Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Knowledge, skills and vales for good practice
- Respect
- Young boy recalling his
experience of mistreatment from
his step family and the
consequences resulting in a
series of foster placements
- Social workers did not show him respect because they did not
express a genuine interest in learning about his case.
- For instance, by having
to refer to case notes
rather than remembering
certain details and
mis-spelling his name
- Respect was a key
value for this young
person, which got
overlooked he
mentions that small
details like the correct
spelling of his name
- All he had
left that
gave him
an identity
- Non-judgemental
- Non-judgemental and open-minded
- UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child (UNCRC) promotes three key areas;
participation, protection and provision
- Audio clips from health
visitors, midwives, youth
and youth justice workers
- Good communication
- Pedagogy of listening
(Reggio Emilia) This concept
involves listening to children
and families to fully
understand their questions,
ideas and thought.
- Pedagogy of listening can be
very useful when practitioners
are assessing the needs of a
child with a disability.
- Goodley and Runswick-Cole
interviewing parents with children of
various disabilities’
- Clinical diagnoses
were often “useless”
because the
practitioners were
simply labelling
children
- The parents mentioned
they felt better guidance
was given through
support group. which
gave them opportunity
to talk freely
- Empowering
- Empowerment is a key
democratic value which
involves listening to the needs
of the young person and
empowering them to find
solutions.
- Davies focuses on values that
share power and knowledge with
children and young people rather than
being an authoritative figure.
- Zoe who was encouraged to explore and
discuss her experience of a family break-up
using the metaphor of “Doctor Who and Martha”.
- It is important for children
to explore and find their own
solutions for the problems
they face. Davies encourages
this through the use of
dialogue
- Davies encourages
this through the use of
dialogue and role-play
which empowers the
child to lead the
session, rather than
being led by the
counsellor
- Establishing a professional
relationship
- Practitioners working
with children and young
people promote values
which uphold ethical
practice.
- Values should be
considered alongside
practice codes, principles
and rules to ensure
ethical practice when
making decisions
- It is important to consider that
the decisions being made by
practitioners may also be
affected by their own personal
values, principles and beliefs
- These personal values
could have a major
influence on how
practitioners engage with
children and young
people in practice.
- Knowledge of legislation and
rightsframeworks
- UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child
(UNCRC) promotes three
key areas; participation,
protection and provision
- Mags - traveller lady - fearing
hostility and discrimination
- Social policy can be directly
and indirectly influenced by
international developments
and international comparisons
- Rights frameworks
(such as the UNCRC)
address inequalities and
discrimination, working
towards creating a more
inclusive society
- Civil law and
common law
- Criminal law deals with crimes
that were investigated by the
police and Crown Prosecution
Service is on the harvest the state.
- Before you can be
convicted there must be
evidence stating that you
are guilty “beyond a
reasonable doubt”.
- Judges, jury and
magistrates decide whether
cases are guilty or not.
- The criminal courts can be used
to prosecute an individual who is
neglectful or abusive towards a
child.
- A local authority can apply to a
civil court for care proceedings
to ensure that the child is safe.
- Civil law concerns
cases involving
disputes between
individuals, such as
where there is a
court order
because two
parties cannot
agree
- The court decides on the balance of
probabilities rather than guilty or not guilty.
Examples of civil cases could be disputes
between parents
- Hannah's storey
choosing not to
have a transplant
- The courts eventually dropped the
case and Hannah was allowed to
die with dignity.
- Jodie and Mary
conjoined twins -
children's rights were
more significance than
the rights of the parents
and the court was able to
override their wish