Climate Change in Private Child Welfare Organizations

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine K. Lawrence ◽  
Wendy S. Zeitlin ◽  
Charles Auerbach ◽  
Nancy Claiborne
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare Organizations

Archival Engagements with Wicked Problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 468-501
Author(s):  
Eliot Wilczek
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Wicked Problems ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
The Core ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
History Of

ABSTRACT The concept of wicked problems can be used as a frame for enriching archivists' understanding of the societal challenges they are confronting in their work. This article explores the core tenets and intellectual history of the concept, looking at the origins of the term; its uses in design, planning, and various policy domains; and recent critiques of the concept. Using examples of archival engagements with the challenges of policing in underserved communities, refugees, child welfare, and climate change, this article examines the role of records and recordkeeping systems in wicked problems and how archivists have used community engagement as a core tenet of how to approach these societal challenges. These engagements also illustrate how grappling with wicked problems can change the practices, theories, and self-awareness of the profession itself.

scholarly journals Finding “Health” and “Meaning” in Texas-Sized Turnover: Application of Seminal Management Principles for Administration and Research in U.S. Public Child Welfare Agencies

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Willis ◽  
Nancy Chavkin ◽  
Patrick Leung
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Child Welfare Agencies ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare Organizations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Welfare Agencies

Public child welfare agencies in the United States have struggled with high turnover rates, especially among caseworkers. Research has explored turnover in terms of negative organizational outcomes, and efforts have been developed to reduce overall turnover rates. However, there has been little change in turnover rates in the last 30 years. The public child welfare system is inclined to higher turnover due to the unique nature of the work. Efforts to reduce the overall turnover rate fail to recognize the heterogeneity and healthy aspects of turnover unique to public child welfare organizations, which present challenges for both practice and research. By critically questioning how turnover is socially constructed, measured, and addressed, and integrating seminal management principles, a more meaningful metric can be developed. These challenges are explored, and recommendations are proposed for administration and research that include reconstructing and applying a new perspective on turnover to inform and evaluate initiatives that can reduce the impact of dysfunctional turnover within public child welfare organizations.

Designing Evaluations in Child Welfare Organizations: An Approach for Administrators

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Lawrence ◽  
Jessica Strolin-Goltzman ◽  
James Caringi ◽  
Nancy Claiborne ◽  
Mary McCarthy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare Organizations

Increasing Research Capacity in Ontario Child Welfare Organizations: A Unique University–Child Welfare Agency Partnership

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (sup2) ◽  
pp. S271-S282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Fallon ◽  
Nico Trocmé ◽  
Melissa Van Wert ◽  
Krista Budau ◽  
Mary Ballantyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Child Welfare Agency ◽  
Child Welfare Organizations
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