Child Welfare Workers' Knowledge and Use of a Resilience Approach in Out-of-Home Care

Bibliographic Data

ID2501571
AuthorsMadhavappallil Thomas (California State University, Bakersfield, corresponding author), Barbara Reifel (California State University, Bakersfield)
Year2010
Volume11
Issue1
Pages17-32
Publication date2010-05-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdvances in Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125
PublisherIUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18060/246
OpenAlexW1825316940
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

This paper examines child welfare workers' use of resilience-based knowledge and intervention in a public child welfare system in a county in California. The data for the study were collected from child welfare workers who worked with out-of-home care children (n= 102). Descriptive analysis including chi-square tests was carried out. Findings show that a significant majority of child welfare workers are able to correctly identify risk and protective factors that are central to the concept of resilience. Although a significant majority recognizes the importance of using a resilience-based approach, most workers without a degree in social work are not familiar with it and are not currently using it in their practice. In terms of familiarity with and in the use of resilience-based assessment and interventions, significant differences were found to exist between workers with degrees in social work and workers without degrees in social work. Implications for social work education, agency training, and practice in child welfare are discussed

Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Psychological intervention · Psychological resilience · Social science · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work

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