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APPENDIX 3: SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE, STRAND B
A Process Review of the Child Protection Reform Programme
The Centre for Child Care and Protection, University of Dundee and Barnardo's Scotland have been commissioned by the Scottish Executive to conduct a Process Review of the Child Protection Reform Programme. As part of this Process Review the Scottish Executive wish to consult with key professionals and practitioners who have a remit for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people to assess the extent to which the reform programme has been successful in meeting its key aims and objectives. The views of professionals and practitioners on this issue are extremely important to informing the Review Process. It would be greatly appreciated if you would take the time to complete the questionnaire below and return this to
All responses will be treated in strict confidence and respondent details will remain anonymous.
Thank you for your participation.
Q1a. Please check the category which best describes the sector in which you work.
Statutory
Private
Voluntary
Other (please specify)
Q1b. Please indicate where in Scotland your organisation is located.
Q2. Please check the category which best describes your occupation (please check all that apply).
Social Work
Health - medical
Health - nursing
Education
Scottish Children's Reporter Staff
Children's Panel Member
Local Authority Staff
Voluntary Organisation Staff
Police
Other (please specify)
Please tick if you are a member of a Child Protection Committee
Q3. Please provide your formal job title (e.g. Children's Services Manager) and detail your area of specialism in the space provided below if applicable (e.g. children and families social work, health visitor, secondary school teacher etc.)
Q4. Please give a brief description of your key roles and responsibilities within your organisation in the space provided below.
Q5. Please give a brief description of your professional role and responsibilities with regard to the welfare and protection of children in the space provide below.
Q6. Has your understanding and interpretation of your role and responsibilities with regard to the welfare and protection of children changed over the last year (please check as appropriate)?
Yes / No / Don't Know
If you answered Yes, please go to Question 7.
If you answered No or Don't Know, please go to Question 10.
Q7. Please rate the extent to which you consider your understanding and interpretation of your role and responsibilities has changed over the last year on a scale of 1 - 5 (1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest).
Q8. Which of the following factors do you consider has influenced your changing understanding and interpretation of your professional role and responsibilities over the last year (please check all that apply)?
Internal Training
External Training
Inter-agency Training
University Accredited Training
Self-directed Learning
Policy Guidelines
Practice Guidelines
Media (newspapers, television, magazines, radio, internet)
Professional Journals and Publications
Internal Policy Documents
External Policy Documents
Child Abuse / Death Reports or Inquiries
Information / advice from colleagues in my own agency
Information / advice from colleagues in other agencies
Information / advice from my manager / superiors
Other (please specify)
Q9. In which of the following areas has your understanding of your professional role and responsibilities changed (please check all that apply)?
Awareness of the signs of abuse and neglect
Awareness of the impact of abuse and neglect on children
Recognising 'at risk' or 'vulnerable' children
Procedures for reporting the signs of abuse and neglect
My role in the assessment of children's needs
Other professionals' roles in the assessment of children's needs
Assessment procedure in child protection
The role of my own agency for safeguarding the welfare of children
The role of my own profession for safeguarding the welfare of children
The role of other agencies and professions for safeguarding the welfare of children
Awareness of general child protection issues
Internal child protection policy within my own agency
Local child protection policy
National child protection policy
Child Protection Law
Other (please specify)
Q10. Does your agency have an official child protection policy (please check as appropriate)? Yes / No / Don't Know
Q11. Has your agency given you clear guidance in respect to your agency's and your own professional role and responsibilities for safeguarding the welfare of children (please check as appropriate)?
Yes / No / Don't Know / To Some Extent
If you answered Yes or To Some Extent, please go to Question 12.
If you answered No or Don't Know, please go to Question 13.
Q12. Which of the following best describes the methods your agency has used to provide you with guidance about your agency's and your own professional role and responsibilities for safeguarding the welfare of children (please check all that apply)?
Internal Training
External Training
Inter-agency Training
Practice Guidelines
Policy Guidelines
Internal Documents
External Documents
Verbal Communication
Other (please specify)
Q13. Do you feel you have a clear understanding of your agency's and your own professional role and responsibilities for safeguarding the welfare of children?
Yes / No / Don't Know / To Some Extent
If you answered Yes, please go to Question 15.
If you answered No, Don't Know or To Some Extent, please go to Question 14.
Q14. Which of he following would assist you with gaining a clearer understanding of your agency's and your own professional roles and responsibilities for safeguarding the welfare of children (please check all that apply)?
