Child protection social workers’ (CPSW) experiences of the Bessborough Parent and Baby Unit (BPBU): the interface between infant mental health and child protection

dc.contributor.advisorO’Suilleabhain, Fiachraen
dc.contributor.advisorBurns, Kennethen
dc.contributor.authorVeale, Kevin
dc.contributor.otherBessborough Parent and Baby Unit
dc.contributor.roleCivil Society Organizationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-09T11:46:15Z
dc.date.available2019-10-09T11:46:15Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.description.abstractThis research project examines the experiences of child protection social workers who have collaborated with the Bessborough Parent and Baby Unit and also the use of early intervention methods in child protection social work practice. It also serves the purpose of exploring the term infant mental health and how the child protection social worker understands this relatively new concept. The research was proposed by the Bessborough Parent and Baby Unit, through the CARL initative, with the purpose of exploring the experiences of child protection social workers who have collaborated with this service and to identify if this collaboration could be adapted in any form to aid the interagency work between the Bessborough Parent and Baby Unit and child protection agencies. This research is conducted by research methods in the form of a literature review and qualitative research in the form of interviews of child protection social workers. The findings of this research show that child protection social workers view the Bessborough Parent and Baby Unit as being a vital service in preventing family breakdown. However, the study recommends that early intervention services need to be established so that child protection social workers can provide adequate support in order to prevent children being placed into out of home care. While all participants’ reported that, in their opinion, the services provided by the Bessborough Parent and Baby Unit were of an excellent standard but that early intervention services on a broad scale were in need of resourcing and establishment. This lack of service provision was noted as being a consequence of a lack of guidelines and policy in the area of early intervention.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationVeale, K. (2014) Child protection social workers’ (CPSW) experiences of the Bessborough Parent and Baby Unit (BPBU): the interface between infant mental health and child protection. Cork: Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage68en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8735
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCommunity-Academic Research Links, University College Corken
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCARL Research Reports;35
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ucc.ie/en/scishop/rr/
dc.rights©2014, Kevin Veale.en
dc.subjectInfant mental healthen
dc.subjectChild protectionen
dc.subjectEarly intervention methodsen
dc.subjectInteragency worken
dc.titleChild protection social workers’ (CPSW) experiences of the Bessborough Parent and Baby Unit (BPBU): the interface between infant mental health and child protectionen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.qualificationnameMaster of Social Worken
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