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Framework for culturally competent decisionmaking in child welfare.

Elena P Cohen1

  • 1National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice, Washington, DC, USA.

Child Welfare
|April 18, 2003
PubMed
Summary

This framework helps understand how cultural, social, political, and economic factors influence decisions for diverse families in child welfare. It details external influences and casework stages for better decision-making.

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Area of Science:

  • Child Welfare
  • Sociology
  • Public Policy

Background:

  • Diverse families face unique challenges within the child welfare system.
  • Decision-making processes are influenced by multifaceted external and internal factors.
  • Effective interventions require understanding the interplay of cultural, social, political, and economic contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a comprehensive framework for analyzing decision-making in child welfare.
  • To identify key factors influencing casework with ethnically and racially diverse families.
  • To offer a model adaptable to various child-serving systems.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and conceptual analysis.
  • Development of a decision-making framework.
  • Examination of external factors (community, agency, family) and internal casework stages.

Main Results:

  • Identified critical decision points in the casework process: intake, assessment, service planning, implementation, evaluation, and closure.
  • Highlighted the impact of community environment, agency structure, and family characteristics on decisions.
  • Emphasized the need to consider cultural, social, political, and economic influences.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework enhances understanding of decision-making for diverse families in child welfare.
  • The framework's adaptability extends its utility to education, mental health, and juvenile justice systems.
  • Integrating contextual factors is crucial for equitable and effective child welfare practice.

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