European Social Work Research Association SIG to Study Decisions, Assessment, and Risk

Taylor, Brian J.; Killick, Campbell; Bertotti, Teresa; Enosh, Guy; Gautschi, Joel; Hietamäki, Johanna; Sicora, Alessandro; Whittaker, Andrew

doi:10.1080/23761407.2017.1394244

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“…Service managers and those involved in professional education could usefully reflect on current practice and teaching in the light of the rank ordering of risk factors from this study. As the study of decision making, assessment and risk in health and social care progresses (Przeperski & Taylor, 2020;Taylor et al, 2017;Taylor & Whittaker, 2019;Whittaker & Taylor, 2018) more sophisticated research methods are required to understand better the relative weighting of factors, their meaning for practice, and the type of impact that each has on child protection risks in pregnancy.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Judgements of health and social care professionals on a child protection referral of an unborn baby: Factorial survey

Elhinney

Taylor²,

Sinclair³

2021

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Judgements of health and social care professionals on a child protection referral of an unborn baby: Factorial survey

Elhinney

Taylor²,

Sinclair³

2021

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…• There are encouraging developments regarding our understanding of aspects of decision-making and risk in social work (McCafferty & Taylor, 2020;Taylor & Whittaker, 2019;Taylor et al, 2017;Whittaker & Taylor, 2018), although we are far from a consolidated field of knowledge at the present time. However, the integration of theoretical understandings with each other and into a framework for making decisions is yet to be developed.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Employers need to recognise and respond to their responsibilities in terms of creating an evidence-based culture, where continuing professional development is part of the organisational ethos. Employers also need mechanisms in place to ensure that practitioners and employers take on their respective responsibilities in relation to getting evidence into practice (Taylor et al, 2017). To support employers in taking on such responsibilities, the profession needs stronger professional regulatory bodies (with some statutory authority) that can require social workers to undertake some appropriate minimum number of days per year of continuing professional development in order to be licensed to continue practising (e.g.…”

Section: Organisational Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Barriers to knowledge acquisition and utilisation in child welfare decisions: A qualitative study

Cafferty¹

2020

Journal of Social Work

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Summary Permanency decisions in child welfare are recognised as being challenging. Nevertheless, society and the profession expect that professional judgements should be of the highest quality, consistent, reliable, fully justified and informed by evidence of what works, particularly where decisions are potentially life-changing. However, barriers to knowledge acquisition and utilisation exist, preventing practitioners from gaining the full range of knowledge they require, leading to permanency decisions being interventionist and protectionist in orientation (author, 2020). Think-aloud protocols and semi-structured interviews, in conjunction with a vignette, were used with social workers ( N = 17) in statutory services to explore barriers to knowledge acquisition and utilisation in permanency decisions for children in state care. Findings The main barriers to knowledge use were (1) misunderstanding or misuse of theory, (2) limitations in training and learning and (3) organisational issues. Applications By developing a real-world understanding of the barriers and listening to the views of the professionals themselves, we can begin to realistically inform policy and practice, with the aim of decreasing the barriers to knowledge acquisition and utilisation in permanency decision-making. If we appreciate the barriers to knowledge acquisition and utilisation in permanency decision-making more fully, then perhaps we can reduce them, thereby facilitating more fully informed decisions that best serve the individual needs of children and their families.

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“…Developments in the wider world of evidence-based practice (Taylor, 2012c(Taylor, , 2020Taylor et al, 2017) have potential application in the domain of health and social care regulation. Standards seek to define acceptable care but, as in other aspects of social work, staff attitudes and care environments are important as well as thoughtful methods of work (Fengler & Taylor, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

Standards in Regulating Quality of Adult Community Health and Social Care: Systematic Narrative Review

Cunningham

Taylor

Murphy

2020

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

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The growing range and complexity of community care services requires robust approaches to ensuring quality. Method: This review collated studies on the use of standards in regulating community health and social care using Social Care Online, Medline and CINAHL databases. Studies were appraised by two reviewers, and synthesised by study themes. Results: Sixteen studies were synthesised under three themes:• standards in quality assurance and quality improvement;• effectiveness of standards; and • design of regulatory standards. Standards facilitate providers in self-regulation, and enable regulators to support and monitor improvement. Effectiveness of standards depends on their language and interpretation, and on organisational factors. There was little evidence of scales within quality standards. Discussion: There is continuing debate about self-regulation versus external regulation. Social care service regulation requires more research. Conclusion: Regulatory organisations should take note of wider initiatives towards evidence-based practice in the design of quality standards.

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European Social Work Research Association SIG to Study Decisions, Assessment, and Risk

Abstract: DARSIG promises to be a useful mechanism for the purpose.

Cited by 14 publications

References 45 publications

Judgements of health and social care professionals on a child protection referral of an unborn baby: Factorial survey

Judgements of health and social care professionals on a child protection referral of an unborn baby: Factorial survey

Barriers to knowledge acquisition and utilisation in child welfare decisions: A qualitative study

Standards in Regulating Quality of Adult Community Health and Social Care: Systematic Narrative Review

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