Training
Policy Guidelines
Practice Guidelines
Access to appropriate documents and literature
Other (please specify)
Q15. Do you have a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of other agencies and professionals in safeguarding the welfare of children?
Yes / No / Don't Know / To Some Extent
If you answered Yes, please go to Question 17.
If you answered No, Don't Know or To Some Extent, please go to Question 16.
Q16. Which of he following would assist you with gaining a clearer understanding of other agencies' and professionals' roles and responsibilities for safeguarding the welfare of children (please check all that apply)?
Training
Policy Guidelines
Practice Guidelines
Access to appropriate documents and literature
Liaising / Networking with other agencies / professionals
Other (please specify)
Q17. In your opinion, has practice in safeguarding the welfare of children changed over the last year and if so, how has it changed?
(a)
1. My own practice has …
Improved
Stayed the same
Got worse
Don't Know
2. If you consider that your own practice has changed, please explain briefly the reasons why in the space provided below.
(b)
1. My colleagues' practice has …
Improved
Stayed the same
Got worse
Don't Know
2. If you consider that your colleagues' practice has changed, please explain briefly the reasons why in the space provided below.
(c)
1. Other agencies' and professionals' practice has …
Improved
Stayed the same
Got worse
Don't Know
2. If you consider other agencies' and professionals' practice has changed, please specify whose practice has changed (please check all that apply)
Social Work
Education
Health
Voluntary Organisations
Police
Other agency (please specify)
Other profession (please specify)
3. If you consider that the practice of other agencies or professionals has changed, please briefly describe how practice has changed and what you consider to be the reasons for the change in the space provided below.
Q18. Please rate your level of agreement with the following statements (please check as appropriate).
1. Practice to safeguard the welfare of children has improved.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don't Know
2. Policy to safeguard the welfare of children has improved.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don't Know
3. For children, the changes to practice have been for the better.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don't Know
4. For children, the changes to policy have been for the better.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don't Know
5. If you wish to explain your response to the above four statements, please use the space provided below.
Q19. In the space provided below, please describe briefly what you would do if …
1. you suspect that a child's needs are not being met in some way.
2. you consider a child is in need of help or protection.
3. you suspect a child is at the risk of immediate harm.
Q20. Have you heard about the child protection reform process (please check as appropriate)? Yes / No
If you answered Yes, please go to Question 21.
If you answered No, please go to Question 26.
Q21. How do you know about the child protection reform process (please check all that apply)?
Internal Training
External Training
University Accredited Training
Inter-agency Training
Self-directed Learning
Policy Guidelines
Practice Guidelines
Media (newspapers, television, magazines, radio, internet)
Professional Journals and Publications
Internal Policy Documents
External Policy Documents
Child Abuse / Death Reports or Inquiries
Information / advice from colleagues in my own agency
Information / advice from colleagues in other agencies
Information / advice from my manager / superiors
Actual or expected inspection
Other (please specify)
Q22. Do you understand the aims and objectives of the child protection reform process (please check as appropriate)?
Yes / No / To Some Extent
Q23. Please rate the success of the child protection reform process so far in improving the likelihood that children's needs, including needs for protection will be met on a scale of 1 - 5 (1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest).
Don't Know
Q24. In your opinion, has the child protection reform process lead to changes in safeguarding the welfare of children (please check as appropriate)?
(a) Regarding my own practice, the child protection reform process has lead to …
Changes for the better
No changes
Changes for the worse
Don't Know
(b) Regarding my own agency's practice, the child protection reform process has lead to…
Changes for the better
No changes
Changes for the worse
Don't Know
(c) Regarding other agencies' and professionals' practice, the child protection reform process has lead to…
Changes for the better
No changes
Changes for the worse
Don't Know
(d) Regarding policy for safeguarding the welfare of children, the child protection reform process has lead to…
Changes for the better
No changes
Changes for the worse
Don't Know
(e) Please briefly explain your response to questions 24 a-d in the space provided below (e.g. why you think there have been changes for the better/ no changes, what in particular has/ hasn't changed etc.)
Q25. (a) Please indicate your level of agreement as to whether the child protection reform process has built on good practice (please check as appropriate).
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don't Know
(b) Please indicate your level of agreement as to whether professionals have been sufficiently consulted in course of the child protection reform process.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don't Know
(c) If you wish to explain your response to the above question, please use the space provided below.
Q26. In your opinion, what one key change would lead to the biggest improvement in the professional response to children in need and in need of protection (please use the space provided below)?
END OF QUESTIONNAIRE
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