title: Accessible service delivery of child welfare services and differential response models.
abstract: This article presents the results of a study of the impacts of accessible neighborhood and school service delivery formats for front-line child protection services within a flexible response model of child welfare in southwest Ontario, Canada. More specifically, this article looks at the contributions that these accessible service delivery models made to: (a) clients willingness to ask for help, (b) establishing constructive helping relationships, (c) accessing services and supports, (d) bridging the gap between mandated and supportive services, and (e) community engagement. The article also shows how the existing child protection service template constrained the accomplishments possible through these service delivery innovations. Accessible and central service delivery sites differed in notable ways in each of these areas.
authors.affiliation: Wilfrid Lauier University, Canada.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.affiliation: Wilfrid Lauier University, Canada.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Freymond
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009864:Ontario; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012574:Schools; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Co-location; Community engagement; Differential response; Helping relationships; Service partnerships