Child Welfare In Canada 2000

Author : Federal/Provincial/Territorial Working Group on Child and Family Services Information (Canada)
Publisher : Hull, Quebec : The Secretariat
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Abused children
ISBN : UOM:39015061184050

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Child Welfare in Canada 2000 by Federal/Provincial/Territorial Working Group on Child and Family Services Information (Canada) Pdf

The introduction to this report provides a general overview of the common elements of provincial/territorial child welfare systems, including: the philosophy & goals of child & family services legislation; the service delivery systems; and a summary of the case management process. The main section is arranged by name of province or territory and presents specifics for each jurisdiction with respect to administration & service delivery, legislative & working definitions, mandatory reporting provisions, investigation of reports, child abuse/neglect protocols, First Nations services, voluntary agreements & court-ordered protection, descriptions of child abuse registers, and statistical charts.

Author : Kathleen Kufeldt
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780889207394

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Child Welfare by Kathleen Kufeldt Pdf

In 1994 a group of researchers and decision makers met to discuss the state of child welfare. Also present were a few practitioners and two youth in care. Six years later, when they met again, the number of practitioners and youth had grown considerably and were joined by a strong contingent of foster parents. Thus the findings and insights presented were affirmed or challenged by those most affected -- those on the front line. It was an exciting event, worth capturing in book form. Kathleen Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie have gathered the papers presented at the 2000 Symposium and have organised them under four themes: incidence and characteristics of child maltreatment; the continuum of care; policy and practice; and future directions. An analysis and synthesis of the work informs each of these themes, while an eight-point research agenda developed in an earlier symposium is used to assess developments to date and provide guidance for the future.

Author : Kenneth L. Levitt,Brian Wharf
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774844222

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Challenge of Child Welfare by Kenneth L. Levitt,Brian Wharf Pdf

'I think this book, in assembling the views of a distinguished group of professionals, can have a profound effect on child welfare theory and practice. These practitioners, critics and academics have much to say. I for one am grateful that their views are now conveniently available to all of us in this book.' -- from the foreword by Thomas R. Berger, Chairman, the British Columbia Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law The first Canadian text on child welfare, this work examines a number of issues which represent the state of the art of child welfare in Canada. Among the contributors are practitioners as well as academics from the fields of social work, child care, law and medicine. Important government studies and reports in the 1970's did much to define existing problems in child welfare and to provide directions for their solutions. The developments and research reported in this book add to their findings. Several main themes emerge in the book -- one being the lack of standardization of child welfare policy and practice in Canada since each province has its own regulations and policies. Other concerns common to many of the authors are the dismantling of social service programmes as a result of the current recession and the need for greater cooperation with the native Indian leadership in regard to the provision of child welfare services to the Indian community. Another important theme touched on by several authors concerns children in the care of welfare agencies. They discuss how adequate the range and quality of services are and how the effect of these services can be measured. The final theme centers on prevention and the early identification of families whose children may be at risk without certain support services. The point of view which transcends all the contributions supports an institutional approach, where a range of services is available to families to choose from, as opposed to the residual approach which regards government services as the last resort. While it is the latter view that is prevalent in Canda today, the authors argue that this represents a penny wise but pound foolish approach not only to child welfare but also to the broader field of social welfare.

Author : Marilyn Callahan,Sven Hessle,Susan Strega
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351755030

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Valuing the Field by Marilyn Callahan,Sven Hessle,Susan Strega Pdf

This title was first published in 2000: This text provides international perspectives on examples of best practice in child welfare and proposes organizational structures and policies to support this practice. Practice innovations span the range of child welfare services, including prevention, protection and out-of-family care. The contributors describe the child welfare context in each of their particular jurisdictions, producing an addition to the literature comparing child welfare in different countries. Moreover, existing books on the subject are primarily descriptive and examine overall child welfare legislation and policy. The work adopts an analytical approach, proposing policies and focusing on the largely unexamined topic of excellence in child welfare practice.

