1. THE VOICE OF THE CHILD: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM IN LITHUANIAN FAMILY SOCIAL WORK
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Roberta Motiečienė, Rasa Naujanienė, Julija Eidukevičiūtė, and This paper resides within a research project called ,Designing the systemic model of child welfare moving from child protection to development of psychosocial support for families' agreement No. S-MIP-19-17. Research is funded by the Research Council of Lithuania.
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Social work ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Context (language use) ,Lithuanian ,language.human_language ,Developmental psychology ,Child protection ,Welfare system ,child protection, child and family social work, the voice of the child ,Intervention (counseling) ,language ,Psychology ,Welfare ,Qualitative research ,media_common - Abstract
This paper explains the current practices of the child welfare system in the context of Lithuania. In Europe, research on child welfare has a long history; however, the child welfare situation in Lithuania has not been systematically studied, nor has it been provided with the research-based knowledge necessary for the development of the system. Based on qualitative research results, the paper sheds light on how the voice of the child is heard in Lithuanian child and family social work practice. The research participants in the present study were children and family social workers. The research results indicate that adult-centered family social work practices are dominant and the voice of the child is misleading in the intervention process.
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- 2021