An Investigation into the Apparent Failure of Child Protection Social Workers in Protecting Children: A Literature Review
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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ABSTRACT
It is argued that child protection social workers sometimes fail to consider it relevant to engage with children in their daily practices despite it being a part of their professional obligation to include the views and opinions of children they are working with. There is always an intense public quest for change and scrutiny of social services when a child accidentally dies while in the care of his/her parents or is killed by parents or carers. Therefore, in order to study is major concern in the current era; this dissertation aims at exploring the reasons and factors for apparent failure of child protection social workers in protecting children. As a myriad objective, the study will explore the importance of the child in child protection policies and how social work practices have developed in ways that easily marginalizes the child. The study is also aimed to find out whether current reviews of child protection have identified essential child protection policies that needs reforming and to explain gaps in the reviews in order to contribute to ensuring an improvement in child protection policies. For the study, secondary method of research was adopted and a bulk of pertinent literature was accumulated to obtain beneficial results and conclusions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII
DECLARATIONIII
ABSTRACTIV
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY1
Research Design1
Research Method1
Data Analysis Method2
Qualitative Research3
Assumptions of Qualitative Research4
Secondary Data5
Search Technique6
Literature Search6
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria8
Ethical Considerations9
Reliability11
Validity11
CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS13
Why Do Social Workers Join Child Welfare?13
Energy and Freshness13
Hope13
Motivation13
Decision Making in Child Protection Social Workers14
External and Organizational Factors14
Case Factors16
Domestic Violence and Child Protection19
Defining Domestic Violence as a Child Protection Issue19
Child Protection Legislation with Respect to Domestic Violence20
Child-Saving, Materialism and Social Work Practice22
Considering the Power Differential23
Impact of Violence on Social Workers28
Variations in System Responses31
The Politics of Risk34
Risk Assessment and Safety Planning in Domestic Violence Cases37
Social Work in a Risk Society41
Risk is Gendered42
The Challenge for Social Work Practice44
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION45
Summary of Findings45
Limitations47
REFERENCES48
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY
This section of the study puts forward the research method is considered for the completion of this research. Not only this, this section also presents complete information about the type of instrument used for data and information collection so that a clear picture of the research method is understood by the reader. This chapter discusses the research method that is ...