@article{ref1,
title="How clinical psychologists respond to child safeguarding dilemmas: a qualitative study",
journal="Child abuse review",
year="2024",
author="O'Connor, Molly and Wilson, Charlotte and Coughlan, Barry and Duschinsky, Robbie and Foster, Sarah",
volume="33",
number="1",
pages="e2850-e2850",
abstract="This research aimed to explore how clinical psychologists respond to child safeguarding dilemmas, with special attention to the role of psychology in child welfare. Transcripts from 20 semi-structured interviews with clinical psychologists working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in England were analysed using a qualitative framework approach. In these interviews, two family case vignettes were used to examine how psychologists respond to child safeguarding dilemmas. We identified three overarching themes: operating within a system of stretched resources; characterising who is considered 'supportable' by psychological services; and challenges around conceptualising and responding to risk. Clinical psychologists viewed social services as responsible for family cases with safeguarding concerns and were reluctant to engage in high-risk cases where stability in the home was not yet established. They saw their role in child welfare primarily as sense-makers for families, by offering a contextualised explanation/formulation for the presenting difficulties.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0952-9136",
doi="10.1002/car.2850",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/car.2850"
}