CHILD PROTECTION

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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DECLARATION

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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 ...