Decision‐making in child welfare services: Professional discretion versus standardized templates
IK Heggdalsvik, PA Rød… - Child & Family Social …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …
welfare services where a standardized template is implemented and in services where it is …
When standardization becomes the lens of professional practice in child welfare services
MS Sletten, IT Ellingsen - Child & family social work, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …
has been an increase in the use of standardized programmes in child welfare services …
Coping with tensions between standardization and individualization in social assistance
K Nordesjö, R Ulmestig, V Denvall - Nordic Social Work Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
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 …
service organizations at the same time seeking to standardize clients, with consequences for …
The “Front Door” to child protection—issues and innovations
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 …
timely help and protective interventions. In this article, the major findings of the front door …
Developments in electronic information systems in social welfare agencies: From simple to complex
P Gillingham - The British Journal of Social Work, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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 …
welfare agencies have been documented by researchers internationally and attention is …
Professionals' tinkering with standardised tools: dynamics involving actors and tools in child welfare practices
MS Sletten, C Bjørkquist - European Journal of Social Work, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
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 …
practice. It focuses on how the professionals apply two commonly used standard tools in …
Using outcome measures in child protection work
R Hood, S Lansley, T Mitchell… - Child & Family Social …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …
the United Kingdom, there is little evidence of their routine use in casework. This paper …
Evaluation of practice frameworks for social work with children and families: exploring the challenges
P Gillingham - Journal of Public Child Welfare, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
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 …
working with children and families seems a self-evident way to improve practice, but there is …
[HTML][HTML] Relationaler Umgang mit Krisen von Jugendamtsfachkräften in der Fallarbeit hinsichtlich der Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie
P Bastian, M Benoit, K Freres, J Posmek - Zeitschrift für …, 2023 - Springer
Über die Auswirkungen der Covid-19 Pandemie auf die Fallarbeit der Jugendämter liegt
bislang noch wenig empirisches Wissen vor. Allerdings geben qualitative Studien eine …
bislang noch wenig empirisches Wissen vor. Allerdings geben qualitative Studien eine …
Proceduralisation of decision-making processes: a case study of child welfare practice
MS Sletten - Nordic Social Work Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the use of a standardized assessment framework (the Kvello
Assessment Framework (KF)), and how it guides assessment work, professional discretion …
Assessment Framework (KF)), and how it guides assessment work, professional discretion …