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Family Group Conferencing : Assessing the long-term effectiveness of an alternative approach in child protection Final Report : Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare December 2006
2007 •
Sandra Cunning
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Outcomes of family group conferencing in Sweden
2004 •
Knut Sundell
2000 •
Christopher Trotter
Family Group Conferencing (FGC) in child protection is a method of involving families in planning. This paper reports on a study undertaken in the Victorian child protection system, which examined (1) the extent to which the Victorian FGC program actually involves families in the planning process, (2) the extent to which FGC develops case plans which are appropriate, and (3) the extent to which FGC develops case plans which are sustained over time. Researchers observed 28 conferences and phone interviews were conducted with more than 100 participants including family members, staff members and representatives of non-government agencies providing placement and support services. The results suggest that FGC is more successful in involving family members in case planning than more traditional planning processes. Family members believe that FGC leads to more appropriate case plans which are more likely to be sustained. Child protection workers on the other hand believe that more appropr...
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Long term and immediate outcomes of family group conferencing in Washington State
2001 •
Nancy Shore
Critical Commentary Examining the Effects of Family Group Conferencing with Randomised Controlled Trials: The Golden Standard? British Journal of Social Work Advance Downloaded from
Gideon Jong, Tineke Abma
Scholars in the Netherlands have recently questioned the evidence for the efficacy of Family Group Conferencing (FGC). Their criticism is that the research projects on FGC which have been carried out so far to examine its impact are meaningless, as there are only few studies which incorporated a randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. In this critical commentary, we, however, argue why one can question the rigour of the outcomes of FGC evaluated by RCTs. We make a comparison with how RCTs are conducted in clinical studies. Can RCTs of FGC claim the same robustness as psychological and medical sciences, the fields wherein the RCT design was originally established? Given the difficulty to control conditions in the social reality of families and the impact of unintended side effects that are not taken into account within an RCT design, larger samples are needed to provide real meaningful significant results. The state of the art of research into FGC deserves nuance. Questioning the qualitative and evaluation methods that have been used so far to examine the outcomes of FGC is justified, and neither is there any reason to be uncritical towards the evidence that RCTs might provide.
What Works Centre for Children's Social Care
Impact of shared decision-making family meetings on children's out-of-home care, family empowerment and satisfaction: a systematic review
2020 •
Jennifer Owen
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2005 •
Gale Burford
Developing an evaluation of family group conferencing across Wales
2011 •
Abyd Aziz
Family group conferences (FGCs) were developed in New Zealand in the 1980s and from there began to be used across the world. The model puts decision making in the hands of families with professionals as resources in cases where the welfare of children was concerned. As a relatively new intervention, the model has undergone a range of scrutiny and discussion. This research project was set up to develop an evaluation tool that was then used in number of projects across Wales. In line with FGC philosophy, the views of users of FGC services (families, referrers and FGC workers) were sought in developing the tool. An audit of evaluation carried out by FGC services in Wales and England was undertaken to inform semi-structured interviews with a range of participants involved in FGCs. The All Wales Family Group Meeting Network (AWFGMN) was consulted throughout the development of the tool, which was then used by projects across the country for two 18 month periods of data gathering. Data are...
The place of family group conferencing in child welfare in the Republic of Ireland
2012 •
Valerie O'Brien
Introduction This paper provides a brief overview of the practice of Family Group Conferencing (FGC) in the Republic of Ireland through a review of what has been occurring within the child welfare arena. The Irish legislation, policy and practice developments are reviewed against international trends. The Chapter focuses on what has been working in conferencing in Ireland as well as the aspects that need attention and identifies key questions about the future direction and place of the practice. This paper is based on a review of small scale Irish research studies as well as legislative, practice and policy documents and a number of interviews with key service providers. It is written through a reflective process from the vantage point of one who was deeply involved in the development of kinship care (O’Brien 1997, 2012) and Family Group Conferences in Ireland from 1998 – 2003 (O’Brien 2001, 2002, O’Brien & Lynch 2002). Reflexivity involves looking again at perceptions in the light ...
Child Abuse & Neglect
Family group conferences in child welfare
2000 •
David Berridge
