Confidentiality in a preventive child welfare system

Munro, Eileen ORCID: 0000-0003-4828-2791 (2007) Confidentiality in a preventive child welfare system. Ethics and Social Welfare, 1 (1). pp. 41-55. ISSN 1749-6535

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Abstract

Emerging child welfare policies promoting preventive and early intervention services present a challenge to professional ethics, raising questions about how to balance respect for service users with concern for social justice. This article explains how the UK policy involves shifting the balance of power away from families towards State and professional decision-making. The policy is predicated on sharing information between professionals to inform risk and need assessment and so poses a problem for the ethic of confidentiality in a helping relationship. This article examines the arguments for information sharing and questions whether the predicted benefits for children outweigh the cost of eroding family privacy and changing the nature of professional relationships with service users.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/resw
Additional Information:	© 2007 Routledge
Divisions:	Social Policy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2008 08:49
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 23:14
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/4403

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