Author : Robert J. Flynn,Meagan Miller,Tessa Bell,Barbara Greenberg,Cynthia Vincent
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780776638041

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Young People in Out-of-Home Care by Robert J. Flynn,Meagan Miller,Tessa Bell,Barbara Greenberg,Cynthia Vincent Pdf

Child abuse is typically considered to be the most severe form of early adversity to which children or adolescents can be subjected. Maltreated young people seen as at the highest risk are likely to be placed in out-of-home care for their own protection, including foster care, kinship care, group care, or independent living. Young People in Out-of-Home Care is based on more than two decades of applied research and evaluation, conducted since 2000, as part of the ongoing Ontario Looking After Children (OnLAC) Project. The OnLAC project was based on a new child welfare approach known as Looking After Children, developed in the UK in the late 1980s and 1990s, to reform and improve services to vulnerable young people who were being looked after in out-of-home care. When launched in 2000, the OnLAC project “Canadianized” the UK approach and partnered with the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS) and some 20 children’s aid societies in the province. Since 2007, the Ontario government has mandated that local societies use the OnLAC method to plan services and monitor outcomes. Since 2000, the Ontario Looking After Children (OnLAC) project has gathered information on results and well-being from interviews with more than 35,000 young people in care, their caregivers, and their child welfare workers. Young People in Out- of-Home Care presents major project findings and lessons that promise to improve young people’s education, development, health, social and family relationships, mental health, and preparation for transition to community life.

Author : Joe Hudson,Burt Galaway
Publisher : Thompson Educational Pub.
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UIUC:30112000270436

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Child Welfare in Canada by Joe Hudson,Burt Galaway Pdf

Child welfare systems are being strained and stretched under the major social and economic changes taking place here and around the globe. Decision makers are struggling to develop policies and programs that better meet the needs of children and families while budgets are shrinking and deficits loom. Research based, policy-relevant information is crucial as they strive to make the decision. Child Welfare in Canada is a thorough summation of the current state of research on the broad area of child welfare in Canada. The text consists of 31 chapters, supplemented with over 50 statistical tables and graphs. The text concludes with a comprehensive agenda for the entire field of Canadian child welfare research. The themes of empowering and strengthening families, communities and social support networks, and providing family and cultural continuity for children are stressed throughout.

Author : Brian Wharf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Canada
ISBN : CORNELL:31924074071139

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Rethinking Child Welfare in Canada by Brian Wharf Pdf

Author : Veronica Strong-Boag
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781554587988

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Fostering Nation? by Veronica Strong-Boag Pdf

Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage explores the missteps and the promise of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments. It is the first volume to offer a comprehensive history of what life has meant for North America’s most disadvantaged Aboriginal and newcomer girls and boys. Gender, class, race, and (dis)ability are always important factors that bear on youngsters’ access to resources. State fostering initiatives occur as part of a broad continuum of arrangements, from social assistance for original families to kin care and institutions. Birth and foster parents of disadvantaged youngsters are rarely in full control. Children most distant from the mainstream ideals of their day suffer, and that suffering is likely to continue into their own experience of parenthood. That trajectory is never inevitable, however. Both resilience and resistance have shaped Canadians’ engagement with foster children in a society dominated by capitalist, colonial, and patriarchal power. Fostering Nation? breaks much new ground for those interested in social welfare, history, and the family. It offers the first comprehensive perspective on Canada’s provision for marginalized youngsters from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Its examination of kin care, institutions, state policies, birth parents, foster parents, and foster youngsters provides ample reminder that children’s welfare cannot be divorced from that of their parents and communities, and reinforces what it means when women bear disproportionate responsibility for caregiving.

Author : Lisa Merkel-Holguin,John D. Fluke,Richard D. Krugman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319933481

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National Systems of Child Protection by Lisa Merkel-Holguin,John D. Fluke,Richard D. Krugman Pdf

This volume provides a wide spectrum description analysis of the contemporary and well established child protection systems in a range of countries, such as Australia, Canada, Netherlands and Spain. It presents a brief orientation about the public and private systems involved in protecting children in each country. Further the book identifies current key policy and implementation drivers that orient the systems of child protection, such as children’s rights, family preservation, use of evidence and public health orientation. Finally it presents a critical analysis of the strengths and limitations of the systems, as well as, strategies for prospects for improving outcomes for children and their families.

