#0610 The New Child Protection Paradigm
Gary A. Crow, PhD
Child protection practice is multi-leveled. Public agencies are created and regulatedby federal and state legislation and administrative rules. Many public agencies are further regulated by accreditation standards to which they voluntarily subscribe. Collectively, these laws, rules, and standards are the foundation for the basic practice level in the new child protection paradigm.
Agencies adopt principles that they believe should govern programs and services. These are basic truths or assumptions against which the work of the agency is judged. Only when practice conforms to these principles is practice considered fully appropriate and successful. This perspective shapes the advanced level in the new child protection paradigm.
The child protection paradigm, then, is the set of assumptions, concepts, and approaches child protection workers use to protect abused and neglected children. The text includes twelve (12) topical workbook sections (A-L) discussing the new child protection paradigm in relation to the twelve element clusters. At the end of each section, the reader is invited to rate your practice, your agency, or a specific department or program.
A: Rules - Outcomes - Principles
B: Procedures - Continuous Invention - Evidence-Based Practice
C: Bureaucracy - Empowerment - Professional Judgment
D: Safety - Permanence - Sustained Well-being
E: Staff-determined - Services-determined - Protocol-determined
F: Program-centered - Family-centered - Community-centered
G: Agency-focused - Network-focused - Variable Resource-focused
H: Closed Structures - Open Structures - Dynamic Structures
I: Collaboration - Partnering - Unified Commitment
J: Quality Assurance - Continuous Quality Improvement - Values-centered Practice
K: Cost - Process - Performance
L: Authority - Assessment & Planning - Rights & Responsibilities d
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