Framework for culturally competent decisionmaking in child welfare |
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Authors: | Cohen Elena P |
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Institution: | National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice, Washington, DC, USA. |
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Abstract: | This article provides a framework to understand the cultural, social, political, and economic factors that affect decisionmaking when working with ethnically and racially diverse families in the child welfare system. The article describes external factors affecting the decisionmaking process, including community environment, agency structure, and family characteristics. It then reviews the core stages of the casework process, describing key decisions during intake, assessment, service planning, implementation, evaluation, and closure. Although the framework is based on casework process in the child welfare system, it can be adapted to other child-serving systems, including education, mental health, and juvenile justice. |
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