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1. Performance-Based Contracting and the Moderating Influence of Caseworker Role Overload on Service Provision in Child Welfare.

Author

Chuang, Emmeline, Wells, Rebecca, Green, Sherri, and Reiter, Kristin

Subjects
*CONTRACTS, *CHILD welfare, *ANALYSIS of variance, *CAREGIVERS, *CLUSTER analysis (Statistics), *STATISTICAL correlation, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *FAMILY health, *FAMILY services, *INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems, *MEDICAL databases, *MATHEMATICAL models, *EVALUATION of organizational effectiveness, *POISSON distribution, *PROBABILITY theory, *RESEARCH funding, *ROLE conflict, *SOCIAL workers, *STATISTICS, *SURVEYS, *EMPLOYEES' workload, *LOGISTIC regression analysis, *DATA analysis, *SECONDARY analysis, *SOCIAL support, *SOCIAL services case management, *SOCIETIES
Abstract

Although performance-based contracts have become increasingly popular in child welfare, administrators are developing these contracts with little empirically guided information about how internal work conditions may influence the services families receive. This study examines how child welfare caseworker role overload moderates associations between child welfare agencies' use of performance-based contracting and services provided to families. Analyses using data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being suggest that when caseworkers experience high role overload, use of performance-based contracts may decrease caregivers' likelihood of receiving necessary social and behavioral health services. These findings and their implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011
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2. Child Welfare Caseworker Education and Caregiver Behavioral Service Use and Satisfaction With the Caseworker.

Author

Staudt, Marlys, Jolles, Mónica Pérez, Chuang, Emmeline, and Wells, Rebecca

Subjects
*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]

Published
2015
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