Agency support for at-risk families: service provision, challenges and effective elements for intervention.

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dc.contributor.authorWhitcombe-Dobbs, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorAhuriri-Driscoll, Annabel
dc.contributor.authorTarren-Sweeney, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-29T23:14:21Z
dc.date.available2024-10-29T23:14:21Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThere is an urgent need to locate effective interventions for parents involved with child protection services (CPS), Oranga Tamariki in Aotearoa New Zealand. This article describes a qualitative research study that sought to understand: (1) the nature of service provision to families; (2) workers’ perceptions of challenges and effective treatment components in delivering intervention; and (3) effective practices for working with Māori. Participants were staff members working within NGOs, providing interventions to families with ongoing Oranga Tamariki involvement. Data comprised responses to semi-structured interviews (n = 9), interpreted using thematic analysis. Findings highlighted that all participants worked within family homes to deliver intervention, and drew on Te Whare Tapa Whā. Challenges included ongoing child maltreatment concerns and participants’ sense of responsibility for keeping children safe whilst being unable to do so adequately within their non-mandated roles. Perceived effective elements were: strong relationships, transparency, and having courageous conversations when needed. For indigenous clients, self-determination and the effects of colonisation were of prime importance. Themes highlighted responsive practice, with a pragmatic understanding that family priorities may not always align with professional views. This is consistent with international findings regarding challenges in delivering parenting interventions and identifies potential essential components for effective practice. HIGHLIGHTS . Practitioners’ perceptions of essential elements to effective practice included: strong relationships, honesty, reciprocity, and directness regarding child protection concerns. . Effective practices seen to be particular to working with Māori families were trusting, reciprocal relationships and ensuring self determination and autonomy. . Ethical tensions and a sense of complicity and helplessness at times were described, with ongoing child protection concerns evident
dc.identifier.citationWhitcombe-Dobbs S (2023). Agency support for at-risk families: service provision, challenges and effective elements for intervention.. University of Sussex, United Kingdom: International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EUSARF). 12/09/2023-15/12/2023. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 1-21.
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1080/1177083x.2024.2417663
dc.identifier.issn1177-083X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/107710
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stated
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectchild maltreatment
dc.subjectparenting intervention
dc.subjectpractitioner perspectives
dc.subject.anzsrc44 - Human society::4409 - Social work::440902 - Counselling, wellbeing and community services
dc.subject.anzsrc52 - Psychology::5205 - Social and personality psychology::520501 - Community psychology
dc.subject.anzsrc52 - Psychology::5201 - Applied and developmental psychology::520101 - Child and adolescent development
dc.subject.anzsrc42 - Health sciences::4206 - Public health::420601 - Community child health
dc.subject.anzsrc42 - Health sciences::4203 - Health services and systems::420305 - Health and community services
dc.subject.anzsrc45 - Indigenous studies::4510 - Te hauora me te oranga o te Māori (Māori health and wellbeing)::451021 - Ngā taiohi me ngā whānau Māori (Māori youth and family)
dc.subject.anzsrc45 - Indigenous studies::4510 - Te hauora me te oranga o te Māori (Māori health and wellbeing)::451015 - Te hauora me te oranga tūmatanui o te Māori (Māori public health and wellbeing)
dc.subject.anzsrc45 - Indigenous studies::4510 - Te hauora me te oranga o te Māori (Māori health and wellbeing)::451003 - Ngā tokoingoa ahurea o te hauora o te Māori (Māori cultural determinants of health)
dc.subject.mshHauora | Health::Ora | Alive; Living; Well-being::Hauora whānau | Whakaoranga whānau; Family health
dc.titleAgency support for at-risk families: service provision, challenges and effective elements for intervention.
dc.typeConference Contributions - Other
uc.collegeFaculty of Health
uc.departmentSchool of Health Sciences
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