1st Edition
Working with Ethnic Minorities and Across Cultures in Western Child Protection Systems
Introduction: What is in this book and who should use it Methodology: The Study on Which this Book is Based
Part I: Setting the Scene
1. Defining and Understanding the Client Group – Who are Ethnic Minorities and What do they Characteristically have in Common?
2. The Theoretical Backdrop – Why is it Important to Work Effectively with Ethnic Minorities and Across Cultures in Western Child Protection Systems?
Part II: Practice Issues
3. Frequency of Maltreatment – What are the Most Common Types of Abuse and Neglect Reported across Cultures and What is their Effect on Children?
4. Culture and Maltreatment – Are Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Inadequate Supervision and Neglect of Basic Needs Related to Culture?
5. Common Risk Factors of Maltreatment – Are Domestic Violence, Alcohol and Other Drug Issues, Mental Health Issues in the Carer, Housing and Financial Issues Related to Culture?
6. Protective Factors – Acknowledging Strengths of Families across Cultures Chapter
7. Working Effectively with Interpreters Chapter
8. To Match or Not To Match? The Pros and Cons of Ethnic Dis/Similarity between Client Families and Caseworkers
9. Ethnic Minority Children in the Out-Of-Home Care (OOHC) System – How do they Fare Compared to Aboriginal and Anglo Children?
Part III: Wrapping Up
10. Summarising the Main Causes of Entry of Ethnic Minorities in Western Child Protection Systems – What’s Cultural and What Isn’t?
11. Getting it Right – Personal, Organisational and Institutional Characteristics of Cultural Competency
12. Conclusion and Where to from Here?
Biography
Pooja Sawrikar is Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Policy at Griffith University, Australia.
