1. Child Welfare Caseworker Education and Caregiver Behavioral Service Use and Satisfaction With the Caseworker.
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Staudt, Marlys, Jolles, Mónica Pérez, Chuang, Emmeline, and Wells, Rebecca
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CAREGIVERS , *CHILD Behavior Checklist , *CHILD welfare , *COMPARATIVE studies , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *LABOR supply , *EVALUATION of medical care , *PATIENT-professional relations , *MENTAL health services , *PATIENT satisfaction , *PSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *RESEARCH funding , *SOCIAL work education , *STATISTICS , *SURVEYS , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *EDUCATIONAL attainment , *SOCIAL services case management , *MASTERS programs (Higher education) , *MEDICAL coding , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *ODDS ratio - Abstract
Social work has long been identified with child welfare, and research has generally found that child welfare caseworkers with a social work degree are better prepared than caseworkers with other degrees. Little knowledge exists though about the relationship between caseworker professional background and caregiver behavioral health service use or their satisfaction with the caseworker. Using data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, we found no significant relationships between having a social work degree and caregiver use of services or satisfaction with the caseworker. More research is needed to clarify how caseworker characteristics, including professional preparation, influence child welfare outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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