Individual level predictors of implementation climate in child welfare services

I-15: Offering Fertility Services to Whom? With Specific Regards to The Welfare of The Child

Drawing model of welfare services in the Municipality of Tehran

Human resources are the most valuable capital of an organization, and managers are trying to provide motivation and productivity along with preserving the workforce. One way to motivate and increase productivity is to provide welfare services to employees. Using Adams' theory of equality, the current research attempts to design a desirable model for providing welfare services in the organizatio...

Organizational Culture and Retention in Public Child Welfare Services Organizations

Extremely high turnover rates have plagued Public Child Welfare Services organizations historically and continue to do so currently. Turnover rates have ranged from 30-60% annually (Mor Barak, Nissly, & Levin, 2001) and from 46% to as high as 90% in a two-year period (Drake & Yadama, 1996). The most current national data reveals turnover rates between 15%22% among case managers and social worke...

Participation in Child Welfare Services Through Information and Communication Technologies

Case management systems were designed to open the way for increased participation of young people and their families in child welfare interventions, and, their standardised format provides a valuable opportunity to use ICT in social work practice. Existing research is unclear about how effectively case management affects participation, nor, the impact of ICT on social work interventions. This p...

Engaging fathers in child welfare services: A narrative review

It is widely recognised as problematic that there are generally low levels of engagement with child welfare services from biological and social fathers. The result can be limited resources for children’s care and potentially poor risk assessment and management. This paper reviews the published research from 2000-2010 about the barriers to and facilitators of better father engagement, as well as...