Drug Use and Child Protection
| DOI | 10.1177/026455050004700213 |
| Published date | 01 June 2000 |
| Date | 01 June 2000 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Reference
of developing inter-professional policy and
best
Singleton, N.
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practice in this area.
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There was no support amongst
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interviewees for automatically placing
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children of drug users on child protection
A
Chance to Break the Cycle: Women
registers, and no evidence that such a
and the Drug Treatment and Testing
policy could be justified.
Order
, 1999,
Howard League Briefing
.
Parents were less critical of
Paper. Available from the Howard
professional intervention than had been
League, 1 Ardleigh Road, London
expected. They valued professional
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consistency, honest communication,
knowledgeable non-judgemental workers
and supportive help.
Drug Use and Child
.
The lack of resources such as
adequate day care/nursery provision,
Protection
housing and other practical support for
drug-using parents was apparent from
This exploratory study compares and
many interviewees’ comments.
contrasts attitudes and practices amongst
The
some of the main agencies involved with
report concludes that future studies
drug-using
are essential into this still
parents and their children. It is
relatively under-
based
researched
on 50 in-depth interviews with
subject. These should
social workers, drug dependency unit
incorporate a wider range of professionals,
workers (mainly community psychiatric
including police and probation officers,
nurses), health visitors and drug-using
voluntary drug counsellors and general
parents subject to case conference
practitioners.
proceedings in the Merseyside area.
Drug Use, Parenting and Child
One of the main findings was of a wide
Protection: Towards an Effective...
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