scholarly journals The Impact of Poverty on First Nations Mothers Attending a Parenting Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
Barbara Harris ◽  
Mary Russell ◽  
Annemarie Gockel
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Parenting Program ◽  
Family Preservation ◽  
Family Preservation Services ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mothers Experiences

Urban Aboriginal mothers’ experiences with Family Preservation Services indicate that while such interventions ameliorate the challenges they face, poverty is not adequately addressed. Prominent are the importance of prevention; attention to process; cultural context; and attention to actual needs, however, First Nations mothers (a) feel lucky when they get things they need, (b) feel ‘inadequate’ about the inability to manage finances, and, (c) perceive the lack of support in meeting needs to be a result of racism. As well, poverty often leads to forced compromises which can perpetuate risk of coming to the attention of child welfare.

Becoming Family Centered: Child Welfare's Challenge

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Family Preservation ◽  
Family Preservation Services ◽  
Child Welfare Agencies ◽  
Welfare Agencies ◽  
Family Centered ◽  
Family Support Services

The author discusses current challenges to increasing family-centered practice within child welfare agencies. The article focuses on two issues: (1) child welfare's collaboration with early-intervention and family-support services and (2) maintaining family-preservation services despite growing criticism of such services.

Family Preservation Services and Special Populations: The Invisible Target

1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramona W. Denby ◽  
Carla M. Curtis ◽  
Keith A. Alford
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Family Preservation ◽  
National Study ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Children Of Color ◽  
Family Preservation Services ◽  
Significant Bias

Children of color are especially vulnerable for a devastating outcome as a result of their living environment and are disproportionately represented within the child welfare system. Social workers, who are trained to mitigate the effects of social injustice and societal inconsistencies, particularly among minorities and oppressed populations, perpetuate the injustices associated with the child welfare system by ignoring the special needs of children of color when administering family preservation services. The authors present results from a national study that examined the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of family preservation workers regarding the service criterion based on whether a family is part of a special population. Results indicate a significant bias against targeting family preservation services to children of color.

Intensive family preservation programs: What are they?

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Scott
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Family Preservation ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Family Preservation Services ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Intensive Family Preservation Services ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Child Welfare Systems

This paper outlines the basic characteristics of intensive family preservation programs which have very recently been introduced into the child welfare systems of most Australian States. Typically these programs have been used to prevent placement or to assist families whose children are being returned to their care. Highly intensive and with 24 hour availability these short-term services draw on a range of theoretical approaches and are delivered in the family's home and natural environment. It is argued that Australia should avoid both the ‘cultural cringe’ and the ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’ in assessing what intensive family preservation services may have to offer us.

Family Preservation Services: A cautionary note

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Ainsworth
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Family Preservation ◽  
Cautionary Note ◽  
Family Preservation Services

The present interest in US style family preservation services is the focus of this article. The article sounds a cautionary note in relation to the development of these services in Australia. It does this by drawing attention to a recent influential evaluation of these services and to the differences between social work and child welfare practices in America and Australia.

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