Adults Rule? Children, Advocacy and Complaints to Social Services

Autor/inn/en	Pithouse, Andrew; Crowley, Anne
Titel	Adults Rule? Children, Advocacy and Complaints to Social Services
Quelle	In: Children & Society, 21 (2007) 3, S.201-213 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-0605
DOI	10.1111/j.1099-0860.2006.00051.x
Schlagwörter	Children; Foreign Countries; Social Services; Child Advocacy; Adults; Childrens Rights; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaft; 'Children''s rights'; Kindesrecht; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article sets out results from a Welsh Assembly government-funded study of complaints involving children and their use of advocacy services commissioned by local authorities in Wales. As this is the first study of its kind in Wales there is no baseline against which to compare the findings, hence we discuss the data in the context of a wider UK research literature and in relation to two key themes. These are (a) the number of complaints to social services involving children and the main characteristics of these complaints, particularly the involvement of an advocacy service and (b) the views of children about making a complaint and their experience of independent advocacy. The article reveals the adult-dominated nature of the children's complaints system and the limited involvement of advocacy in supporting children who make a complaint. The pressing need for a more child-focused approach that gives authentic voice to children and their rights is the key conclusion drawn from the evidence gathered in this study. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10