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Towards knowledge‐based practice in complex child protection cases: a research‐based expert briefing

June Thoburn (University of East Anglia, UK)

Journal of Children's Services

ISSN: 1746-6660

Article publication date: 12 March 2010

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Abstract

This article is an extended version of an ‘experts’ briefing' commissioned to inform senior child welfare managers in English local authorities and voluntary agencies about the available evidence to inform the provision of effective services in complex child protection cases. It starts by noting how differences in the approach to service provision in different jurisdictions affect both the nature of research conducted and its transferability across national boundaries. It then summarises the characteristics both of parents who are likely to maltreat their children and also of the children most likely to be maltreated. The factors that make some families ‘hard to engage’ or ‘hard to help/change’ are then discussed, as are the essential elements of effective professional practice in child protection. Particular attention is paid to effective approaches to helping families and young people who are hard to identify or engage.

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Thoburn, J. (2010), "Towards knowledge‐based practice in complex child protection cases: a research‐based expert briefing", Journal of Children's Services, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 9-24. https://doi.org/10.5042/jcs.2010.0114

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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