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040			_aAFVC
100			_aKeddell, Emily _94218
245			_a'If you thought it was going to make a difference, you'd do it straight away ’: _bschool staff decisions to report to child protection _cEmily Keddell, Sarah Colhoun, Pauline Norris and Esther Willing
260			_bWiley, _c2025
490	0		_aChild & Family Social Work
500			_aChild & Family Social Work, 2025, First published online, 18 February 2025
520			_achool staff make reports of concern to child protection agencies when they have concerns about child abuse and neglect. This decision has significant consequences for children, parents and communities, and for the data reports generate. Decisions occur within an ecological system context containing external, organisational, case and decision-maker factors. This article reports on the findings of qualitative interviews with school staff in Aotearoa New Zealand regarding their reporting rationales. Findings show that judgement processes were embedded in the relationships participants had with parents and children. This improved information quality, the tailoring and acceptance of supports and understandings of risks and protective factors. Participants preferred to ‘support not report’ until a tipping point was reached. Perceptions of engagement, the availability of community support services and values influenced tipping points. Service availability differed by the socioeconomic position of the school, affecting threshold decisions. The threshold for report acceptance by Oranga Tamariki (statutory agency) was perceived as increasing, which, combined with bureaucratic problems, reduced confidence in reporting, created ethical conflicts and reduced reporting. A changing policy orientation towards family preservation has resulted in a reconstruction of the statutory role, but little increase of support service resources, nor a robust discussion about power, in the community sector. Implications for families, inequities, system design and research are discussed. (Authors' abstract). Record #9171
610		0	_97316 _aOranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children
650			_aATTITUDES _970
650			_aCHILD ABUSE _9103
650			_aKURA TUATAHI _913798
650			_aKURA KAUPAPA MĀORI _97623
650			_aMĀORI _9357
650			_aPATU TAMARIKI _95534
650			_aSCHOOLS _9515
650			_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650			_aTOKO I TE ORA _95247
651			_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
700			_aColhoun, Sarah _912761
700			_aNorris, Pauline _912762
700			_aWilling, Esther _912384
773	0		_tChild & Family Social Work, 2025, First published online, 18 February 2025
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13285 _zdoi: 10.1111/cfs.13285 (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews132