Alberta J Ellett
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4176283 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alberta J Ellett |
| PRENOMES | Alberta J |
| SOBRENOME | Ellett |
| ASSINATURA | ELLETT A J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Georgia |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 174 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
A Walking Contradiction, Partly Truth and Partly Fiction
This article is a critique of David Stoesz' descriptions of organizational issues in child welfare, and more specifically, the relationships between the U.S. Children's Bureau and the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute. The focus is on Stoesz perspectives and assessments of sub-entities (cartels) that are currently influencing funding and programmatic efforts to prepare child welfare employees. The critiq ue also includes Stoesz' perspect…
A First-Hand Account of Title IV-E Child Welfare Initiatives in Social Work Education and Practice
This article describes the personal experiences and insights of a child welfare practitioner and professor derived from 20 years of involvement in IV-E agency/university partnerships. The author describes perspectives from her work in IV-E programs in multiple contexts (federal, state, and local). Included are descriptions of important historical events and changes in IV-E programs that have served to facilitate or impede successful child welfare…
Timely and Needed Perspectives on Differential Response in Child Protective Services
This article is an invited commentary and analysis of the authors’ completed systematic evaluation of Child Protective Services (CPS) differential response (DR) models. I write this commentary based on 25 years of public child welfare experience followed by 13 years as a social work professor and researcher. In their review of DR, the authors’ identify critical and unresolved issues in DR implementation and program evaluation as well as recommend…
U.S. Children's Bureau Collaboration With Schools of Social Work
In celebration and commemoration of the U.S. Children's Bureau Centennial, the Journal of Public Child Welfare (JPCW) has published this double special issue titled “One Hundred Years of the U.S. C
Predicting public child welfare employees' intentions to remain employed with the child welfare organizational culture inventory
Development and Validation of a Measure of Organizational Culture in Public Child Welfare Agencies
Objective: To develop and explore the validity characteristics of a new measure of organizational culture in public child welfare agencies. Method: Multiple validation methods were used, including expert judgment and criterion-related validity procedures using a statewide sample of 1,033 child welfare caseworkers, supervisors, and administrators. Results: Principal components analyses identified seven measurement dimensions positively correlated …
Intentions to remain employed in child welfare
Withdrawn
Linking Self-Efficacy Beliefs to Employee Retention in Child Welfare
This article describes the results of a two-state study of relationships between child welfare employees' intentions to remain employed in child welfare and their self-efficacy beliefs about their capabilities to accomplish core work tasks. Linkages between self-efficacy motivation and persistence and intent to remain employed in child welfare were also examined. The development of the study measures and the results of data analyses pertaining to…
A qualitative study of 369 child welfare professionals' perspectives about factors contributing to employee retention and turnover
Improving Retention Among Public Child Welfare Workers
This study expands understanding of personal and organizational factors related to retention among public child welfare workers and supervisors from the personal experiences of highly competent, long-term employees, following the original terminology used by Ellett and Ellett (1997), we termed the committed survivors. A series of focus group interviews was completed with child welfare employees in urban, suburban, and rural settings. The results …
A Letter from the Editors
What Happened
This article presents an overview and historical analysis of child welfare from its inception in the 19th century through the Social Security Act of 1935 and into the present. An argument is made that the historical de-professionalization of child welfare is reflected in changing societal values and resultant legislation framing investments in child welfare, as well as the influence of child welfare on the quality of services to children and fami…
Broad Study but Narrow Question
This article is a critique of the article by Robin Perry in this issue that describes a study in Florida to compare supervisor and peer performance evaluations of child welfare staff. An overview of prior studies related to the importance of the social work degree is provided. Subsequently, selected technical, design issues, and results in the Perry study are identified and discussed. Issues and speculations about the validity of supervisor and p…
Human Caring in the Social Work Context
