The Importance of Information Processing in Child Protection Cases—A Study of Social Workers’ Integration of Other Professionals’ Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rakel Aasheim Greve (0000-0002-3369-7508, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author), Birgitta Persdotter (0000-0003-3323-0032, Karlstad University, Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Universitetsgatan 2 , Karlstad 651 88, Sweden), Øivin Christiansen (0000-0002-3800-8732, NORCE Research AS), Tone Jørgensen (0000-0003-4420-9247, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1516-1534 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| 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/bcad227 |
| OpenAlex | W4387730632 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
The processes used by social workers to collect, interpret and use stakeholder information in child protection cases are an unexplored but essential part of the decision-making process. This study focuses on social workers’ efforts to integrate the knowledge of other professionals. This article draws on a framework for managing knowledge across organisational boundaries and a process-oriented conceptualisation of knowledge integration. The analysis of ten interviews with social workers shows that the process of knowledge integration affects the basis of social workers’ decision making. We argue that knowledge possessed by other professionals is often viewed as easily transferrable and correctly received, when in fact this knowledge is often complex and subjective and requires extra effort to obtain, understand and integrate into case-specific situations. This implies a need to recognise information processing as an influencing factor in decision making within child protection that pertains to both practice and research
Domain knowledge · Knowledge integration · Knowledge management · Political science · Process (computing) · Public relations · Stakeholder · Child Abuse and Trauma · Computer Science · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice
A Dialogical Approach to the Creation of New Knowledge in Organizations
Transferring, Translating, and Transforming
Relational agency in collaborations for the well‐being of children and young people
Towards best practice
Why are they reluctant to report? A study of the barriers to reporting to child welfare services among public dental healthcare personnel
Narratives from parents in England and Norway
When policy o’erleaps itself
Engagement in child protective services
Children at risk
The role of workers' attitudes and parent and child wishes in child protection workers' assessments and recommendation regarding removal and reunification
Family preservation or child safety? Associations between child welfare workers' experience, position, and perspectives
Complexity, conflict and uncertainty
Reasoning and Bias
An Understanding of Optimal Knowledge Management for Social Work Practice
Avoidable and Unavoidable Mistakes in Child Protection Work
Sample Size in Qualitative Interview Studies
How Many Interviews Are Enough
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |