The more we change the more we stay the same: Canadian child welfare systems? response to child well-being

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作者
Fallon, Barbara [1 ]
Joh-Carnella, Nicolette [1 ,3 ]
Houston, Emmaline [1 ]
Livingston, Eliza [1 ]
Trocme, Nico [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Factor Inwentash Fac Social Work, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] McGill Univ, Sch Social Work, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[3] 246 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V4, Canada
关键词
Child welfare; Policy; Differential response; Risk assessment; NEGLECT; ABUSE;
D O I
10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106031
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D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
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1204 ;
摘要
Background: Child welfare services in Canada are guided by a dual mandate: to protect children from imminent harm and to promote their optimal development and well-being. To understand how child welfare systems respond to this dual mandate, Trocme ' et al. (2014) developed a taxonomy to classify child welfare investigations as either being related to urgent protection or chronic needs. Objective: To extend Trocme ' et al.'s (2014) analysis using data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2019 (CIS-2019). Participants and setting: The CIS-2019 employs a file review methodology to collect information on child maltreatment-related investigations conducted in Canada in 2019. The study's unweighted sample included 41,948 investigations involving children aged 0-15 years. Methods: Secondary analyses of the CIS-2019 were conducted including frequency counts and bivariate analyses. Results: Ninety percent of investigations conducted in Canada in 2019 were focused on concerns related to chronic needs. Most investigations (90.9 % of urgent protection investigations and 98.3 % of chronic needs investigations) did not involve physical harm to the child. Urgent protection investigations were less likely to have been previously investigated and more likely to be substantiated, involve a child welfare court application, or involve a placement in out-of-home care. Conclusions: Most child welfare investigations in Canada continue to be focused on chronic needs. Yet, the investigation response seems designed to respond to urgent protection concerns. A truly differential model is needed to appropriately respond to the dual mandate of Canadian child welfare services and better serve children and families.
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