Author : Children's Aid Society Foundation,Gail Aitken,Donald F. Bellamy,John McCullagh
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781554880546

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A Legacy of Caring by Children's Aid Society Foundation,Gail Aitken,Donald F. Bellamy,John McCullagh Pdf

Begun in 1891, the Children's Aid Society of Toronto is the largest child welfare agency in North America. It has played a leading roll as an advocate of children's welfare; it has been instrumental in influencing child welfare practice not only in Ontario but all of Canada and elsewhere. With an emphasis on the post-World War II period, A Legacy of Caring examines the political, social, and economic factors that led to changes within the society itself as well as developments in legislation and social policy. The society has been a training ground for many highly committed professionals who have gone on to be leaders in other governmental and nongovernmental agencies in Canada and abroad.

Author : Leslie T. Foster,Brian Wharf
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774840972

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People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia by Leslie T. Foster,Brian Wharf Pdf

People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia traces the evolution of policies and programs intended to protect children in BC from neglect and abuse. Analyzing this evolution reveals that child protection policy and practice has reflected the priorities of politicians and public servants in power. With few exceptions, efforts to establish effective programs have focused on structural arrangements, staffing responsibilities, and rules to regulate the practice of child welfare workers. Contributors to this book conclude that these attempts have been unsuccessful thus far because they have failed to address the impact of poverty on clients. The need to respect the cultural traditions and values of First Nations clients has also been ignored. Effective services require recognizing and remedying poverty's impact, establishing community control over services, and developing a radically different approach to the day-to-day practice of child welfare workers. People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia provides a crucial assessment of the state of child welfare in the province. Practitioners, scholars, and students in social work, child and youth care, education, and other human-service professions will find this book particularly important.

Author : Tree Foundation of Canada,Canada. Solicitor General Canada,Canada. Department of National Health and Welfare
Publisher : Government of Canada
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UIUC:30112041374593

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Inventory of Canadian Research and Demonstration Projects on Child Abuse and Neglect by Tree Foundation of Canada,Canada. Solicitor General Canada,Canada. Department of National Health and Welfare Pdf

Author : Katherine Covell,R. Brian Howe
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780889208568

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The Challenge of Children’s Rights for Canada by Katherine Covell,R. Brian Howe Pdf

Canada signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child over a decade ago, yet there is still a lack of awareness about and provision for children’s rights. What are Canada’s obligations to children? How has Canada fallen short? Why is it so important to the future of Canadian society that children’s rights be met? Prompted by the gap between the promise of children’s rights and the reality of their continuing denial, Katherine Covell and R. Brian Howe call for changes to existing laws, policies and practices. Using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as their framework, the authors examine the continuing problems of child poverty, child care, child protection, youth justice and the suppression of children’s voices. They challenge us to move from seeing children as parental property to seeing children as independent bearers of rights. In The Challenge of Children’s Rights for Canada, Canada’s obligations and the rights of children are examined from the perspectives of research and development in the fields of developmental psychology, developmental neuroscience, law and family policy. This timely and accessible book will be of interest to academics, policy-makers and anyone who cares about children and about taking children’s rights seriously.

Author : Canada. Department of National Health and Welfare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : OCLC:9224654

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Child Welfare in Canada by Canada. Department of National Health and Welfare Pdf

Author : Shereen Ismael
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0888644612

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Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State by Shereen Ismael Pdf

In 2005, 1.2 million children in Canada were living below the poverty level. This represents a 20 percent increase since 1989, the year that the federal government unanimously passed a resolution to eliminate child poverty by 2000. To understand the state of children's welfare, Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State reviews Canadian social policy reform, and discovers that the welfare of poor children is a casualty of the war on the welfare state launched by opposing political ideologies. This study surveys the shift from entitlement to charity from the perspective of social policy reform.