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A pan-European review of good practices in early intervention safeguarding practice with children, young people and families : evidence gathering to inform a multi-disciplinary training programme (the ERICA project) in preventing child abuse and neglect in seven European countries

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Date
15/11/2022
Author
Appleton, J V
Bekaert, S
Hucker, J
Zlatkute, G
Paavilainen, E
Schecke, H
Specka, M
Scherbaum, N
Jouet, E
Zabłocka-Żytka, L
Woźniak-Prus, M
Czabała, J Cz
Kluczyńska, S
Bachi, B
Bartoli, F
Carrà, G
Cioni, R M
Crocamo, C
Rantanen, H E
Kaunonen, M
Nieminen, I
Roe, L
Keenan, K
Viganò, G
Baldacchino, A
Funder
European Commission
Grant ID
SEP-210556645
Keywords
Child maltreatment
Safeguarding
Child protection
Multidisciplinary
Training
European
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
3rd-DAS
MCC
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Abstract
Child maltreatment has detrimental social and health effects for individuals, families and communities. The ERICA project is a pan-European training programme that equips non-specialist threshold practitioners with knowledge and skills to prevent and detect child maltreatment. This paper describes and presents the findings of a rapid review of good practice examples across seven participating countries including local services, programmes and risk assessment tools used in the detection and prevention of child maltreatment in the family. Learning was applied to the development of the generic training project. A template for mapping the good practice examples was collaboratively developed by the seven participating partner countries. A descriptive data analysis was undertaken organised by an a priori analysis framework. Examples were organised into three areas: programmes tackling child abuse and neglect, local practices in assessment and referral, risk assessment tools. Key findings were identified using a thematic approach. Seventy-two good practice examples were identified and categorised according to area, subcategory and number. A typology was developed as follows: legislative frameworks, child health promotion programmes, national guidance on child maltreatment, local practice guidance, risk assessment tools, local support services, early intervention programmes, telephone or internet-based support services, COVID-19 related good practices. Improved integration of guidance into practice and professional training in child development were highlighted as overarching needs. The impact of COVID-19 on safeguarding issues was apparent. The ERICA training programme formally responded to the learning identified in this international good practice review.
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Appleton , J V , Bekaert , S , Hucker , J , Zlatkute , G , Paavilainen , E , Schecke , H , Specka , M , Scherbaum , N , Jouet , E , Zabłocka-Żytka , L , Woźniak-Prus , M , Czabała , J C , Kluczyńska , S , Bachi , B , Bartoli , F , Carrà , G , Cioni , R M , Crocamo , C , Rantanen , H E , Kaunonen , M , Nieminen , I , Roe , L , Keenan , K , Viganò , G & Baldacchino , A 2022 , ' A pan-European review of good practices in early intervention safeguarding practice with children, young people and families : evidence gathering to inform a multi-disciplinary training programme (the ERICA project) in preventing child abuse and neglect in seven European countries ' , International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice , vol. Latest Articles . https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-022-00132-x
Publication
International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-022-00132-x
ISSN
2524-5236
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Funding: Funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Commission (European Commission 2019–2021).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/26486

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