Using aggregated national data, this paper compares outcomes of Australian ‘child protection’ (CP) and Norwegian ‘child welfare services’ (CWS).We highlight each nation’s context and key elements of their CP/CWS organizations, ...

This article explores what the County Social Welfare Boards (CSWBs) emphasize in their decisions on appeals against emergency placements due to concerns of violence. A qualitative document analysis of 23 appeal cases focused ...

Denne bacheloroppgaven omhandler hva forskning sier om barns medvirkning i barnevernets undersøkelsesfase. Barnets medvirkning handler i denne sammenhengen om at barnet både skal få informasjon, bli lyttet til, samt få ...

Sammendrag: Denne masteroppgaven handler om hvordan barnevernsansatte erfarer og håndterer møter med minoritetsfamilier som har lav tillit til det norske barnevernet. Formålet med prosjektet er å belyse hvilke muligheter ...

The number of emergency placements of children has increased rapidly in Norway over the recent years. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about how parents experience the processes involved in emergency placements. We ...

Our point of departure in this chapter is to ask whether the avowed aim of a preventative approach in child protection, with strategies that set out to avoid the very large moral and economic costs of placement outside the ...

Det er i dag en allmenn oppfatning at barn har krav på trygge og gode oppvekstvilkår. Imidlertid er realiteten dessverre at mange omsorgsgivere ikke klarer å sikre dette for barna sine. Omsorgssvikt mot barn er en av de ...

Emergency placements in child welfare services have increased during the last 10 years in Norway. At the time of placement, some of these children have been in the child welfare system for several years. Based on qualitative ...

By the end of the 20th century, social class appeared to be an old-fashioned and outdated concept. Serious doubts were expressed about the theoretical and empirical relevance of social class in understanding inequalities ...

Alt for mange barn og unge opplever vold og overgrep i oppveksten, for å avdekke skadelige forhold og gi barna rett hjelp til rett tid må man snakke med dem. Barn utsatt for vold og overgrep sine rettigheter er ikke godt ...