation

Katrina Taschman & Bertranna A. Muruthi - Contemporary Family Therapy

This study employed a retrospective lens to explore adult experiences of their family post-deportation. Findings show that family went through a reorganization process after parental deportation which impacted how the child understood the deportation and affected the child’s perceptions and experiences of their parental loss.

Testing the effect of perceived social support on left-behind children’s mental well-being in mainland China: The mediation role of resilience

Xiaoyan Fan & Mengjia Lu - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this study was to investigate the direct effect of perceived social support and the mediation role of resilience on left-behind children’s mental well-being.

Without my Family: The impact of family separation on child refugees in the UK

Helen Connolly - Amnesty International UK, the Refugee Council and Save the Children

In this report, Amnesty International UK, the Refugee Council and Save the Children expose how the UK Government’s policy on refugee family reunion is damaging the lives of children in the UK, and how its justifications for the policy are unsubstantiated.

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Partnerships with Overseas ‘Orphanages’: Implications of the Modern Slavery Act 2018

ReThink Orphanages Australia and the ACFID Child Rights Community of Practice

This briefing note was developed by ReThink Orphanages Australia and the ACFID Child Rights Community of Practice to assist entities in Australia and abroad who have orphanages in their supply chains and/or operations to understand the implications of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018. 

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Lessons Learned and Recommendations to Strengthen Families and End Institutionalisation for Children in Europe

The Opening Doors for Europe’s Children

Based on the information gathered throughout the course of the Opening Doors for Europe’s Children campaign, this final report first reflects on: (1) the rationale for the campaign and how it operated; (2) the progress towards child protection system reform across campaign countries as well as the developments at the EU level; and (3) the lessons learnt from the campaign and some final recommendations to the European Union.

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Children in Care: Exploitation, Offending and the Denial of Victimhood in a Prosecution-led Culture of Practice

Julie Shaw, Sarah Greenhow - The British Journal of Social Work

The following article reports upon recent research, which explored the perceptions of professionals of the issues that affect the sexual and criminal exploitation of children in care, along with a discussion of the effectiveness of current responses to these issues and the challenges that professionals face.

The Inheritance Rights of Indonesian Citizens Adopted by Foreign Citizens Reviewed from Indonesian Inheritance Law

Dio Nugraha Rizki, Zainul Daulay, Beatrix Benni - International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding

This article explores the inheritance rights of Indonesian citizens adopted by foreign nationals in terms of Indonesian inheritance law.

Factors that predict child welfare caseworker referrals to an evidence-based parenting program

Christina Myers, Antonio Garcia, Rinad Beidas, Zixiaojie Yang - Children and Youth Services Review

This study examined whether caseworker demographic factors, attitudes towards evidence-based practices (EBPs) and organizational factors predict caseworker referrals. Relying upon tenets of the Theory of Planned Behavior, this study also examined whether intention to refer predicts caseworker referrals to an EBP.

Why Place Matters in Residential Care: the Mediating Role of Place Attachment in the Relation Between Adolescents’ Rights and Psychological Well-Being

Eunice Magalhães & Maria Manuela Calheiros - Child Indicators Research

For this study, a sample of 365 adolescents in residential care settings in Portugal completed a set of self-reported measures, specifically, the Rights perceptions scale, the Place attachment scale and Scales of psychological well-being.

“We are consultants, not collaborators”: Young people’s experiences with child protection meetings in Ghana

Ebenezer Cudjoe, Lars Uggerhøj, Alhassan Abdullah - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of young people with child protection meetings, in order to develop better ways to improve children’s participation in child protection in Ghana.