| Publikationstyp: | Konferenz: Sonstiges |
| Art der Begutachtung: | Peer review (Abstract) |
| Titel: | Who is being helped? : the challenge of including adolescents in child protection |
| Autor/-in: | Lätsch, David Cyrill Tausendfreund, Tim Brink, Ida Ofelia |
| et. al: | No |
| Erschienen in: | Enhancing and sustaining social inclusion through social work research |
| Angaben zur Konferenz: | 11th European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR): Enhancing and sustaining social inclusion through social work research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 April 2022 |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 7-Apr-2022 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schlagwörter: | Guardianship; Best interest of the child; Child agency; Child protection mandate; Child support; Child deputyship |
| Fachgebiet (DDC): | 362.7: Jugendhilfe |
| Zusammenfassung: | Background: In the Swiss child protection system, when child well-being is endangered, social workers are often assigned to the family both to assist the family in improving the situation and to monitor the best interests of the child. We examined how caregivers and adolescents perceived these “child guardianships” in terms of participation, fairness, and impact. Methods: A client survey was combined with in-depth case studies. The survey included 213 caregivers (31 % fathers) and 86 adolescents (51 % girls). In the case studies, 19 caregivers and 10 adolescents were interviewed. Findings: A minority of caregivers had strong reservations about the fairness and efficacy of the guardianships. Fathers and German native-speaking caregivers perceived the guardian-ships as significantly less fair than did mothers and non-native speakers, respectively. More than half of adolescents reported they did not fully understand the objectives of the guardianship, and a majority said the support was not generally effective in improving their own situation or their family’s. In the interviews, adolescents often seemed to trust the social worker to be assisting the parent in some way, but they rarely saw the social worker as any help to themselves. Conclusions: The study examines a key challenge to child protection practice: how to directly include children and adolescents in support processes that are occasioned by perceived problems in the parents’ actions towards their children. Our findings reveal that under present circumstances in Switzerland, adolescents often feel detached. We conclude by considering cases that seemed to defy that rule. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/24899 |
| Volltext Version: | Publizierte Version |
| Lizenz (gemäss Verlagsvertrag): | Lizenz gemäss Verlagsvertrag |
| Departement: | Soziale Arbeit |
| Organisationseinheit: | Institut für Kindheit, Jugend und Familie (IKJF) |
| Publiziert im Rahmen des ZHAW-Projekts: | Familiäre Ressourcen in der Krise? |
| Enthalten in den Sammlungen: | Publikationen Soziale Arbeit |
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Lätsch, D. C., Tausendfreund, T., & Brink, I. O. (2022, April 7). Who is being helped? : the challenge of including adolescents in child protection. Enhancing and Sustaining Social Inclusion through Social Work Research.
Lätsch, D.C., Tausendfreund, T. and Brink, I.O. (2022) ‘Who is being helped? : the challenge of including adolescents in child protection’, in Enhancing and sustaining social inclusion through social work research.
D. C. Lätsch, T. Tausendfreund, and I. O. Brink, “Who is being helped? : the challenge of including adolescents in child protection,” in Enhancing and sustaining social inclusion through social work research, Apr. 2022.
LÄTSCH, David Cyrill, Tim TAUSENDFREUND und Ida Ofelia BRINK, 2022. Who is being helped? : the challenge of including adolescents in child protection. In: Enhancing and sustaining social inclusion through social work research. Conference presentation. 7 April 2022
Lätsch, David Cyrill, Tim Tausendfreund, and Ida Ofelia Brink. 2022. “Who Is Being Helped? : The Challenge of Including Adolescents in Child Protection.” Conference presentation. In Enhancing and Sustaining Social Inclusion through Social Work Research.
Lätsch, David Cyrill, et al. “Who Is Being Helped? : The Challenge of Including Adolescents in Child Protection.” Enhancing and Sustaining Social Inclusion through Social Work Research, 2022.
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