This report scopes and synthesises the evidence available to those who seek to improve
services to children returning from public out-of-home care to their birth parents or relatives …

We report a five-nations project in comparative child protection to provide recommendations
on policy and practice to inform the redevelopment of the Swiss child protection system. The …

The analysis of the historical development of child protection in Spain and Italy shows
remarkable common aspects. There has been a strong tradition of using residential care by …

There is a moral and a legal imperative to learn the lessons from the outcomes of child
fatality or serious injury through maltreatment to prevent or at least reduce their …

The information age is upon us and, with it, a new era of human services has emerged. The
terms' Evidence-Based,''evidence-informed,''best practice', and'effective'have become …

Broadly, social work epistemology—what we know and how we know what we know—in
child and adolescent mental health is dominated by professional discourses about the …

Obtaining informed consent can be challenging in stressful and urgent circumstances. One
example is when potential participants have recently had their child removed into care; …

Organisations in the health and social services sector expend a considerable amount of
energy promoting the implementation of better practices and research data use in their …

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a relatively recent incarnation in social work's long history
of valuing evidence as a basis for practice. Few argue with the ethics and usefulness of …

Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so
successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcomes is therefore …