RE: citizen review of child protection

[Gerard Kenny <GerardK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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If you are looking at "citizen review panels" for child protection you might
want to consider the work done in New Zealand in relation to "Care and
Protection Resource Panels". These are set up in each office of the
statutory child protection service - NZ Children Young Persons and Their
Families Service. established in law as a local review panel with
responsibilities to review all new notification of concern in relation to
children, review all plans for statutory Family Group Conferences and FGC
outcomes. In addition they are required to act in professional and community
education and coordination of services.

Panels are composed of professionals - Police, health workers, education
workers, family lawyers and child and family support agency workers as well
as "community" representatives including ethnic minority representation
(Maori and Pacific Island).

Some research has been undertaken on the work of Panels since their
introduction in 1989 by the Office of the Commissioner for Children.


Gerard Kenny,  Child Protection Coordinator
HealthCare Otago,  Private Bag 1921,   Dunedin
Ph. (03) 474 0999 ext. 8225    fax (03) 474 7817
trace 6319
email:  gerardk@healthotago.co.nz

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> From:         Roxanne Lieb[SMTP:liebr@wsipp.wa.gov]
> Sent:         Tuesday, 21 July 1998 09:45
> To:   Child Maltreatment Researchers
> Subject:      citizen review of child protection
> 
> I am researching the feasibility of setting up citizen review panels for
> child protection for the Washington legislature. The panels are to
> undertake policy review and use individual cases to gather information,
> maintaining a strong citizen component. I am searching for information
> on previous experiences with such citizen organizations.  Are there
> examples of states/jurisdictions that have done a particularly good job
> with such entities, or had difficulties?  Has any research been
> conducted, or policy think pieces?.
> 
> New address as of July 13, 1998:
> Roxanne Lieb, Director
> Washington State Institute for Public Policy
> 110 East Fifth Avenue, Suite 214
> PO Box 40999
> Olympia WA  98504-0999
> (360) 586-2768
> liebr@wsipp.wa.gov
> (360) 586-2793 (fax)
>