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040 _aWSS
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100 _aMansell, James
_91626
245 _aThe underlying instability in statutory child protection :
_bunderstanding the system dynamics driving risk assurance levels
_cMansell, James
260 _aWellington
_bMinistry of Social Development
_c2006
300 _a36 p. ; computer file : PDF format (617Kb) ; computer file : Microsoft Word format (526Kb) ; computer file : World Wide Web
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520 _aThis research was initially motivated by a desire to understand the drivers behind the sudden surge in demand for statutory child protection investigation, as measured by client notifications to Child Youth and Family. The research was undertaken within a system-thinking framework. This entailed an iterative process of investigating the nature of the dynamics of the wider system underlying child protection, modelling this, and then testing it against organisational knowledge and through data analysis. The paper discusses the properties of the risk-screening process in child protection and it also reviews the evidence from the New Zealand situation, in particular, the pressures driving calls for increased risk assurance. A summary is given of the observations of changes in demand trends that accrued due to system pressures, and the proposed model is tested against the evidence and data analysis. The paper also summarises the model illustrating the system driving demand pressures that the child protection system is currently under. It provides an understanding of the root causes of the difficulties faced in providing assurance against the risk of abuse to children through the work of statutory protection agencies. The findings suggest that the underlying problem facing child protection is the instability of the level of risk assurance demanded, and that this instability is fundamental to the nature of the child protection system.
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_aCHILD NEGLECT
_9114
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_aCHILD PROTECTION
_9118
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_aCHILDREN
_9127
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_aCULTURAL ISSUES
_9177
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_aINTERVENTION
_9326
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_aPOLICY
_9447
650 2 4 _aSOCIAL SERVICES
_9555
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_aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
_9562
500 _aSocial Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2006, 28: 97-132
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_aPREVENTION
_2FVC
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_aCHILD ABUSE
_2FVC
651 2 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
_92588
773 0 _tSocial Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2006, 28: 97-132
856 4 _uhttp://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/journals-and-magazines/social-policy-journal/spj28/28-the-underlying-instability-in-statutory-child-protection-understanding-the-system-dynamics-driving-risk-assurance-levels-p97-132.html
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