Contested views of expertise in children’s care and permanence proceedings
| Autor: | Vicki Welch, Malcolm Hill, Andressa Gadda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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050502 law
Child care Sociology and Political Science business.industry KDC 05 social sciences Safeguarding Public relations Best interests law.invention Public law law HQ CLARITY 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology business Law Legal profession 050104 developmental & child psychology 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 39:42-66 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9621 0964-9069 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09649069.2016.1272781 |
| Popis: | In this article, we consider different perspectives on who is best able to provide relevant and helpful expertise in public law cases where the long-term care of children is under consideration. Opinions vary and sometimes conflict on the respective importance of legal, child-centred, and lay understandings. These opinions relate to views on rights, appropriate procedures, decision-making processes, and the effects of decisions on children. Firstly, we summarise literature relevant to the knowledge and skills of three key groups of decision makers within the Scottish child care system: legal professionals, child care professionals and lay decision-makers and outline literature about guardians ad litem and their counterparts. We then discuss issues of expertise emerging from a study exploring the reasons for, and impact of, the appointment of safeguarders (who, in Scotland, perform a similar role to guardians). We conclude that there may be an increasing tendency for disagreement and a lack of clarity about who is able to provide the most relevant and helpful expertise to hearings; this may have negative effects for children. |
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