The role of clinical consultation in child protection investigations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10516858 |
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| Authors | Jan Bassett (California State University, Chico, corresponding author), J David Bassett, Jayne A Johnson (Cook County Sheriff's Office) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 489-504 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Smith College Studies in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7317 • E-ISSN: 1553-0426 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00377310409517731 |
| OpenAlex | W1989844466 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of clinical consultation in a pilot program that relocated child protective services from a traditional Children's Protective Agency to a County Sheriff's office in Florida. Psychodynamically‐based clinical consultation was introduced to the agency through a training program designed to help investigators evaluate areas of critical risk in caretakers. Subsequently, case consultations were initiated. The clinical perspective used and the staff response over the course of more than a year are described, along with case examples that illustrate how the service can be helpful. Included is a description of how the service has come to be accepted and perceived as useful. Clinical consultation has been found helpful in selected confusing cases, by both investigators and supervisors. Related to this effort, a psychosocial model for evaluating the history and situation has been introduced and is gradually coming to be viewed as an organizing force, rather than as additional meaningless paperwork
Agency (philosophy · Business · Medical education · Perspective (graphical · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Service (business · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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