1st Edition
Professional Practice in Child Protection and the Child’s Right to Participate
Chapter One - Children's Right to Express Themselves in Child Protection Casework
Asgeir Falch-Eriksen and Karmen Toros
Chapter Two - Rights-Based Professional Practice: Situating the Academic Discourse
Karmen Toros
Chapter Three - Professional Child Protection and the Child's Freedom of Expression
Asgeir Falch-Eriksen
Chapter Four - The Case of Assessment: Child Participation During Administrative Proceedings
Karmen Toros and Rafaela Eugenie Simonee Lehtme
Chapter Five - Child Protection Workers Follow-up with Children in Foster Care and Emergency Units/Homes
Cecilie Basberg Neumann
Chapter Six - The Case of Social Rehabilitation
Koidu Saia
Chapter Seven - Participation of Children in Residential Care
Ingrid Sindi
Chapter Eight - Conclusion: Making Rights a Part of Professional Practice
Asgeir Falch-Eriksen and Karmen Toros
Biography
Asgeir Falch-Eriksen is head of the academic unit Globalization and Social Sustainability at the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy at Oslo Metropolitan University. He also holds a position as associate professor at the Centre for Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) at the University of Bergen. He has a PhD in political science and specializes in political theory, legal philosophy and the sociology of the professions. He has published multiple articles on professionalism in child protection and on the interconnection between child protection and human rights.
Karmen Toros is a professor of Social Work at the School of Governance, Law and Society, Tallinn University. She is actively involved in social work education and training of child protection workers. Her research focuses on child welfare and protection, strengths-perspective and solution-focused approach in child protection practice and is particularly interested in child protection assessment of children in need.