Objectives: (a) to continue the development of a measure of human caring in the context of social work practice and (b) to expand a line of inquiry exploring the relationship between human caring characteristics and the retention of public child welfare workers. Methodology: Surveys were received from a sample (n = 786) child welfare workers in Georgia engaged in the delivery of direct services. Results : Principal components and alpha reliabilit…
Child Welfare and the Courts
Much anecdotal information exists about problems in courts adjudicating child welfare (CW) cases. However, little empirical research across courts, court divisions, and CW cases exists. Method: This study reports the results of a two-stage study of courts and the CW system. Stage 1 used direct, systematic court observations to identify critical features of effective and problematic courts. The second stage used interviews with judges, CWagency at…
A qualitative study of 369 child welfare professionals' perspectives about factors contributing to employee retention and turnover
Intentions to remain employed in child welfare
Child Welfare and the Courts
Much anecdotal information exists about problems in courts adjudicating child welfare (CW) cases. However, little empirical research across courts, court divisions, and CW cases exists. Method: This study reports the results of a two-stage study of courts and the CW system. Stage 1 used direct, systematic court observations to identify critical features of effective and problematic courts. The second stage used interviews with judges, CWagency at…
Predicting public child welfare employees' intentions to remain employed with the child welfare organizational culture inventory
Human Caring in the Social Work Context
Objectives: (a) to continue the development of a measure of human caring in the context of social work practice and (b) to expand a line of inquiry exploring the relationship between human caring characteristics and the retention of public child welfare workers. Methodology: Surveys were received from a sample (n = 786) child welfare workers in Georgia engaged in the delivery of direct services. Results : Principal components and alpha reliabilit…
What Happened
This article presents an overview and historical analysis of child welfare from its inception in the 19th century through the Social Security Act of 1935 and into the present. An argument is made that the historical de-professionalization of child welfare is reflected in changing societal values and resultant legislation framing investments in child welfare, as well as the influence of child welfare on the quality of services to children and fami…
Development and Validation of a Measure of Organizational Culture in Public Child Welfare Agencies
Objective: To develop and explore the validity characteristics of a new measure of organizational culture in public child welfare agencies. Method: Multiple validation methods were used, including expert judgment and criterion-related validity procedures using a statewide sample of 1,033 child welfare caseworkers, supervisors, and administrators. Results: Principal components analyses identified seven measurement dimensions positively correlated …
Linking Self-Efficacy Beliefs to Employee Retention in Child Welfare
This article describes the results of a two-state study of relationships between child welfare employees' intentions to remain employed in child welfare and their self-efficacy beliefs about their capabilities to accomplish core work tasks. Linkages between self-efficacy motivation and persistence and intent to remain employed in child welfare were also examined. The development of the study measures and the results of data analyses pertaining to…
Broad Study but Narrow Question
This article is a critique of the article by Robin Perry in this issue that describes a study in Florida to compare supervisor and peer performance evaluations of child welfare staff. An overview of prior studies related to the importance of the social work degree is provided. Subsequently, selected technical, design issues, and results in the Perry study are identified and discussed. Issues and speculations about the validity of supervisor and p…
Timely and Needed Perspectives on Differential Response in Child Protective Services
This article is an invited commentary and analysis of the authors’ completed systematic evaluation of Child Protective Services (CPS) differential response (DR) models. I write this commentary based on 25 years of public child welfare experience followed by 13 years as a social work professor and researcher. In their review of DR, the authors’ identify critical and unresolved issues in DR implementation and program evaluation as well as recommend…
U.S. Children's Bureau Collaboration With Schools of Social Work
In celebration and commemoration of the U.S. Children's Bureau Centennial, the Journal of Public Child Welfare (JPCW) has published this double special issue titled “One Hundred Years of the U.S. C
Child Welfare and the Courts
Much anecdotal information exists about problems in courts adjudicating child welfare (CW) cases. However, little empirical research across courts, court divisions, and CW cases exists. Method: This study reports the results of a two-stage study of courts and the CW system. Stage 1 used direct, systematic court observations to identify critical features of effective and problematic courts. The second stage used interviews with judges, CWagency at…
