Disproportionality in child welfare : the prevalence of black and minority ethnic children within the ?looked after? and ?children in need? populations and on child protection registers in England

Charlie Owen · June Statham

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TCRU's Responsive Research ProgrammeThis study was carried out as part of the Thomas Coram Research Unit's programme of responsive research for the Department for Children, Schools and Families.This provides a facility for government policy makers to request small-scale, exploratory studies on issues of immediate policy relevance.Such work is carried out by experienced researchers in accordance with sound research principles.It is, however, important when reading and using reports from responsive programme studies to bear in mind the limited time and resources available for each piece of work.Responsive programme studies are particularly useful in bringing together diverse evidence, 'scoping' a new field, and providing a basis for more substantive in-depth research where this appears to be necessary.1 Separate child protection registers were phased out by April 2008 and replaced by child protection plans (Working Together to Safeguard Children, HM Government 2006).from their parents' care.Overall, the research reviewed provided no simple answer to the question of why disproportionality and disparity exist. Research and data needsThe study highlights potentially useful areas for further research.For example, in order to understand why some local authorities are 'outliers', with unexpectedly high or low rates of black and minority ethnic children on various child welfare measures, it would be useful to interview local managers and child welfare practitioners.Better data are also needed on ethnicity at each point that children come into contact with child welfare services, and on family circumstances in the records held on individual children who become looked after.

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