Evaluating the effectiveness of the systemic practice model of children’s social care – A pilot study on child- and family-level outcomes

The Systemic Practice Model (SPM) is a Finnish adaptation of the Reclaiming Social Work (RSW) model, which incorporates systemic ideas and practice into children’s social care. This study first attempt to evaluate effectiveness RSW model outside England. employed quasi-experimental repeated measures design. Questionnaires assessing child- family-level outcomes quantity (i.e., number meetings) quality service user feedback) were administered workers, children parents twice over six-month follow-up period. Outcome data comprise 112 cases (SPM n = 56, service-as-usual 56) from 18 child protection teams 9, 9) at three sites. overall need for decreased across sample during While intensiveness was higher in SPM group, no significant differences found between groups or satisfaction with protection. limitations implications future research are discussed.