Empowerment in Child Protection Work: Values, Practice and Caveats
作者:
Sharon McCallum,
Isaac Prilleltensky,
期刊:
Children&Society
(WILEY Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 1
页码: 40-50
ISSN:0951-0605
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00456.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The purpose of this paper is to examine the employment of an empowerment framework in the context of child protection work. In order to explore this we offer a definition of empowerment that is based on its three key essential values: self‐determination, collaboration and democratic participation, and distributive justice. Following an explanation of these values we identify possibilities and limitations for applying these principles in child protection practice. The discussion centres around necessary and sufficient conditions for the employment of empowerment guidelines, and dilemmas associated with their implementation. Finally, we reflect on the challenges of advancing an empowering agenda in child protectio
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