Unfolding Turnover: The Turnover Decision-Making Process of Social Workers in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yaojian Wu ◽  
Anna Chen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Decision Making Process

Social Work Paradigms and Their Effect on Decision Making About Out-of-Home Placement

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Przeperski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Child Placement ◽  
Family Centeredness ◽  
Child Centered ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Home Placement ◽  
Welfare Workers

Purpose: This research aimed to understand the views of social workers on factors influencing decision making toward child placement and any possible differences in perception of these factors among social workers with experience in placement decision making and those without it. Methods: The Q sort methodology was used to analyze the opinions of 64 social workers by presenting them 54 statements on single sheets and asked to rank them on a grid. Results: Analysis showed five distinct paradigms: family-centered; veiled shared concept; child-centered; paternalistic; and professional evidence-based, which influence the entire process and outcomes of the decision making process. Both groups (those with experience in decisions towards placement and those without such experience) believed in family centeredness. Workers without prior experience of deciding to place children, regarded highly the role of workers in the decision-making process. They highlighted the need for data to guide decisions and the responsibility of workers to protect the child's welfare. Workers with prior experience focused mostly on generalized concepts and highlighted a detachment of the social worker from the decisions made. They attributed responsibility for decisions to the wider environment. Conclusion: Reflecting on the paradigms within which decisions concerning child welfare are made is essential to improving on the decision-making processes and has implications for both research and practice.

Consensus and Difference Among Hospital Professionals in Evaluating Child Maltreatment

1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane C. Snyder ◽  
Eli H. Newberger
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Pediatric Hospital ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Welfare Of The Child ◽  
Parenthood Status

The decision-making process in suspected cases of child maltreatment involves reaching interprofessional consensus. Interprofessional consensus in seriousness ratings of maltreatment incidents for the welfare of the child was examined by surveying 39 case vignette ratings by 295 pediatric hospital professionals from five occupations. The survey instrument was derived from research by Giovannoni and Becerrra (1979). An exploratory factor analysis yielded five categories of maltreatment: physical abuse, sexual abuse, general failures in care, minor neglect/discipline, and lifestyles/ values. A sixth category, parental sexual preference, was rated not very serious and did not appear to belong in the maltreatment domain. Nurses and social workers rated incidents as most serious, differing significantly from psychiatrists and, often, from physicians and psychologists. Professions agreed on rank ordering of categories by seriousness. Variables such as sex, parenthood status, years of experience, and medical specialty showed some relationship to ratings within some professional groups.

Self-determination and safety: an ethical crossroad

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Widian Nicola
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Life Circumstances

Self-determination is a pathway by which individuals can safeguard as well as define their sense of safety. However, when an individual’s sense of safety is placed at risk, particularly within the context of community, safety can become illusive. Due to safety’s subjective nature, social workers and healthcare providers are invited to examine closely the roles they play to uphold a client’s self-determination, as well as manage risk as instruments of the healthcare programmes we represent, within the context of community and amid our clients’ challenging and oftentimes complex life circumstances. These ethical junctures offer practitioners an opportunity to examine how personal and collective ethical decisions are made, particularly through the lens of the ethics of care, which aims to place relationality at the forefront of the decision-making process. This clinical ethnographic narrative examines several ethical junctures I faced as the social worker to an elderly client diagnosed with schizophrenia.

scholarly journals 323 - I’d prefer to stay at home but I don’t have a choice’: Irish social workers’ experiences of decision-making in care planning with older people with dementia

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (S1) ◽  
pp. 81-81
Author(s):  
John P. Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Reduction Process ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
At Home

This paper is based on a collaborative research study undertaken by the Irish Association of Social Workers, Age Action Ireland, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland and the School of Social policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin. The study explored the experiences and views of social workers working with older people, including people with dementia. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the health and social care system in Ireland was responding to the care needs, required supports and preferences of older people. This paper will mainly focus on reported experiences related to older people with dementia in decision-making about their care.Data collection included a mixed method approach, that is, (i) an on-line survey of social workers across Ireland reporting on their open caseload over a period of one month (N = 38)) and (ii) semi-structured telephone interviews with social workers (N = 21).The Quantitative data was analysed using SPSS statistical software to produce descriptive and bivariate results. For the qualitative data an iterative data reduction process was used.Findings echoed that of other Irish research demonstrating (i) that the preference of older people is to remain living at home and receiving care in this setting as needed, and (ii) that this preference is not being realized. The study further highlighted variations in participation levels of people with dementia in the decision-making process, the barriers to participation and the place of family relationships in the decision-making process. The study made recommendations as to how to address these issues. The findings will also be considered within the context of social justice for older people.

scholarly journals Narrative and Argumentation in a Case of Alleged Child Abuse

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Clive Baldwin ◽  
Michelle Greason
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between argument and narrative has been the subject of much debate, particularly in the area of law, where a number of theorists have argued for the priority of one over the other in the decision-making process, the premise being that argumentation and narrative are two distinct text forms. Through the rhetorical analysis of a series of expert reports in a case of alleged child abuse, we seek to explore the dynamics between argumentation and narrative. In so doing, we argue that while certain actions may undermine the robustness of an argument, it is these very actions that make possible the telling of a persuasive story. We conclude with a plea for the development of rhetorical skills among social workers so as to be better able to discern future directions for the benefit of service users.

scholarly journals Politicians’ involvement in street-level policy implementation: Implications for social equity

2021 ◽  
pp. 095207672110240
Author(s):  
Maayan Davidovitz ◽  
Nissim Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Elected Officials ◽  
Street Level ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Street Level Bureaucrats

The study explores whether elected officials’ involvement in the way street-level bureaucrats implement policy affects social equity. This question is addressed empirically through interviews and focus groups with 84 Israeli educators and social workers. Findings indicate that elected officials involve themselves directly and indirectly in street-level bureaucrats’ policy implementation and their involvement reduces social equity in the provision of services. The study contributes to the literature on policy implementation by enabling a deeper understanding of the factors that shape the decision-making process of street-level bureaucrats when providing services and their ultimate impact on policy outcomes.

Child Welfare’s Decision-making Process in Cases of Disciplinary Violence

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 724-751
Author(s):  
Anna Heinonen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Investigation ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Violence Against Children

Disciplinary violence against children is banned by law in Finland. According to the Finnish Criminal Code, acts of disciplinary violence are judged as assault. However, previous research has shown that authorities often find it difficult to identify cases of disciplinary violence and to intervene in them. The objective of this article is to examine the decision-making process in child welfare in suspected cases of disciplinary violence. The reasoning and arguments of social workers on which they based their decisions were analysed. Also, the measures taken were analysed, specifically whether a request for criminal investigation had been made to the police. The analysis was based on child welfare documents of one Finnish municipality from the year 2011. It was found that the decision-making process of social workers followed three pathways, resulting in two-thirds of the cases not leading to a request for criminal investigation to the police.

Preadoption Genetic Testing: Social workers' decision-making process

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-160
Author(s):  
Deanna J. Erwin ◽  
Wendy Uhlmann ◽  
Kristine Freeark ◽  
Beverly M. Yashar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Decision Making Process
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