{"title":"Examining the role of the parent-caseworker relationship in child maltreatment decision-making","authors":"Erika Tullberg, Wendy Vaughon","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2366940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2366940","url":null,"abstract":"Child welfare (CW) professionals are charged with investigating reports of alleged child maltreatment and determining whether and what type of maltreatment has occurred. Multiple factors contribute...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141529038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring child welfare worker wellbeing, organizational social context, and staff recommendations for change: a mixed method case study","authors":"Kristen Lwin, Xiaohong Shi, Rachel Jewell, Stacey Lock, Holly Stack-Cutler, Derrick Drouillard","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2343679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2343679","url":null,"abstract":"Unpacking evidence-based practice in social work education: a scoping review Child welfare workers are the link between families and the system and are tasked with assessing and mitigating child ma...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140629457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fight to work with families, rather than against them: exploring social workers’ experiences of working within the family safeguarding model; an IPA analysis","authors":"Charlotte Cucciniello, Yvonne Melia","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2324899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2324899","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative study explores social workers’ experiences of working within the Family Safeguarding Model and its implications for relationships with families and professionals. Semi-structured i...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140574494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adoptive parents’ perspectives on adoption adjustment and post-adoption support","authors":"Bonni Goodwin, Elissa Madden, Payton Harrison","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2336961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2336961","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated adoption adjustment and the honeymoon period through the perspective of adoptive parents. Parents who had adopted a child from a public child welfare system participated in ...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140574606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sunggeun (Ethan) Park, Melanie Nadon, Nathanael J. Okpych, Justin S. Harty, Mark Courtney
{"title":"Examining prevalence and predictors of food insecurity for transition-age youth transitioning out of foster care","authors":"Sunggeun (Ethan) Park, Melanie Nadon, Nathanael J. Okpych, Justin S. Harty, Mark Courtney","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2332611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2332611","url":null,"abstract":"Transition-age youth with foster care involvement (TAY) face significant risks for food insecurity and other hardships in early adulthood. Using representative survey data of youth transitioning ou...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140301261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of title IV-E training on public child welfare turnover","authors":"Micki Washburn, L. Christian Carr, Patrick Leung","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2328101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2328101","url":null,"abstract":"Title-IV E training is thought to minimize PCW employee turnover. A total of 969 PCW workers in a southern state completed an anonymous survey about their intentions to remain employed in PCW. A mu...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140171301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families","authors":"Kristina K. Lovato, Megan Finno-Velasquez, Sophia Sepp, Effie Clayton, Kelechi Chinyere Wright","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2320278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2320278","url":null,"abstract":"Child welfare agencies often experience challenges in meeting the unique needs of immigrant families. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with child welfare agency ...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140173094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Helena M. Carvalho, Tiago Ferreira, Beatriz Santos, Mónica Costa, Paula Mena Matos, Catarina Pinheiro Mota
{"title":"What’s on your mind? The effects of an attachment-based intervention on residential youth workers’ reflexive functioning","authors":"Helena M. Carvalho, Tiago Ferreira, Beatriz Santos, Mónica Costa, Paula Mena Matos, Catarina Pinheiro Mota","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2329230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2329230","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the impact of an attachment-based intervention on care workers’ reflexive functioning (RF), analyzing 212 professionals in a randomized control trial. The study employed a m...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"136 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140152095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel J. Gibbs, Paul Lanier, Claire McNellan, Katherine Bryant
{"title":"Identifying children at risk for maltreatment fatalities: assessing the Current landscape of birth match policies in the United States","authors":"Daniel J. Gibbs, Paul Lanier, Claire McNellan, Katherine Bryant","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2319732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2319732","url":null,"abstract":"Data-driven decision-making is a common approach for identifying child maltreatment. However, such strategies must be guided by ethical, equitable, and evaluative frameworks due to their potential ...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140033885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A balancing act: partnering with the media to provide a trauma-informed approach to U.S child welfare","authors":"Donnetta S. Washington","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2322524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2322524","url":null,"abstract":"The United States (U.S.) media often scrutinizes and sometimes explicitly vilifies child welfare practices, particularly when the case attracts the public’s attention. In such cases, the public’s p...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"170 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139977737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}