Implementing the contextual safeguarding approach: a study in one local authority.
Purpose: This study aims to explore how local authority child and family practitioners understood and implement the contextual safeguarding approach focusing, in particular, on what practitioners felt supported and hindered implementation. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative study drew upo...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Children's Services Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 221 - 237 |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=158817065&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 158817065 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17466660 1XPH jtl: Journal of Children's Services issn: 17466660 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2022 vid: 17 iid: 3 pid: 465 pub: Emerald Publishing Limited artinfo: ui: 158817065 158817065 158817065 10.1108/JCS-10-2021-0043 158817065 ppf: 221 ppct: 16 formats: tig: atl: Implementing the contextual safeguarding approach: a study in one local authority. aug: au: Wilson, Nathaniel Diaz, Clive Usubillaga, Juan affil: Department of Children's Services, Cardiff County Council, Cardiff, UK sug: subj: Child Welfare Work Experiences Implementation Science Social Worker Attitudes Human England Qualitative Studies Semi-Structured Interview Focus Groups Thematic Analysis Collaboration Administrative Personnel Audiorecording ab: Purpose: This study aims to explore how local authority child and family practitioners understood and implement the contextual safeguarding approach focusing, in particular, on what practitioners felt supported and hindered implementation. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative study drew upon semi-structured interviews and focus groups to explore the perspectives of 18 frontline workers, team managers and senior managers in a London authority. The transcribed accounts were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings: Participants reported that the strain on services because of sustained budget cuts was overwhelming, even without the additional challenge of implementing this new approach. Further challenges in relation to implementation included parental-capacity focused legislation and conflicting perspectives between stakeholders. This study recommends that proper funding must be committed to safeguarding partnerships if contextual safeguarding is to be successfully implemented. Additionally, child protection practitioners should aim to develop a collaborative and child-welfare focused network of community agencies and organisations if young people are to be safeguarded in their communities. Research limitations/implications: As the sample required specialist knowledge to participate in this study, this study cannot claim that the findings are generalisable to all social workers. Originality/value: To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first external evaluation of the implementation of the contextual safeguarding approach in a local authority independent of the contextual safeguarding team at the University of Bedfordshire since the evaluation of Hackney. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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