Towards Positive Systems of Child And Family Welfare: International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, And Community Caring Systems

by Freymond, Nancy; Cameron, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780802093714
• ISBN10: 080209371X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-13
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

The need for services that respond to the ?maltreatment? of children and to the struggles of families is at the core of social service systems in all developed nations. While these child and family welfare systems confront similar problems and incorporate common elements, there are substantial differences in philosophy, organization, and operation across international settings and models.In this new collection of essays, Nancy Freymond and Gary Cameron have brought together some of the finest international minds to provide an original and integrated discussion of child protection, family service, and community caring models of child and family welfare. The volume not only examines child protection and family service approaches within Western nations ? including Canada, the United States, England, the Netherlands, France, and Sweden ? it is also the first comparative study to give equal attention to Aboriginal community caring models in Canada and New Zealand.The comparisons made by the essays in this volume allow for a consideration of constructive and feasible innovations in child and family welfare and contribute to an enriched debate around each system. This book will be of great benefit to the field for many years to come.

Table of Contents

Overview
Understanding International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare	p. 3
Learning from Difference: Comparing Child Welfare Systems	p. 27
Child Protection Systems
Promoting Change from 'Child Protection' to 'Child and Family Welfare': The Problems of the English System	p. 53
Forming and Sustaining Partnerships in Child and Family Welfare: The American Experience	p. 84
Problems and Potential of Canadian Child Welfare	p. 118
Family Service Systems
The Plight of Paternalism in French Child Welfare and Protective Policies and Practices	p. 151
Child and Family Welfare in Sweden	p. 171
When One Door Shuts, Another Opens: Turning Disadvantages into Opportunities in Child and Family Welfare in the Netherlands	p. 191
Community Caring Systems
From Child Welfare to Child, Family, and Community Welfare: The Agenda of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples	p. 211
Maori Perspectives on Collaboration and Colonization in Contemporary Aotearoa / New Zealand Child and Family Welfare Policies and Practices	p. 237
First Nations Child and Family Services and Indigenous Knowledge as a Framework for Research, Policy, and Practice	p. 269
Conclusion
Learning from International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare	p. 289
Partners in Child Protection and Well-Being	p. 319
Guiding Principles for Building Partnerships	p. 321
Timeline of the Evolution of the French Child Protection System	p. 323
Glossary	p. 327
References	p. 331
List of Contributors	p. 357
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