Toward a general model for child welfare and protection services: A meta-evaluation of international experiences regarding the adoption of the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families (FACNF)

The United Kingdom has been at the forefront of an international movement to reform child welfare and protection systems both in terms of responding to children in difficulty and developing methods for organising such responses. More specifically, England and Wales have initiated a model of professional practice for vulnerable children and their families: the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families. This analytical...