Ireland's Opportunity to Learn from England's Difficulties? Auditing Uncertainty in Child Protection

Featherstone, Brid, White, Sue and Wastell, Dave (2012) Ireland's Opportunity to Learn from England's Difficulties? Auditing Uncertainty in Child Protection. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 12 (1). ISSN 1393-7022

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Abstract

This article draws from the authors’ experiences of research in England on aspects of New Labour’s reforms in the field of child protection to counsel caution against standardisation processes currently underway in the Republic of Ireland. It is argued that such processes are deeply problematic when dealing with the complexity of child protection work. Alternatives to standardisation are offered drawing from the literature on systems design. Such alternatives are likely to build confidence and trust in services

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research
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Depositing User:	Sharon Beastall
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2016 11:13
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2016 11:13
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26974

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