The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment
Australia and the United Kingdom have a mandatory system of case reviews, which are conducted whenever a child known to welfare or health services has died or been seriously harmed due to maltreatment. In the United Kingdom those conducting case reviews are required to involve family members in thei...
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| description | Australia and the United Kingdom have a mandatory system of case reviews, which are conducted whenever a child known to welfare or health services has died or been seriously harmed due to maltreatment. In the United Kingdom those conducting case reviews are required to involve family members in their deliberations. This study employed discourse analysis to examine the representation of family voices in 41 Overview Reports of Serious Case Reviews undertaken in England and published during 2014. The findings revealed that the contributions of family members were generally relegated or their legitimacy undercut by the positivist framing of most Overview Reports. However, the research also identified how the framing of family contributions within an interpretivist paradigm could engender highly complex understanding of deficiencies in child protection systems and lead to crucial new learning for professionals. |
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| spelling | nottingham-435102020-05-04T18:44:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43510/ The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment Laird, Siobhan E. Australia and the United Kingdom have a mandatory system of case reviews, which are conducted whenever a child known to welfare or health services has died or been seriously harmed due to maltreatment. In the United Kingdom those conducting case reviews are required to involve family members in their deliberations. This study employed discourse analysis to examine the representation of family voices in 41 Overview Reports of Serious Case Reviews undertaken in England and published during 2014. The findings revealed that the contributions of family members were generally relegated or their legitimacy undercut by the positivist framing of most Overview Reports. However, the research also identified how the framing of family contributions within an interpretivist paradigm could engender highly complex understanding of deficiencies in child protection systems and lead to crucial new learning for professionals. Taylor & Francis 2017-05-03 Article PeerReviewed Laird, Siobhan E. (2017) The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment. Australian Social Work . pp. 1-12. ISSN 1447-0748 Family Child Protection Child Maltreatment Child Abuse Case Review Child Death http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0312407X.2017.1309670 doi:10.1080/0312407X.2017.1309670 doi:10.1080/0312407X.2017.1309670 |
| spellingShingle | Family Child Protection Child Maltreatment Child Abuse Case Review Child Death Laird, Siobhan E. The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment |
| title | The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment |
| title_full | The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment |
| title_fullStr | The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment |
| title_short | The representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment |
| title_sort | representation of the family’s voice in serious case review reports of child maltreatment |
| topic | Family Child Protection Child Maltreatment Child Abuse Case Review Child Death |
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