Practitioner and communities’ awareness of CALFB: Child abuse linked to faith or belief |
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| Institution: | 1. The National Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work, Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth BH1 3LT, UK;2. Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe Green Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8JD, UK;3. Churches Child Protection Advisory Service, PO Box 133, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7UQ, UK;4. VCF project Office, Dominion Centre, 112 The Green, Southall, UB2 4BQ, UK;1. Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;2. Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;3. Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia;1. Department of Social Welfare, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea;2. Department of Public Health, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea;3. Department of Sociology, The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), South Korea |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports the results of an online survey which aimed to explore practitioners’ and faith community groups’ awareness and understanding of child abuse linked to faith or belief (CALFB) and to identify their further training needs in this area. The survey was founded in the work of the National working group for CALFB; a multi-agency response group committed to raising knowledge and awareness of this form of child abuse. Despite the relatively small number of recorded cases, CALFB continues to be a matter of concern to professionals and faith communities in the UK and beyond. One thousand three hundred and sixty two respondents comprising of frontline practitioners, faith and community group members completed the survey. A mixed-method analysis of the survey data illustrates a wide-ranging understanding of the term CALFB and disagreement about whether this is a specific form of child abuse. The results also indicate a relationship between confidence levels in identifying and responding to CALFB and specific training in this area. There is a call for specialised training to be more readily available. Further work is needed to develop a toolkit, which identifies indicators of CALFB and effective response pathways together with research across communities. The current research is timely and important in providing a foundation on which to build more effective identification of cases, policy and intervention. |
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| Keywords: | Child abuse Faith Belief Intervention |
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