The Value of Audit Tools in Children's Services
Reflections upon a Common Assessment Framework Audit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10895465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Yardley (0009-0008-7686-0396, New School, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 937-954 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcs164 |
| OpenAlex | W2009102797 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper considers the value of audit tools in children's services. The article draws upon reflections from an audit of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) in an English local authority. The wider context of the CAF is outlined, highlighting the prominence of performance management within children's services and critical commentary around the same. Thereafter, the local context of CAF audit and the Quality Review Form (‘audit form’) used in the exercise is described. Observations from the audit are noted and the author reflects upon the validity of the audit form in light of the relevant literature. The article concludes that the CAF audit form does have many shortfalls, similar to those evident in other audit tools, including reliance upon quantitative data and a lack of both practitioners and children's perspectives. However, there is significant potential for it to be shaped into a useful tool to facilitate organisational learning, particularly through the incorporation of qualitative approaches to outcomes measurement.
Audit · Audit plan · Business · Context (archaeology) · Geography · Information technology audit · Internal audit · Joint audit · Performance audit · Quality (philosophy) · Quality audit · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Accounting · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Public Policy and Administration Research
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Observing Front Line Decision Making in Child Protection
Quat—a Tool for Evaluating the Quality of Core Assessments in Child-Protection Investigations
A Professional Role in Transition
Putting Outcomes into Practice
From Policy to Practice
Children's services in the iron cage of performance management
The Common Assessment Framework
Evaluating Public Policy Experiments
When policy o’erleaps itself
Challenges to practice and knowledge in child welfare social work
Performing 'Initial Assessment
A Tale of Two CAFs
Gone with the Wind
The Impact of Audit on Social Work Practice
The Descriptive Tyranny of the Common Assessment Framework
A Public Management for All Seasons
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |