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_aKeddell, Emily _94218 |
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_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 |
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_bWiley, _c2025 |
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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 | ||
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_97316 _aOranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children |
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_aATTITUDES _970 |
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_aCHILD ABUSE _9103 |
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_aKURA TUATAHI _913798 |
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_aKURA KAUPAPA MĀORI _97623 |
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_aMĀORI _9357 |
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_aPATU TAMARIKI _95534 |
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_aSCHOOLS _9515 |
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_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555 |
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_aTOKO I TE ORA _95247 |
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_aNEW ZEALAND _92588 |
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_aColhoun, Sarah _912761 |
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_aNorris, Pauline _912762 |
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_aWilling, Esther _912384 |
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773 | 0 | _tChild & Family Social Work, 2025, First published online, 18 February 2025 | |
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_uhttps://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13285 _zdoi: 10.1111/cfs.13285 (Open access) |
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