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- Eriksson, Maria, 1969-, et al.
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Notions of risk, risk assessment and children's treatment needs, and the implementation of systematic risk assessment
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Aim: The aim of the paper is to discuss how the implementation of a structured risk- and safety interview may be affected by professionals’ views on domestic violence and risks for children, risk assessment and children’s treatment needs, as well as previous knowledge and experiences of other assessment instruments/models.Background: At present, there is ongoing work at a national level in Sweden to introduce evidence based methods in the field of domestic violence intervention. The paper draws on a recently completed research study in Sweden on the development of assessments of, and support interventions for, children subjected to violence, specifically the part of the project that aimed to implement a routine inquiry about parent reports on intimate partner violence and child abuse, and to try out a structured risk-/safety interview within social services and child and adolescent mental health units.Methods: The empirical data consists of group interviews with professionals from 18 different units that participated in the project. Out of the 18 units, 17 are run by local governments, two of which are specialized domestic violence units, one a family assessment centre, three women’s refuges/safe houses, and 11 ordinary child welfare/social services. One of the units is a non-profit organization providing support for children exposed to domestic violence.Findings: The professionals’ views on risk, risk assessment and children’s treatment needs when exposed to domestic violence are shaped by competing discourses on domestic violence, current in the Swedish national debate. There were some key differences in the way professionals working in the context of women’s refuges/safe houses and specialized domestic violence units managed to implement especially the structured risk-/safety interview, compared to the ordinary child welfare/social services. The extent to which professionals draw on a gendered discourse on domestic violence may account for some of these differences.Conclusion: The findings illustrate the need for careful consideration of institutional, organisational, and cultural aspects when developing evidence based practice in the field of domestic violence, specifically how methods and models with support in research will fit – or not fit – with established professional traditions.
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- Eriksson, Maria, 1969-, et al.
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Notions of risk, risk assessment and children’streatment needs, and the implementation of systematic risk assessment : Paper presented at the symposium “Challenges in implementing evidence based support to children exposed to domestic violence”
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- AimThe aim of the paper is to discuss how the implementation of a structured risk- and safety interview may be affected by professionals’ views on domestic violence and risks for children, risk assessment and children’s treatment needs, as well as previous knowledge and experiences of other assessment instruments/models.BackgroundAt present, there is ongoing work at a national level in Sweden to introduce evidence based methods in the field of domestic violence intervention. The paper draws on a recently completed research study in Sweden on the development of assessments of, and support interventions for, children subjected to violence, specifically the part of the project that aimed to implement a routine inquiry about parent reports on intimate partner violence and child abuse, and to try out a structured risk-/safety interview within social services and child and adolescent mental health units.MethodsThe empirical data consists of group interviews with professionals from 18 different units that participated in the project. Out of the 18 units, 17 are run by local governments, two of which are specialized domestic violence units, one a family assessment centre, three women’s refuges/safe houses, and 11 ordinary child welfare/social services. One of the units is a non-profit organization providing support for children exposed to domestic violence.FindingsThe professionals’ views on risk, risk assessment and children’s treatment needs when exposed to domestic violence are shaped by competing discourses on domestic violence, current in the Swedish national debate. There were some key differences in the way professionals working in the context of women’s refuges/safe houses and specialized domestic violence units managed to implement especially the structured risk-/safety interview, compared to the ordinary child welfare/social services. The extent to which professionals draw on a gendered discourse on domestic violence may account for some of these differences.ConclusionThe findings illustrate the need for careful consideration of institutional, organisational, and cultural aspects when developing evidence based practice in the field of domestic violence, specifically how methods and models with support in research will fit – or not fit – with established professional traditions.
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- Eriksson, Maria, 1969-, et al.
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Taking children exposed to intimate partner violence seriously? : developments in BBIC from 2006 to 2015
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- To improve child protection investigations the framework for assessment ”BBIC – Barns Behov I Centrum” [Children’s needs in the centre] was introduced in Sweden just after the new millennium, with the first full training resource published in 2006. There is a lack of research in Sweden about child protection work in cases of intimate partner violence generally and as regards BBIC specifically. However, a number of different sources indicate that there is a need for improvement of the BBIC system when it comes to this group of children at risk. For example, the national inspections of the local authorities’ work with abused women and children exposed to intimate partner violence carried out so far point to serious problems in child protection practice. Since BBIC was introduced the system has been amended and revised several times. A major revision was carried out in 2015. An important question is what these revisions may mean for the handling of cases of intimate partner violence. The aim of the paper is to map and assess how the issue of children’s exposure to violence has been addressed in the different versions of BBIC between 2006 and 2015. Surveying training resources and other documents from the last decade, we outline how there has been a gradual and partial inclusion of the issue of children’s exposure to violence over time, and discuss to what extent these amendments constitute a shift in perspective and emphasis major enough to be likely to impact positively on practice.
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