doi.org/10.1017/S1035077200010889
Article type: Original Research
1 January 2005
Volume 30 Issue 4
doi.org/10.1017/S1035077200010889
Article type: Original Research
1 January 2005
Volume 30 Issue 4
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How can a strengths approach increase safety in a child protection context?
Di O’Neil1
Affiliations
1 St Luke’s Anglicare, PO Box S15, Bendigo. Vic, d.o’neil@stlukes.org.au
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Di O’Neil1
Affiliations
1 St Luke’s Anglicare, PO Box S15, Bendigo. Vic, d.o’neil@stlukes.org.au
CITATION: O’Neil D. (2005). How can a strengths approach increase safety in a child protection context? Children Australia, 30(4), 1552. doi.org/10.1017/S1035077200010889
Abstract
Child protection is one of the most difficult fields for social welfare professionals to work within. Being an enabler on one hand and an agent of social control on the other, can create a dichotomy that leaves practitioners feeling like they need a different set of skills to do each component. Maybe a strengths approach framework can provide the link between the two. A strengths approach is greater than a set of strengths-based tools. It is a way of conceptualising the organisation and delivery of child protection services. This article expresses the current views of a practitioner with 37 years experience in the child and family welfare field.