Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Challenges and Opportunities: Exploring Child Protection Workers' Experiences of Ensuring Protection of the Child during Child Sexual Abuse Suspicion

2012; Oxford University Press; Volume: 43; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/bjsw/bcs084

1468-263X

Siri Søftestad, Ruth Toverud,

Child Welfare and Adoption

Journal Article Challenges and Opportunities: Exploring Child Protection Workers' Experiences of Ensuring Protection of the Child during Child Sexual Abuse Suspicion Get access Siri Søftestad, Siri Søftestad * Siri Søftestad is a Ph.D. student at the University of Oslo and works as a researcher at the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Sørlandet Hospital in Norway. She holds a Master's in Social Work (2006) on disclosure of child sexual abuse. Since 1993, she has been involved in the development of routines of co-operation, methods and services to meet the needs of children, families and professionals in child sexual abuse cases in Vest-Agder County Norway. Ruth Toverud is director of research methods at Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eastern and Southern Norway. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oslo (1998) in psychotherapy with sexually abused children. Before that, she worked for twenty years as a clinical psychologist in child and adolescent mental health. Since 1999, she has held managerial positions and worked as a research scientist. She has also periodically been a part-time lecturer at the Institute of Psychology, University of Oslo, and supervises Ph.D. students. *Correspondence to Siri Søftestad, Sørlandet Hospital HF, Postbox 416, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway. E-mail: Siri.Softestad@sshf.no Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ruth Toverud Ruth Toverud Siri Søftestad is a Ph.D. student at the University of Oslo and works as a researcher at the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Sørlandet Hospital in Norway. She holds a Master's in Social Work (2006) on disclosure of child sexual abuse. Since 1993, she has been involved in the development of routines of co-operation, methods and services to meet the needs of children, families and professionals in child sexual abuse cases in Vest-Agder County Norway. Ruth Toverud is director of research methods at Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eastern and Southern Norway. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oslo (1998) in psychotherapy with sexually abused children. Before that, she worked for twenty years as a clinical psychologist in child and adolescent mental health. Since 1999, she has held managerial positions and worked as a research scientist. She has also periodically been a part-time lecturer at the Institute of Psychology, University of Oslo, and supervises Ph.D. students. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 43, Issue 8, December 2013, Pages 1510–1526, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs084 Published: 03 July 2012 Article history Accepted: 01 April 2012 Published: 03 July 2012