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The attitudes and beliefs of the child protection workforce and why they matter to children who live with violence
Authors:Kate Alexander  Cathy Humphreys  Sarah Wise  Albert Zhou
Institution:1. NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia;2. Department of Social Work, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Abstract:In Australia, like other developed countries, there has been an increase in reports to child protection services about children experiencing domestic violence. While there is research on the importance of the skills and knowledge of the child protection workforce for this growing problem, little is available about practitioner attitudes and beliefs. This paper presents findings on research undertaken in New South Wales, which is the most populated state in Australia. The research considered the attitudes and beliefs of the statutory child protection workforce about domestic violence. It relied on a large-scale survey of 1041 child protection practitioners. In order to compare the attitudes and beliefs of child protection workforce with those of the general community, the survey replicated questions from the Australian National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Surveys. Overall, the attitudes and beliefs of the workforce more closely reflected contemporary theory and evidence about domestic violence than those of the community. The research also examined variations in the attitudes and beliefs of the child protection workforce according to practitioner characteristics, finding variations by gender. The implications for the fields of child protection and social work are discussed.
Keywords:attitudes child protection  domestic violence  gender  social justice  social work
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