Chapter 5: Children

Question 1

is child welfare system federal or provincial?

Answer 1

provincial

Question 2

a group of public+private services focused on ensuring that all children live in safe, permanent, stable enviros that support their well-being

Answer 2

child welfare system

Question 3

six key activities of child welfare:

Answer 3

child and family investigation, family support, child placement, foster care, guardianship, adoption

Question 4

practice model for effective decision making?

Answer 4

professional expertise–>client state/circumstances, preferences/actions, research evidence–>organizational mandate/resources/constraints, training/supervision, community–>professional context, economic context, political context, socio/historical context

Question 5

person who was a child welfare pioneer that founded the Toronto Humane Society and helped establish Children’s Aid Societies and Ontario Children’s Protection Act

Answer 5

Kelso

Question 6

last province to adopt child welfare legislation:

Answer 6

Quebec

Question 7

child welfare originally entrenched in ____ paradigm

Answer 7

child-saving

Question 8

In the 1920s, started thinking __ care better than ___ care

Answer 8

family; institutional

Question 9

this report brought to light extent of child sexual abuse in Canada

Answer 9

Badgley

Question 10

first clinical diagnosis of child abuse called:

Answer 10

battered child syndrome

Question 11

post war trends:

Answer 11

volunteers –> professionalized , provincial gov accept direct responsibility for service delivery, SW agencies develop risk assessment models and standardized record keeping, institution/protection –> non-institution/prevention

Question 12

risk assessments estimate ____

Answer 12

likelihood of maltreatment and severity

Question 13

alternative responses to risk assessment?

Answer 13

investigative track that assesses safety and risk factrs, assessment track that focuses on family strengths and needs and voluntary support services available to family

Question 14

why moving toward more family centred approach?

Answer 14

more collaborative and flexible, responds to needs of children and family, encourage all parties to seek alternatives to court disputes

Question 15

examples of collaborative approaches:

Answer 15

family group conference, mediation, cultural/traditional decision making, signs of safety

Question 16

want to balance ___ approach and ____ approach

Answer 16

best interests; least restrictive

Question 17

stages of family group conference:

Answer 17

introductions, information, private family time, the plan

Question 18

child maltreatment involves acts of _____ that result in ____

Answer 18

commission or omission; harm, potential for harm, threat of harm

Question 19

5 broad categories of child maltreatment:

Answer 19

physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, emotional maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence

Question 20

what is CIS?

Answer 20

Canadian Incidence Study of reported child abuse and neglect

Question 21

2 most frequent categories of maltreatment:

Answer 21

exposure to domestic violence and neglect (1/3 of all)

Question 22

form of maltreatment most likely require med treatment, associated with child fatality, and re-opened if case closed

Answer 22

neglect

Question 23

important structural interventions and practices:

Answer 23

housing, substance use, poverty (greatest)

Question 24

placement of choice for young kids vs older kids:

Answer 24

foster home vs. group home

Question 25

factors that influence experience at group home:

Answer 25

creating extrafamilial enviro, responding to pain/pain-based behaviour, developing sense of normality

Question 26

what is NOM?

Answer 26

national child welfare oucomes indicator matrix

Question 27

NOM 4 domains:

Answer 27

child’s safety, child’s well being, permanence, family/community support

Question 28

goals of Campaign2000:

Answer 28

raise and protect basic living standards of families , improve life chances of all children to fulfill potential, ensure availability of secure/affordable housing to all children, create and strengthen family support/community resources to empower families provide best care for children

Question 29

average child poverty rate of Indigenous is ___ while average is ____

Answer 29

40; 17

Question 30

campaign2000’s 2 recommendations in response to child poverty for indigenous:

Answer 30

1) plan to prevent/eradicate family poverty in Indigenous families developed in conjunction with indigenous organizations
2) commitment by fed gov and provinces to implement Jordan’s principle

Question 31

child welfare legislation and policy organized around 2 frameworks:

Answer 31

family support, child protection

Question 32

is urgent protection or chronic need more common?

Answer 32

chronic need

Question 33

initial response to reports of abuse/neglect steps:

Answer 33

receive report, obtain complete info, assess motivation/credibility, check records, determine if investigation needed, develop investigation plan, document reported abuse/neglect

Question 34

workers often interview children at ____

Answer 34

school

Question 35

4 possible investigative outcomes:

Answer 35

complaint not substantiated, protection concern substantiated by child remain at home, pretection concern substantiated and child remains at home but may need protection (need safety plan), protection concern substantiated and child removed from home

Question 36

case management activities include:

Answer 36

1) assessment 2) planning 3) linking clients and services 4) monitoring the quality of services provided 5) advocacy

Question 37

FGC originate from ___

Answer 37

New Zealand

Question 38

4 main stages of FGC:

Answer 38

1) meeting where professionals inform family of concerns 2) private family time 3) meeting where plan presented to professionals 4) implementation and review of plan

Question 39

best practices suggest that strong youth participation in ____ is important factor in developing resilience and continuing aftercare

Answer 39

discharge planning

Question 40

4 areas that social workers should focus when intervening with youth/children in care:

Answer 40

1) explain child’s rights 2) recognize acting out and manipulation signal young ppl searching for own voice 3) assign consistent social workers willing to forge positive and understanding relationship 4) acknowledge insidious and everpresent experience of trauma and neglect