Improving Retention Among Public Child Welfare Workers
This study expands understanding of personal and organizational factors related to retention among public child welfare workers and supervisors from the personal experiences of highly competent, long-term employees, following the original terminology used by Ellett and Ellett (1997), we termed the committed survivors. A series of focus group interviews was completed with child welfare employees in urban, suburban, and rural settings. The results …
A Letter from the Editors
What Happened
This article presents an overview and historical analysis of child welfare from its inception in the 19th century through the Social Security Act of 1935 and into the present. An argument is made that the historical de-professionalization of child welfare is reflected in changing societal values and resultant legislation framing investments in child welfare, as well as the influence of child welfare on the quality of services to children and fami…
Broad Study but Narrow Question
This article is a critique of the article by Robin Perry in this issue that describes a study in Florida to compare supervisor and peer performance evaluations of child welfare staff. An overview of prior studies related to the importance of the social work degree is provided. Subsequently, selected technical, design issues, and results in the Perry study are identified and discussed. Issues and speculations about the validity of supervisor and p…
Human Caring in the Social Work Context
Objectives: (a) to continue the development of a measure of human caring in the context of social work practice and (b) to expand a line of inquiry exploring the relationship between human caring characteristics and the retention of public child welfare workers. Methodology: Surveys were received from a sample (n = 786) child welfare workers in Georgia engaged in the delivery of direct services. Results : Principal components and alpha reliabilit…
Linking Self-Efficacy Beliefs to Employee Retention in Child Welfare
This article describes the results of a two-state study of relationships between child welfare employees' intentions to remain employed in child welfare and their self-efficacy beliefs about their capabilities to accomplish core work tasks. Linkages between self-efficacy motivation and persistence and intent to remain employed in child welfare were also examined. The development of the study measures and the results of data analyses pertaining to…
A qualitative study of 369 child welfare professionals' perspectives about factors contributing to employee retention and turnover
Withdrawn
Development and Validation of a Measure of Organizational Culture in Public Child Welfare Agencies
Objective: To develop and explore the validity characteristics of a new measure of organizational culture in public child welfare agencies. Method: Multiple validation methods were used, including expert judgment and criterion-related validity procedures using a statewide sample of 1,033 child welfare caseworkers, supervisors, and administrators. Results: Principal components analyses identified seven measurement dimensions positively correlated …
Intentions to remain employed in child welfare
U.S. Children's Bureau Collaboration With Schools of Social Work
In celebration and commemoration of the U.S. Children's Bureau Centennial, the Journal of Public Child Welfare (JPCW) has published this double special issue titled “One Hundred Years of the U.S. C
Predicting public child welfare employees' intentions to remain employed with the child welfare organizational culture inventory
Timely and Needed Perspectives on Differential Response in Child Protective Services
This article is an invited commentary and analysis of the authors’ completed systematic evaluation of Child Protective Services (CPS) differential response (DR) models. I write this commentary based on 25 years of public child welfare experience followed by 13 years as a social work professor and researcher. In their review of DR, the authors’ identify critical and unresolved issues in DR implementation and program evaluation as well as recommend…
A First-Hand Account of Title IV-E Child Welfare Initiatives in Social Work Education and Practice
This article describes the personal experiences and insights of a child welfare practitioner and professor derived from 20 years of involvement in IV-E agency/university partnerships. The author describes perspectives from her work in IV-E programs in multiple contexts (federal, state, and local). Included are descriptions of important historical events and changes in IV-E programs that have served to facilitate or impede successful child welfare…
A Walking Contradiction, Partly Truth and Partly Fiction
This article is a critique of David Stoesz' descriptions of organizational issues in child welfare, and more specifically, the relationships between the U.S. Children's Bureau and the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute. The focus is on Stoesz perspectives and assessments of sub-entities (cartels) that are currently influencing funding and programmatic efforts to prepare child welfare employees. The critiq ue also includes Stoesz' perspect…
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