NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stokes, Jacqueline; Schmidt, Glen – Social Work, 2012
This study explored decision making by child protection social workers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. A factorial survey method was used in which case vignettes were constructed by randomly assigning a number of key characteristics associated with decision making in child protection. Child protection social workers (n = 118) assessed…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Child Abuse, Home Visits, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bamba, Sachiko – Social Work, 2010
This article describes the experiences and perspectives of child welfare workers and maltreated children living in Japanese state care. Japanese adults emphasize supporting children's emotional well-being and empowerment through developmentally and ecologically focused socialization strategies. One developmental goal articulated by caregivers of…
Descriptors: Socialization, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Social Work
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Waites, Cheryl; Macgowan, Mark J.; Pennell, Joan; Carlton-LaNey, Iris; Weil, Marie – Social Work, 2004
Child welfare struggles to manage child abuse and neglect and to seek permanency for children, while being culturally responsive to the communities it serves. Family group conferencing, piloted in New Zealand and now used in the United States and other countries, is a strengths-based model that brings together families and their support systems to…
Descriptors: African Americans, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups, Child Abuse