The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brings new worries about the welfare of children,
particularly those of families living in poverty and impacted other risk factors. These children …

Purpose Although there is a growing number of evidence-based interventions in child
welfare, their outcomes are impacted by the level of implementation fidelity. Research …

The aim of this paper is to describe the development of a model of care to embed cultural
safety for Aboriginal children into paediatric hospital settings. The Daalbirrwirr Gamambigu …

Contemporary approaches to child protection have significant limitations and unintended
consequences for children, parents, families, and communities. Statutory services struggle to …

How relevant is differentiating between coercive control and situational couple violence in
statutory child protection practice with families experiencing domestic and family violence …

The removal of babies at or near birth is a significant health, ethical, personal and social
justice issue affecting many families globally. While sometimes required, it can carry a risk of …

Using aggregated national data, this paper re‐examines the outcomes of the Australian and
Norwegian protective systems during the past decade and compares it to the trends and …

Background Child abuse and neglect (child abuse) is a common issue that leads to
significant health issues. Given the association between child abuse and health, mandatory …

Internationally, particularly in anglophone countries, there are increasing calls for a new
vision for child welfare involving significant shifts in service delivery from a statutory …

Relationships are core to effective social work and provide the glue that binds diverse
aspects of practice. Relational practice has come under threat in an era of managerialism …