Radicalisation: The Last Taboo in Safeguarding and Child Protection? Assessing Practitioner Preparedness in Preventing the Radicalisation of Looked-After Children

Matt Dryden - Journal for Deradicalization

This research collected rare and vital primary data by interviewing practitioners within looked-after children’s, residential, and respite services. The study established that practitioners lacked basic awareness of radicalisation and extremism, the Prevent strategy, and the Channel programme.

A national comparison of carer screening, assessment, selection and training and support in foster, kinship and residential care

Murray Benton, Rohan Pigott, Megan Price, Patrick Shepherdson, & Dr Gail Winkworth - The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

In June 2015, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse conducted public hearings in relation to out‑of‑home care (OOHC) and allegations of child sexual abuse occurring in OOHC settings (Case Study 24). In December 2015, the Royal Commission commissioned this national research report.

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Attitudes and decision-making in the child protection system: a comparison of students and professionals

Paulo Delgado, Vânia S. Pinto, & João M. S. Carvalho - Criminology & Social Integration Journal

This study aims to understand the decision-making process of 200 higher education students in domains related to child protection, and those of 200 professionals who are responsible for providing case assessments and recommendations for intervention in the Portuguese child protection system.

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Doing Child-Protection Social Work with Parents: What Are the Barriers in Practice?

David Wilkins & Charlotte Whittaker - The British Journal of Social Work

For many social workers, participatory practice may seem an unachievable goal, particularly in the field of child protection. This paper discusses a significant programme of change in one London local authority, as part of which the authors undertook 110 observations of practice and provided more than eighty follow-up coaching sessions for workers. 

Collective narrative practice with unaccompanied refugee minors: “The Tree of Life” as a response to hardship

Suzan FM Jacobs - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

During the summer of 2016, in the midst of one of the biggest refugee crises in centuries, the author of this article joined the team from a shelter for unaccompanied refugee minors on Samos, Greece, in an effort to provide young boys seeking asylum in Europe with an opportunity to engage in speaking about the difficulties they have encountered in life. 

Social protection is a grassroots reality: Making the case for policy reflections on community-based social protection actors and services in Africa

Nicholas Awortwi - Development Policy Review

Based on empirical studies in 30 districts in six African countries, this paper makes the case that the highly localized models may not be perfect but are probably the best fit for implementing an all-encompassing Social Protection policy in Africa. 

Overhauling Russia’s Child Welfare system: Institutional and Ideational Factors behind the Paradigm Shift

Kulmala Meri, Rasell Michael, Chernova Zhanna - The Journal of Social Policy Studies

This article studies the causal factors behind the major overhaul of Russia’s system for children in substitute care that has been taking place since the late 2000’s. 

Russian SOS Children’s Villages and Deinstitutionalisation Reform: Balancing between Institutional and Family Care

Elena Bogdanova - The Journal of Social Policy Studies

This article examines how Russian SOS Villages are undergoing foster reform, which prescribes a transition from institutional care for children deprived of parental care to family care model. 

Teaching Recovery Techniques: evaluation of a group intervention for unaccompanied refugee minors with symptoms of PTSD in Sweden

Anna Sarkadi, Kajsa Ådahl, Emma Stenvall, Richard Ssegonja, Hemrin Batti, Parthena Gavra, Karin Fängström, Raziye Salari - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

This study aimed to (1) evaluate the indicated prevention program Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) in a community setting and describe the program’s effects on symptoms of PTSD and depression in unaccompanied refugee minors; and (2) examine participants’ experiences of the program.

Unaccompanied immigrant children in long term foster care: Identifying needs and best practices from a child welfare perspective

Thomas M. Creaa, Anayeli Lopeza, Robert G. Hassona, Kerri Evansa, Caroline Palleschia, Dawnya Underwood - Children and Youth Services Review

The current qualitative study is designed to address the gaps in the research literature on the needs of unaccompanied children in foster care in the US.

Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse: Final Report

Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse

On 15 December 2017 the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse presented a final report to the Governor-General, detailing the culmination of a five year inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse and related matters. 

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Emotional health and coping mechanisms among adolescents in Malaysian residential foster care homes: A comparative study with adolescents living with families

Marjan Mohammadzadeh, Esra Tajik, Hamidin Awang, Latiffah Abdul Latiff - Asian Journal of Psychiatry

This article presents the findings of a study that examined the emotional health status and coping mechanisms of adolescents living in residential care facilities in Malaysia, in comparison with that of adolescents living in families.

Needs and challenges of lay community health workers in a palliative care environment for orphans and vulnerable children

Bonita Bernice Visagie & Jace Pillay - Health SA Gesondheid

The focus of this study is to explore the role of lay health workers in a community organization providing palliative care to orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS, located in rural Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng Province of South Africa. 

Young People in Reception Centres

Veronika Honkasalo, Karim Maiche, Henri Onodera, Marja Peltola & Leena Suurpää (Eds.) - Finnish Youth Research Society

The article collection 'Young people in reception centres' presents how the young people applying for asylum in Finland and the people working with them experience the first few months that follow a young person’s arrival in Finland. 

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Refugees in Europe: national overviews from key countries with a special focus on child and adolescent mental health

Matthew Hodes, Melisa Mendoza Vasquez, Dimitris Anagnostopoulos, Kalliopi Triantafyllou, Dalia Abdelhady, Karin Weiss, Roman Koposov, Fusun Cuhadaroglu, Johannes Hebebrand, Norbert Skokauskas - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

This paper provides an overview of the post 2015 immigration crisis in key European countries with a special focus on current demographics, refugee children, mental health studies, policies and practical support available for refugees.