Title People, politics, and child welfare in British Columbia / edited by Leslie T. Foster and Brian Wharf

Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: people, politics, and child welfare / Brian Wharf -- Rethinking child welfare reform in British Columbia, 1900-1960 / Marilyn Callahan and Christopher Walmsley -- Trends in child welfare : what do the data show? / Leslie T. Foster -- The community resource board experience / Brian Wharf -- Child welfare in the 1980s : a time of turbulence and change / Sandra Scarth and Richard Sullivan -- Witnessing wild woman : resistance and resilience in Aboriginal child care / Maggie Kovachs, Robina Thomas, Monty Montgomery, Jacquie Green, and Leslie Brown -- The community advocate minister : attempting major changes / Riley Hern and John Cossom -- Thomas Gove : a commission of inquiry puts children first and proposes community governance and integration of services / Andrew Armitage and Elaine Murray -- Great expectations and unintended consequences : risk assessment in child welfare in British Columbia / Marilyn Callahan and Karen Swift -- Back to the future : toward community governance / Leslie T. Foster -- Views from other provinces / Brad McKenzie, Sally Palmer, and Wanda Thomas Barnard -- The case for a comprehensive vision for child welfare / Brian Wharf -- From child protection to safeguarding : the English context / Tony Morrison -- Final thoughts / Brian Wharf -- Appendix 1. Key events in British Columbia child welfare, 1863 to May 2006 -- Appendix 2. Key government decision makers in British Columbia child welfare, 1947 to May 2006 -- Appendix 3. Delegated Aboriginal child and family service agencies' status, May 2006 Summary This volume traces the evolution of policies and programs intended to protect children in BC from neglect and abuse. Analyzing this evolution reveals that child protection policy and practice has reflected the priorities of politicians and public servants in power. With few exceptions, efforts to establish effective programs have focused on structural arrangements, staffing responsibilities, and rules to regulate the practice of child welfare workers. Contributors to this book conclude that these attempts have been unsuccessful thus far because they have failed to address the impact of poverty on clients. The need to respect the cultural traditions and values of First Nations clients has also been ignored. Effective services require recognizing and remedying poverty's impact, establishing community control over services, and developing a radically different approach to the day-to-day practice of child welfare workers. The book provides a crucial assessment of the state of child welfare in the province. Practitioners, scholars, and students in social work, child and youth care, education, and other human-service professions will find this book particularly important Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Child welfare -- Government policy -- British Columbia Child welfare -- British Columbia -- History Child welfare -- British Columbia -- Statistics Poverty -- British Columbia Indigenous children -- Care -- British Columbia -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Child welfare Child welfare -- Government policy Poverty Jeunesse -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- Politique gouvernementale -- Colombie-Britannique. Jeunesse -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- Colombie-Britannique. Pauvrete -- Colombie-Britannique. Jeunesse -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- Politique gouvernementale -- Colombie-Britannique -- Histoire. Enfants autochtones -- Soins -- Colombie-Britannique -- Histoire. Jeunesse -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- Colombie-Britannique -- Statistiques. British Columbia Genre/Form Electronic books History Statistics Statistics. Statistiques. Form Electronic book Author Foster, Leslie T., 1947- editor. Wharf, Brian., editor LC no. cn2007900459 ISBN 9780774855679 0774855673 1282593420 9781282593428 9786612593420 6612593423

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