Dimensions for argument and variability in child protection decision-making.
The purpose of this article is to analyse the arguments presented by 181 professionals in the child protection system of the Basque Country (Spain) to justify their decisions regarding the implementation of measures related to family preservation or separation. The implementation of a case vignette...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social Work Practice Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 169 - 188 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=129416926&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 129416926 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02650533 56H jtl: Journal of Social Work Practice issn: 02650533 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2018 vid: 32 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 129416926 10.1080/02650533.2018.1439459 ppf: 169 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.6MB tig: atl: Dimensions for argument and variability in child protection decision-making. aug: au: Mosteiro, A. Beloki, U. Sobremonte, E. Rodríguez, A. affil: Department of Social Work and Sociology, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain su: Spain Child welfare Decision making Families Judgment (Psychology) Social case work Social impact assessment Social support Social worker attitudes Research methodology Case studies Psychological vulnerability Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Child welfare Decision making Families Judgment (Psychology) Social case work Social impact assessment Social support Social worker attitudes Spain Other Individual and Family Services Research methodology Case studies Psychological vulnerability Descriptive statistics keyword: Argumentation child protection decision-making decisionmaking judgement thresholds Argumentation child protection decision-making decisionmaking judgement thresholds ab: The purpose of this article is to analyse the arguments presented by 181 professionals in the child protection system of the Basque Country (Spain) to justify their decisions regarding the implementation of measures related to family preservation or separation. The implementation of a case vignette demonstrated variability in professional decision-making, with 62% of professionals choosing family preservation and 38% opting for family separation. A series of argument categories which can be used by most professionals when making decisions are extracted from analysis of the content. However, in spite of using similar types of arguments, the professionals differed in the importance they attributed to such criteria and their interpretations. Differences in decision thresholds were directly related to professional's beliefs regarding the benefits of the interventions analysed. To reduce this variability, reflecting on these beliefs and analysing the effectiveness of interventions in child protection to incorporate evidence of professional judgement are recommended. The present study, on the one hand, identifies the argument categories used to justify decisions and on the other, analyses the existing variability when interpreting these categories. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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