'If kids don't feel safe they don't do anything': young people's views on seeking and receiving help from Children's Social Care Services in England

Jobe, A.; Gorin, S.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00862.x

'If kids don't feel safe they don't do anything': young people's views on seeking and receiving help from Children's Social Care Services in England

Jobe, A.; Gorin, S.

Authors

Dr Alison Jobe alison.jobe@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

S. Gorin

Abstract

This paper presents findings from qualitative interviews with 24 young people (11–17 years) who have been referred to Children's Social Care Services in England. The paper explores young people's experiences of help seeking and their experiences of receiving help for maltreatment through statutory agencies. A central finding is the importance of relationships for young people when seeking and receiving help. It is through trusting relationships with professionals that young people are most likely to disclose maltreatment and/or engage with services. The paper concludes that young people's expectations and needs are not always met by the current safeguarding system and that the system needs to become more child-centred if it is to address the concerns maltreated young people have consistently voiced through research.

Citation

Jobe, A., & Gorin, S. (2013). 'If kids don't feel safe they don't do anything': young people's views on seeking and receiving help from Children's Social Care Services in England. Child & Family Social Work, 18(4), 429-438. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00862.x

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Apr 27, 2012
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2013
Deposit Date	Apr 30, 2012
Publicly Available Date	Jul 24, 2014
Journal	Child and Family Social Work
Print ISSN	1356-7500
Electronic ISSN	1365-2206
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	18
Issue	4
Pages	429-438
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00862.x
Keywords	Adolescence, Child protection (policy and practice), Older children, Social work, Young people.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Jobe, A. and Gorin, S. (2013), ‘If kids don't feel safe they don't do anything’: young people's views on seeking and receiving help from Children's Social Care Services in England. Child & Family Social Work, 18 (4): 429–438, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00862.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.