Children's and young people's participation within child welfare and child protection services: A state‐of‐the‐art review

GG Van Bijleveld, CWM Dedding… - Child & family social …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
This state‐of‐the‐art literature review, based on a literature search of multiple scientific
bibliographic databases, aims to shed light on what is known about barriers and factors …

A systematic review of children's participation in child protection decision‐making: Tokenistic presence or not?

K Toros - Children & Society, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
This article examines children's views on and experiences with participation in the child
protection system's decision‐making process. The systematic review follows the PRISMA …

Children's participation in child protection—How do practitioners understand children's participation in practice?

E Woodman, S Roche, M McArthur - Child & family social work, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Children's participation is essential to achieve good outcomes for children involved in child
protection systems. Despite this, research has consistently found children report low levels …

'You've got to trust her and she's got to trust you': Children's views on participation in the child protection system

J Cossar, M Brandon, P Jordan - Child & Family Social Work, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Participation by children in child protection remains a complex area of practice. This paper
presents findings from a qualitative study exploring the views of 26 children, aged 6–17 …

Children's participation: A new role for children in the field of child maltreatment

H Kosher, A Ben-Arieh - Child abuse & neglect, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The common image of children as vulnerable and needing protection has been destabilized
over the past decades. The ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of …

[HTML][HTML] Children's experiences with Child Protection Services: A synthesis of qualitative evidence

S Wilson, S Hean, T Abebe, V Heaslip - Children and youth services review, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background Research shows that young adults, previously in contact with Child Protection
Services (CPS) often have lower overall wellbeing when compared to their peers in the …

Too vulnerable to participate? Challenges for meaningful participation in research with children in alternative care and adoption

M Garcia-Quiroga, IS Agoglia - International journal of …, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, a significant amount of research has been conducted with children from a
rights perspective, especially concerning the right to be heard and participate. However …

Exploring the essence of enabling child participation within child protection services

GG van Bijleveld, JFG Bunders‐Aelen… - Child & Family …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The chances that children have to participate in child protection services are largely
contingent upon the attitudes and skills of case managers. They have a crucial role in …

Family engagement in the child welfare system: A sco** review

K Toros, DM DiNitto, A Tiko - Children and Youth Services Review, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Objective This article describes the results of a sco** review to better understand child
welfare professionals' and service users'(families' and children's) perspectives on and …

Social workers' perceptions of children's right to participation

H Kosher, A Ben‐Arieh - Child & family social work, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have witnessed a growing worldwide recognition for the need to incorporate
children's right to participate into the child welfare system. Yet studies show that most …