Addressing neglect and enhancing well-being - Supporting sustainable systems change
Fiona Mitchell
CELCIS University of Strathclyde
Fiona Mitchell, Research and Evaluation Lead, at the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland. Through use of developmental evaluation and other approaches, Fiona's role is focused on supporting the integration of evidence into the design and delivery of CELCIS programmes of work. She comes to this role following over 15 years of working in research and evaluation related to child and family services, and has experience of working alongside service and practice development embedded within providing organisations. She is also a qualified social worker.
Melissa Van Dyke
University of Stra
Melissa Van Dyke, PhD, comes to the field of implementation after working in statutory services in the United States in the child welfare, children’s mental health, and youth justice systems. During her years in state government, Melissa coordinated and led various organizational and state-wide program implementation and system improvement initiatives.In 2005, Melissa joined the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN). During her ten years with NIRN, Melissa provided implementation science expertise while leading and coordinating community, state, and federal initiatives to build organisational and system capacity to fully and effectively implement evidence-based and evidence-informed programs and policies. In August 2015, with support from the Scottish Government, Melissa joined the Centre of Excellence for Looked after Children (CELCIS) at the University of Strathclyde, as the International Expert Advisor on Implementation. Melissa works with key stakeholders to support capacity-building of the health, education, and social care sectors in the areas of improvement and implementation science. In addition, Melissa supports various Scottish Government efforts to transfer policy and legislation into real practice change across Scotland.
Kerstin Jorna
Dundee City Council
Kerstin Jorna, PhD, has worked as information officer for social work services since 2004, with experience in children and families services since 2008. She is currently responsible for multi-agency data and improvement activities within Children and Families Services in Dundee City Council. Kerstin’s academic background is in philosophy but her first years employed as a researcher were with the School of Information and Media at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and with the University of the Highlands and Islands at Perth College. In both posts she applied theoretical concepts of learning into real life environments, with her most relevant research into the use of virtual learning environments by staff and students, when these were just beginning to emerge, and the use of learning centres by remote rural communities in Scotland. In 2004 Kerstin joined Criminal Justice Services in Perth and Kinross as Information Officer with responsibility for performance and management data and has been working in a similar role for Dundee City Council’s Children and Families services since 2008. Kerstin trained as improvement advisor in 2014 and has increasingly expanded her role from reporting performance to supporting projects to improve outcomes for children and families within their local communities.
Abstract
Addressing neglect creates significant challenges for societies, communities and service systems. Collectively we are often able to recognize indicators of when care for children by their parents is under strain, but we can... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Fiona Mitchell (CELCIS University of Strathclyde)
- Melissa Van Dyke (University of Stra)
- Kerstin Jorna (Dundee City Council)
Topic Area
Child Protection Systems and Strategies at local, national and international levels
Session
Symposia 6 » Session 2- Child Protection Systems (14:15 - Monday, 2nd October, Central America Room)
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