Qualitative synthesis within the family of systematic reviews meets an urgent need to use
knowledge derived from qualitative studies to inform practice, research, and policy. Despite …

Promoting the participation of children and parents in child protection practice is one of the
most complex and sensitive areas of social work practice. Increasingly, child protection …

This paper aims to utilize social theory to inform relationship‐based social work practice with
children, young people and families. We see 'direct relationship‐based working'drawing on …

Social Work: From Theory to Practice uses an integrated approach to explore a variety of
social theories through social work's unique interpretative lens. Systems, psychodynamic …

Background Capturing the scale of child maltreatment is difficult, but few would argue that it
is anything less than a global problem which can affect victims' health and well‐being …

This study addresses the need and gap in the literature on evidence-based practice in family
group decision-making services by reporting on the Texas Department of Family and …

Over the past two decades, engaging families in decision‐making has grown in popularity
across child welfare systems internationally. The family group conference in particular has …

From its inception, child protection policy has been infused with domination, and over the
long arc of history has been accompanied by the spread of institutional oppression. A case …

Over the past two decades, child protection authorities internationally have begun to
implement models of family participation in child protection decision‐making. Debate exists …

Abstract Family Group Conferences (FGCs) as a method of preventive work came into being
over two decades ago. The FGC approach arose from a minority cultural perspective and the …