Creation of intersectoral panel for the proper treatment of children and adolescents in the municipality of Cabra

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/cuts.85058
Keywords: chilhood, adolescence, rights of the child, participatory research

Abstract

This paper presents an interdisciplinary project to advise local agents in the municipality of Cabra based on a rights-based approach to child and adolescent care. The advice focused on the creation of an intersectoral panel to promote proper treatment, helping to consolidate a networking model. A participatory action research (PAR) methodology was applied. Information was gathered on the main needs of the local population, available resources and the degree of coordination of those resources. A total of 70 participants from different professional and community backgrounds were involved. Children, adolescents and their families were also involved. Asset mapping has facilitated the organization of a wide range of available resources. This mapping includes the different public and private intervention sectors  in the municipality. The results showed a need to promote and improve the coordination of resources. It is proposed to create and implement an intersectoral panel as a useful tool to promote networking in the municipality of Cabra.

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Isabel López-Verdugo, Universidad de Sevilla

Isabel López Verdugo is Associate Professor at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Seville. She is part of the SEJ-547 research group, focusing her research activity on the design and evaluation of training and family support programmes in situations of psychosocial risk, particularly in the field of family preservation. Within the framework of this line of work, she has participated in several competitive projects at state level financed with public funds (R&D projects), as well as in agreements and contracts with local and regional administrations. She has coordinated, together with Dr. Mª Victoria Hidalgo, García, the project Study on the evaluation of the Programme for the Treatment of Families with Minors in Andalusia and the Consultancy Project for the Constitution of the Good Treatment Board in the municipality of Cabra. She is currently coordinating a project to evaluate the Day Care Units for Minors in Seville City Council. She is also part of a COST action led by Dr. Lucía Jiménez García: The pan-European Family Support Research Network. A bottom-up, evidence-based and multidisciplinary approach European Commission. Isabel López Verdugo also has experience outside the university environment. She belongs to the Corps of Secondary Education Teachers (Speciality Guidance) and has a degree in Psychology with training for the exercise of health activities and qualification for the exercise of health activities.

Pilar Ridao, Universidad de Sevilla

Pilar Ridao es profesora doctora de la Universidad de Sevilla, en el departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación. Cuenta con una dilatada experiencia docente en este área, principalmente en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad de Sevilla. Su línea de investigación está vinculada al desarrollo infantil y el contexto familiar, en los últimos años centrada en la atención a los contextos en riesgo psicosocial.

 

María Victoria Hidalgo García, Universidad de Sevilla

Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, she has been coordinator of the Official Master's Degree in Mediation and Family Intervention at the University of Seville and teaches in 3 other official master's degrees, as well as in the PhD programme of the Faculty of Psychology. Her research career has been focused on the field of family intervention, specifically in the design, implementation and evaluation of training and support programmes for families from the approach of positive parenting. For more than a decade, she has been leading a research group specialising in the study and intervention in family contexts at psychosocial risk. His research activity has been characterised by its applied nature and by being especially focused on the transfer of knowledge with a high social impact. In the field of knowledge transfer, her activity has focused on institutional consultancy and training of professionals. She is a founding member and President of the Association for the Study and Support of Families (ESAFAM) and is a member since its inception of the Expert Group on Positive Parenting which advises the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare and the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces.

María Belén López Chica, Ayuntamiento de Cabra

Psicóloga del Equipo de Tratamiento Familiar de Cabra desde hace diecinueve años. Previamente ha trabajado como psicóloga en Ceuta en el Programa de Ayuda a Domicilio (Delegación del Gobierne de Ceuta) y en el Programa de Atención al Mayor y Discapacitados (Ayuntamiento de Ceuta).

 

Rosario Moreno González, Ayuntamiento de Cabra

Educadora del Equipo de Tratamiento Familiar de Cabra desde 2007. Anteriormente ejerció como monitora en la Casa Hogar FAISEM.

Rocío Roldán Juez, Ayuntamiento de Cabra

Trabajadora Social del Equipo de Tratamiento Familiar de Cabra desde el año 2007. Previamente, trabajó como Trabajadora Social en la Junta de Andalucía en los Servicios de Gestión de Servicios Sociales y en Protección de Menores (1998-2005)

José Sánchez Hidalgo, Universidad de Sevilla

Lecturer in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Seville, focusing on the implementation of positive parenting programmes in the framework of international development cooperation with Latin American countries to promote child development and community cohesion dynamics.

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Published
2023-07-20
How to Cite
López-Verdugo I., Ridao P., Hidalgo García M. V., López Chica M. B., Moreno González R., Roldán Juez R. y Sánchez Hidalgo J. (2023). Creation of intersectoral panel for the proper treatment of children and adolescents in the municipality of Cabra. Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, 36(2), 399-409. https://doi.org/10.5209/cuts.85058
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Vol. 36 No. 2 (2023)
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