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100			_aWilkins, David _913002
245			_aRisk perceptions and experience in child protection decision-making : _ba comparative study of student social workers in Wales and Aotearoa New Zealand _cDavid Wilkins and Emily Keddell
260			_bElsevier, _c2024
500			_aChildren and Youth Services Review, 2024, First published online, 4 May 2024
520			_aDecision making in child protection is the product of interacting factors between workers, organizations, families, and macro social structures. Individual perceptions of risk, safety, and harm, as one piece of this complex puzzle, are important to understand. This article reports on a comparative study of social work students in two countries: Wales and Aotearoa New Zealand. Using a mixed methods survey and a staged vignette (in which the situation becomes progressively more serious), we found there were similarities between respondents from the two countries in their perceptions of risk, safety and harm, and their reasoning processes. Beneath this broad consensus, respondents from Wales rated the level of harm to the children lower at earlier stages but were more likely to say the case should meet the threshold for statutory intervention. Risk-averse respondents were more likely to conclude the children experienced serious harm and also that the case should meet the threshold for statutory intervention. These differences largely disappeared by the concluding stage. Qualitative analysis shows that the reasoning processes used to explain risk, safety, and plan goals were similar between the two countries. Some nuanced differences emerged in relation to a risk-averse group from Aotearoa New Zealand emphasizing the importance of continuing engagement with professional services as a sign of change. Implications are discussed, particularly for workforce development and the needs of newly qualified social workers. (Authors' abstract). Record #8712
610			_aOranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children _97316
650			_aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650			_aCHILD WELFARE _9124
650			_aINTERVENTION _9326
650		4	_aRISK MANAGEMENT _9506
650		4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650			_aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE _9562
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aUNITED KINGDOM _92604
651			_aWALES _92637
700			_aKeddell, Emily _94218
773	0		_tChildren and Youth Services Review, 2024, First published online, 4 May 2024
830			_aChildren and Youth Services Review _94699
856			_yDOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107623 (Open access) _uhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107623
856			_uhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516149/community-groups-feel-ignored-by-oranga-tamariki-study _yRead elated news item, RNZ, 9 May 2024
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews128