Child welfare in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic-Emerging evidence from Germany
Child welfare in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic-Emerging evidence from Germany
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104716
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发表时间：
2020-12-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Schnock, Brigitte
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作者：
Jentsch, Birgit;Schnock, Brigitte
背景资料：新型冠状病毒大流行对儿童及其家庭的状况和福祉产生了重大影响，同时也影响了儿童和青少年福利服务支持弱势家庭的能力。由于采取了限制接触的措施来控制病毒，学校和托儿设施关闭，儿童福利的潜在风险不容忽视。目的：本文以德国为重点，旨在探讨COVID-19措施对儿童和家庭的一些影响。此外，报告还审查了儿童保护工作者面临的一些关键挑战。这些措施包括确定潜在的虐待儿童的情况下，通常由教师和儿童看护人提供的支持，并建立和保持与客户的接触下物理距离rules.Methods：这篇文章是基于德语和英语的科学和新闻文章，从专业协会和其他灰色文献的立场文件的审查。结论：在COVID-19疫情下，儿童福利体系面临前所未有的挑战和不确定性（例如（部分）失去与主要合作伙伴的合作机会），同时显示出显著的复原力（例如儿童保护工作者适应新条件的能力）。虽然数字化儿童保护工作流程的潜力在疫情中变得明显，但从业人员与客户之间的持续面对面接触既不可替代，也不可替代。
Background: The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on the situation and well-being of children and their families, while simultaneously affecting the ability of welfare services for children and youth to support vulnerable families. As measures of contact restrictions were introduced to contain the virus, and schools and childcare facilities closed, the potential risk to child welfare could hardly be overlooked.Objectives: Focusing on Germany, this article aims to explore some of the effects of the COVID-19 measures on children and families. Furthermore, it examines a number of key challenges for child protection practitioners. These include identifying potential cases of child maltreatment without the support normally provided by teachers and child carers; and establishing and maintaining contact with clients under physical distancing rules.Methods: The article is based on a review of German and English language scientific and journalistic articles, position papers from professional associations and other gray literature. It benefits from recently published (interim) results of empirical studies conducted in Germany, which explore child welfare issues in the pandemic.Conclusion: Under COVID-19, the child welfare system faces unprecedented challenges and uncertainty (e.g. (partial) loss of cooperation opportunities with key partners) whilst showing signs of remarkable resilience (e.g. child protection workers' ability to adjust to new conditions). While the potential of digitalising work processes in child protection has become apparent in the pandemic, the proven continuous face-to-face contact between practitioners and their clients is neither dispensable nor replaceable.