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Determining the Skills for Child Protection Practice: Emerging From the Quagmire!

NCJ Number
228641
Journal
Child Abuse Review Volume: 18 Issue: 5 Dated: September-October 2009 Pages: 316-332
Author(s)
Majorie Keys
Date Published
October 2009
Length
17 pages
Annotation
This literature review attempts to establish the evidence-base for the learning and teaching of skills for child protection practice.
Abstract
This review generates an understanding about the wide range of activities that can be considered as child protection practice, and identifies a large number of skills that may be utilized in differing circumstances. The review does not achieve the aim of establishing a comprehensive evidence base to underpin the learning and teaching of skills, but could be the starting point for further study. However, some conclusions were able to be drawn and include evidence of the importance of a range of communication skills, whether child focused, carer focused, or interprofessional. Skills in managing conflict and challenge were found to be crucial, with the importance of role clarification being acknowledged. In addition, there was some evidence of the use of decisionmaking skills and problem-solving skills. This is the second paper in a series of two that presents and analyzes the results of an extended literature review. It analyzes the key findings of both stages of the literature review, identifying studies that reflected a range of skills recognized as having some value in areas of practice that could be considered as child protection. References