A systematic review of children’s participation in child protection decision‐making: Tokenistic presence or not?

This article examines children's views on and experiences with participation in the child protection system's decision‐making process. The systematic review follows the PRISMA statement and includes 12 peer‐reviewed articles published in academic journals from 2006 to 2017. Findings sugges...

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Published in:Children & society Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 395 - 411
Main Author: Toros, Karmen
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2021
Subjects:
child participation
child protection
Child welfare
Children
Children & youth
children's rights
Decision making
Intervention
Participation
Protection
systematic literature review
Systematic review
Workers
ISSN:0951-0605, 1099-0860
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Summary:This article examines children's views on and experiences with participation in the child protection system's decision‐making process. The systematic review follows the PRISMA statement and includes 12 peer‐reviewed articles published in academic journals from 2006 to 2017. Findings suggest that children's contact with their worker was limited or non‐existent, which minimised opportunities to express views regarding their situation; child–worker contacts lacked dialogue, information about the process of intervention and trusting relationships, meaning that without a voice, children were not engaged in making decisions. Although data are limited, they suggest little or no dialogue with children by child protection workers. Furthermore, children voiced their experiences of not being informed of or understanding the process or decisions made about their lives.
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ISSN:0951-0605
1099-0860
DOI:10.1111/chso.12418