The article explores differences in the assessment and decision‐making processes, in child
welfare services where a standardized template is implemented and in services where it is …

This paper examines the relationship between professional work and standardization. There
has been an increase in the use of standardized programmes in child welfare services …

Today's ambition to adapt and individualize welfare delivery poses a challenge to human
service organizations at the same time seeking to standardize clients, with consequences for …

How children and families get access to services and supports is critical to the provision of
timely help and protective interventions. In this article, the major findings of the front door …

The problems with current forms of electronic information systems (IS) being used by social
welfare agencies have been documented by researchers internationally and attention is …

This article aims to examine how child welfare professionals adapt standardised tools into
practice. It focuses on how the professionals apply two commonly used standard tools in …

While many evidence‐based tools and measures exist to support child protection practice, in
the United Kingdom, there is little evidence of their routine use in casework. This paper …

Implementing a practice framework with a clear theoretical and practical approach to
working with children and families seems a self-evident way to improve practice, but there is …

Über die Auswirkungen der Covid-19 Pandemie auf die Fallarbeit der Jugendämter liegt
bislang noch wenig empirisches Wissen vor. Allerdings geben qualitative Studien eine …

This article examines the use of a standardized assessment framework (the Kvello
Assessment Framework (KF)), and how it guides assessment work, professional discretion …