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
Metadata only available from this repository.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 |
Related URLs: | |
Depositing User: | Sharon Beastall |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2016 11:13 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 11:58 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26974 |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
Repository Staff Only: item control page
![]() |
View Item |