Research Methods in Social Science Assessment Module Code: FND3003 Module Description: Research Methods in Social Science Assessment

Programme Name: BSc (Hons) in Health and Social Care (with Foundation Year)
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Module Code: FND3003
Module Title: Research Methods in Social Science
Assessment Title: Research Proposal
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Date of Submission: 1st April 2022
Word count: 2,305
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Social Service Interventions: Dealing with Child Malpractice
Table of Contents
Contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................................5
2. Aim and Objectives....................................................................................................5
3. Research Questions....................................................................................................5
4. Rationale for the Research ........................................................................................5
5. Literature Review....................................................................................................8
6. Methodology and Methods .....................................................................................11
7. Ethical Issues............................................................................................................12
8. Expected findings.....................................................................................................13
9. Temporal Plan..........................................................................................................14
10. List of References..................................................................................................17
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Abstract
Social service interventions are action programs created to improve the physical,
emotional, psychological well-being of abuse victims. Current literature on the topic
has yet to establish a useful connection between treatment administered and child
maltreatment. This paper proposes research on these strategies with the specific
objectives of establishing whether child protective systems are working; analysing
variations in the social service programs and assessing the differences in the
population receiving the services; and looking into law enforcement interventions
such as threats of arrest. A qualitative research methodology is proposed for the
research with ethical considerations given to the use of children as subjects. The paper
concludes that there is a need to shift the focus of existing strategies to widely used
social services like out-of-home placement and kin-care services.
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1. Introduction
Government and non-government agencies across the U.K. provide a wide
range of social services aimed at preventing or treating family violence, especially.
These strategies include support programs for family and caregivers, protective
guardianship; alternative living arrangements; placement of children in out-of-home
facilities; and counselling to abuse victims (Cotterell, Buffel & Philipson, 2018;
Morris et al., 2018). The interventions made by social workers may entail casework in
addition to therapeutic services tailored to ensure support for families, education for
parents, and counselling for child and family (Morris et al., 2018). Some social
service interventions are directly administered by government agencies, while others,
like parenting and family education programs, are funded by the government but
provided by both public and private entities.
Over the past few decades, treatment and preventive interventions for
domestic violence and child and elder abuse have resulted in various theoretical
perspectives. However, the connections between the available research and the
interventions are considerably ambiguous and uncertain. Research indicates that these
interventions' development often involves trial-and-error experiments, where ideas are
only prominent for a short time but eventually fail after documented disappointing
results (Friedrick & Mason, 2017; Magwood et al., 2019). The interventions have
resulted in different sets of outcomes due to focus on varying individual or social
culture levels, making it challenging to design and evaluate interventions.
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