Browsing by Subject "Child protection"
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At the Front Door. Child Protection Reporting in a Changing Policy and Legislative Context.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2018)Aim: While a number of Irish studies have been conducted on the ?work world? of child protection and welfare services, reporting trends have not been interrogated in any depth. The primary aim of this doctoral study was ... -
Attention to disability in child protection policies across four liberal welfare regimes.
(2024)How child protection and welfare policies address the disability community is a matter of utmost importance and urgency in the context of well-established inequalities. We present a policy content analysis of national ... -
Child protection and safeguarding inspections letter to schools for issue 21 January 2019
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Child protection practice: an ungovernable enterprise?
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)This paper reports on a research study carried out in 1993/94, on the child protection practices of a social work team employed by a regional health board. The aim of the study was to challenge the assumption underlying ... -
Children first sectoral implementation plan
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Convergent spaces: Intersectional analysis of ethnic minority status and childhood disability in Irish safeguarding work
(2020)The core argument of this paper is that intersectionality provides a constructive conceptual lens for the convergence of ethnic minority status and childhood disability in Irish child protection and welfare. The utility ... -
Critical Disability Studies and the Affirmative Non-Tragedy Model: Presenting a Theoretical Frame for Disability and Child Protection
(2024)The purpose of this article is to present an integrated theoretical frame for the subject matter of disability and child protection. Substantive complexities, alluded to in existing literature, surround disability in child ... -
Ecosystems of Educational Disadvantage: Supporting Children and Young People receiving Child Protection and Welfare Services in Ireland
(2020)Theoretically-informed focused commentary on the literature in this paper, considers the position of children and young people, as embedded within socio-ecological systems. The specific focus is on the educational disadvantage ... -
Foreign legislation on behalf of destitute and neglected children
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1896)In a paper which I had the honour of reading some time ago before this Society, I gave some details as to the laws of various countries (especially America) on behalf of destitute children. I feel that some apology is ... -
A guide to child protection and safeguarding inspections
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Making Acquaintance: Compatibility of Critical Disability Studies Conventions with Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Practice in Ireland.
(2021)Substantial research evidence alludes to concerns, practical impediments, inefficiencies and injustices in Child Protection and Welfare (CPW) work with children with disabilities. Meanwhile, individualised perspectives and ... -
Protection as a Human Fundamental Need: Re-Conceiving Signs of Safety for Social Work in the Republic of Ireland
(2021)Large scale reform of statutory child protective services in the Republic of Ireland is underway, prompted by adoption of the national strengths-based and safety-organised practice approach, known as ‘Signs of Safety.’ ... -
Social Work Intervention Pathways within Child Protection: Responding to the Needs of Disabled Children in Ireland
(2021)Whilst even minimal social work intervention entails judicious planning and strategic oversight, existing literature alludes to persistent concerns, inadequacies and challenges in safeguarding work with disabled children. ... -
Strengths and Affirmations: Practitioners Views of Disability and Child Protection Through an Affirmative Lens
(2021)This article presents an exposition of an affirmative model of disability for child protection in Ireland. Seated at the intersection of disability and child protection are unique and substantial risks. In this paper, a ... -
Towards Parity in Protection: Barriers to Effective Child Protection and Welfare Assessment with Disabled Children in the Republic of Ireland
(2021)Disabled children experience increased risk of abuse and neglect. Concurrently, serious concerns and practical impediments persist regarding the capacity of statutory child protection and welfare services to respond ... -
Untroubling childrens identity in child protection and welfare assessment through a postconventional analytic
(2021)Summary: The sustaining argument advanced in this paper is that postconventional analysis offers a constructive theoretical lens to contemplate identity in child protection and welfare assessment. Critical application ...