Child welfare workers' practice in cases involving domestic violence |
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Authors: | Chantal Bourassa Chantal Lavergne Dominique Damant Geneviève Lessard Pierre Turcotte |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work, Université de Moncton, Canada;2. Centre de recherche universitaire pour le développement social des jeunes, IRDS, Canada;3. School of Social Work, Université de Montréal, Canada;4. School of Social Work, Université Laval, Canada |
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Abstract: | This paper reports the findings of an exploratory and qualitative study of child welfare workers' practice in cases involving domestic violence. The research aimed to focus on child welfare workers' interventions with families experiencing domestic violence, elements influencing the child welfare workers' decisions, and the factors facilitating and creating obstacles for intervention. An analysis of the qualitative data showed that child welfare workers have different ways of intervening in cases involving domestic violence. Also, the interventions were especially centred on women victims of violence and they were held responsible for protecting their children. Finally, the dilemmas and difficulties which child welfare workers face in these cases are discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | child welfare practices domestic violence children exposed to domestic violence |
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