How early is early intervention and who should get it? Contested meanings in determining thresholds for intervention

Kylie Valentine and Ilan Katz

Children and Youth Services Review, 2015, vol. 55, issue C, 121-127

Abstract: The latest wave of reforms of the child protection system in Australia have been based on attempts to provide support to all families with vulnerable children, rather than increasing surveillance of ‘at risk’ families and forensic responses to incidents of maltreatment. This includes a drive to widen the remit of child protection from the statutory child protection agency and involve other government agencies such as health and education as well as the non-government sector in child protection. This paper reports on the effects of one such reform, the NSW initiative Keep Them Safe. It focuses on the classification of families as needing either early intervention or intensive support, using thematic analysis of qualitative interview data.

Keywords: Child protection systems; Early intervention; Engagement; Thresholds; Qualitative evaluation research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.05.014

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