Child protective workers’ reflections on principles underpinning the assessment of children in need
The case of Estonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9972817 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karmen Toros (0000-0002-1968-5818, Tallinn University, Estonia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1255-1267 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872815620261 |
| OpenAlex | W2355516321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article presents the findings of a small-scale, qualitative study that included 20 child protective workers from different regions in Estonia. The research question guiding this study was as follows: What principles underpin child protective workers’ assessment activities in cases with child protection concerns? The respondents provided examples of assessment principles through in-depth semi-structured interviews. The results indicate that workers’ assessments are adopted from a deficit view rather than from the needs and possibilities. The majority of the participants underscored the importance of child involvement and partnership in the decision-making process; nevertheless, their case reflections showed that only five of them included the child in the assessment
Child protection · Developmental psychology · General partnership · Geography · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Scale (ratio · Social science · Sociology · Underpinning · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · Engineering · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |