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Developing innovative models of practice at the interface between the NHS and child and family social work where children living at home are at risk of abuse and neglect: a scoping review

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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:10 authored by Barry Luckock, Jane Barlow, Chris Brown
The case has been made for introducing a rights-based, public health approach to child protection in England. A continuum of prevention is proposed, with multi-agency responses calibrated more carefully to the level of risk identified by children, parents and practitioners. The aim was to allocate inter-professional authority and resources in such a way as to ensure the safeguarding response is proportionate to the nature and level of concerns expressed and reliable in achieving good outcoSmes for children and parents alike. Recent research findings confirm the need for new models of service alignment and interprofessional responsibility at the interface of ‘primary’ and ‘specialist’ health-care services and ‘children’s social care’, where significant safeguarding concerns are raised. This paper reports the findings of a scoping study, designed to establish the extent to which innovative practice methodologies have been implemented and evaluated in England to date. While the evidence to support the effectiveness of specific practice methodologies and contrasting logics of service design and implementation is shown to be very limited still, achieving reliability and legitimacy in the safeguarding elationships established at the service interface seems to depend on the integrity of the dialogue facilitated in each case.

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‘Evaluation of the role and Impact of Innovative Models of Interfacing between the NHS and Children’s Social Care to Improve Outcomes for Children at Risk of Abuse and Neglect’; Department of Health

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Child and Family Social Work

ISSN

1365-2206

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

S4

Volume

22

Page range

62-69

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  • Education Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-03-03

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-12-07

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