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1Department of Social Work and Human Services, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA.
Child Maltreatment
|August 1, 2019
Summary
Parental social support, mental health, and shared ethnicity foster strong parent-caseworker alliances in child welfare. These factors improve engagement and reduce caseworker turnover, benefiting families.
Area of Science:
- Social Work
- Child Welfare Studies
- Family Psychology
Background:
- The collaborative alliance between parents and caseworkers is crucial in the child welfare system.
- Understanding factors that foster this alliance is essential for effective interventions and improved child outcomes.
- Previous research has not fully elucidated the multifaceted influences on this critical relationship.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify factors associated with parents' perceptions of caseworker engagement within the child welfare system.
- To examine the relationship between perceived caseworker engagement and caseworker turnover.
- To provide evidence-based implications for social work practice in child welfare settings.
Main Methods:
- Secondary analysis of data from 3,035 parents from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being II.
- Generalized least squares random effects modeling for panel data was employed.
- Examined associations between perceived caseworker engagement and parent's interpersonal capacities, intrapersonal dynamics, problem severity, racial/ethnic background, and caseworker turnover.
Main Results:
- Perceived caseworker engagement was positively associated with parent's social support, mental health, kinship care, out-of-home placement, African American ethnicity, Hispanic ethnicity, shared ethnicity between parent and caseworker, and family income.
- Perceived engagement was negatively associated with caseworker turnover, indicating higher engagement correlates with lower turnover.
- Parents in the sample had substantiated child maltreatment cases.
Conclusions:
- Parental social support, mental health, socioeconomic status, and specific demographic factors significantly enhance the parent-caseworker alliance.
- Strengthening the collaborative alliance can contribute to greater caseworker stability.
- Findings offer practical insights for enhancing social work practice and improving service delivery in child welfare.
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