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Towards an Integrative and Inclusive Child Protection Practice

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  • Rácz, Andrea

    (University of Eötvös Loránd)

  • Bogács, Ernő

    (National Ofice for Rehabilitation and Social Affairs, Budapest, Hungary)

Abstract

The core aspect of the child welfare and protection thought focusing on the family and channelling commu¬nity resources, is that in order to preserve the unity of the family, it is necessary to widely introduce from the local community the services into the family’s life, thus mobilizing the internal resources of the family, and acknowledging parenting, as a social value. Integrative child protection safeguards and maintains the family’s responsibility focused on care, while it promotes the protection and widespread social acceptance of the rights of the child. Giving support is understood as a multidisciplinary and multidimensional process, aimed at the promotion of the well-being of children, the improvement of the life quality of each member of the family, and on long term the social integration of families with multiple problems. The present study examines which are the new directions in the Hungarian child protection system centred on social inclusion and foreseeing a system of complex services. In order to perform this inquiry, we present the professional experiences of two model programs: 1) parental skill development programs; 2) mobile application supporting the successful social integration of children and young adults in child care. The success of the presented innovations in child protection is further enhanced by the fact that these initiatives are built on the cooperation of several actors, addressing target group members (children/young people and their parents), professionals working in child welfare and child protection system, representatives of associated fields, and decision-makers. The joint iden¬tification and interpretation process of various issues include researches applying complex methodologies, developed for the assessment of the results.

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  • Rácz, Andrea & Bogács, Ernő, 2019. "Towards an Integrative and Inclusive Child Protection Practice," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 44, pages 143-160.
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    1. Schreiber, Jill C. & Fuller, Tamara & Paceley, Megan S., 2013. "Engagement in child protective services: Parent perceptions of worker skills," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(4), pages 707-715.
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    1. Martínez Virto, Lucía & Jaraiz Arroyo, Germán & Laparra Navarro, Miguel, 2019. "Políticas regionales de inclusión social: de la comparación a la innovación social y el aprendizaje mutuo," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 44, pages 5-14.

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    Keywords

    child protection targeting social integration; professional innovations; good practices; multidisciplinary; multidimensional helping process; complex services system;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy

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