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I de Haan, K Manion - Social Work Now: The Practice Journal of Child …, 2011 - Citeseer
I de Haan, K Manion
Social Work Now: The Practice Journal of Child, Work & Family, 2011Citeseer
Working in child protection can feel like walking a tightrope, balanced between leaving a
child in a dangerous situation on the one side and intervention that might do more harm than
good on the other (Munro, 2007). Situations that require intervention from a child protection
agency are usually complex; it can be hard to determine what has happened in the past,
much less what might happen in the future. As highlighted in previous articles in this edition
of Social Work Now, assessment is the foundation of any intervention. We need to …
Working in child protection can feel like walking a tightrope, balanced between leaving a child in a dangerous situation on the one side and intervention that might do more harm than good on the other (Munro, 2007). Situations that require intervention from a child protection agency are usually complex; it can be hard to determine what has happened in the past, much less what might happen in the future.
As highlighted in previous articles in this edition of Social Work Now, assessment is the foundation of any intervention. We need to understand a situation in enough detail to be able to identify both risk and protective factors (Rutter, 1999). As Turnell and Edwards (1997, p. 181) explain:
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