Italian and Nordic social workers’ assessments of families with children at risk
Guidi, Paolo ; Meeuwisse, Anna LU
and Scaramuzzino, Roberto
LU
(2016)
In Nordic Social Work Research
6(1).
p.4-21
- Abstract
- The question of how social workers view child welfare problems and what are seen as appropriate interventions has been subject of debate and research the last decades. The aim of the study is to investigate how different child welfare models influence social workers’ assessment of cases involving children at risk. This is done by identifying differences and similarities between Nordic and Italian social workers’ assessments regarding the levels of intervention, their line of reasoning and the types of intervention proposed. A recent comparative study of social workers’ assessment in four Nordic countries reveals a tendency to apply a common model in social work with children and families. The data for this study, collected through a... (More)
- The question of how social workers view child welfare problems and what are seen as appropriate interventions has been subject of debate and research the last decades. The aim of the study is to investigate how different child welfare models influence social workers’ assessment of cases involving children at risk. This is done by identifying differences and similarities between Nordic and Italian social workers’ assessments regarding the levels of intervention, their line of reasoning and the types of intervention proposed. A recent comparative study of social workers’ assessment in four Nordic countries reveals a tendency to apply a common model in social work with children and families. The data for this study, collected through a qualitative vignette study involving 18 Italian social workers, are compared with the results of the Nordic study. The analysis displays certain differences between Italian and Nordic social workers’ assessments, in particular with adolescents, but also indicates similar approaches with babies and children. The similarities in the assessment of Nordic and Italian social workers, especially in the line of reasoning, indicate a common professional base of values and knowledge among social workers working with families. The study also shows that child welfare models, as institutional factors, actually influence social workers’ assessment of cases involving children at risk, when it comes to level of intervention and intervention proposed. Such influence seems to be mediated by meso-level organisational factors related to how social work with children at risk is organised. (Less)
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- author
- Guidi, Paolo
; Meeuwisse, Anna
LU
and Scaramuzzino, Roberto
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- social work assessment, child welfare models, vignette method, Nordic countries, Italy
- in
- Nordic Social Work Research
- volume
- 6
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 4 - 21
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85124572419
- ISSN
- 2156-857X
- DOI
- 10.1080/2156857X.2015.1099052
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- First published Online, 03 November 2015
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- 5682713d-42b1-44c5-ab0a-88d8b299305c (old id 8244971)
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