Fidelity and influencing factors in the Systemic Practice Model of children's social care in Finland

Isokuortti, Nanne; Aaltio, Elina

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105647

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“…Finally, based on this data and practitioners' experiences (Isokuortti & Aaltio, 2020), the SPM appears to have the potential, if fully implemented, to improve practice by furnishing frontline practitioners with new skills and knowledge and enabling more case supervision.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…In addition, the mechanisms of the SPM only fire in the right context. However, creating an ideal context is demanding, and the model itself is complex (see also Isokuortti & Aaltio, 2020). Thus, we need to recognize that the programme described in this paper may not ultimately be the one that is applied in practice.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…First, as its purpose was to form a national consensus on the SPM in collaboration with the central government agency, participation was limited to key individuals responsible for the development and dissemination of the SPM. Nevertheless, we consider frontline practitioners' views vital and have previously explored these in depth in a parallel study (Isokuortti & Aaltio, 2020). We discovered that many social workers found the application of systemic practice in real‐world settings confusing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the nationally coordinated ToT, a group of trainees were taught SPM related skills and knowledge to be passed on to the implementation teams. While the practitioners positively engaged with the systemic approach, in particular the involvement of a clinician in the weekly team meetings, to many it remained unclear precisely how the SPM differed from service as usual (Isokuortti & Aaltio, 2020). This study sought to clarify these issues in collaboration with the key informants involved in the national development and dissemination of the SPM during 2017–2019.…”

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Developing a programme theory for the Systemic Practice Model in children's social care: Key informants' perspectives

Aaltio

Isokuortti

2021

Child & Family Social Work

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Vague programme descriptions are known to impede implementation and evaluation. Yet social work change programmes often fail to describe in detail how they aim to provide better outcomes for children and families. This study focused on the Systemic Practice Model (SPM), which is a Finnish adaptation of Reclaiming Social Work, a practice model developed in England. The SPM aims to deliver systemic practice in children's social care and has recently been widely disseminated across Finland. However, research has found both considerable variation in its delivery and a lack of clarity about what it is. This study, applying realist evaluation, aimed to formulate a programme theory based on the perceptions of key informants (n = 12) involved in the national development and dissemination of the SPM during the period 2017–2019. The analysis yielded three core components (a systemic team, systemic weekly meetings, and systemic practice) and two context‐mechanism‐outcome (CMO) configurations, which represent causal chains of the SPM. The findings should enable its quality implementation and meaningful outcome and process evaluation. The findings will also aid organizations and practitioners both to identify changes required in their service provision and prevent adverse effects. This programme theory should be tested and refined with empirical data.

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confidence: 87%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Developing a programme theory for the Systemic Practice Model in children's social care: Key informants' perspectives

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Isokuortti

2021

Child & Family Social Work

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“…In contrast, larger research studies or theories would need to be spread out into more than one session. For example, in one of our groups, it was proposed that one theme per group session could focus on the implementation of the Finnish Systemic Practice Model (Isokuortti & Aaltio, 2020).…”

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Using Theory in Practice – An Intervention Supporting Research Dissemination in Social Work

Muurinen

Kääriäinen

2021

Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Gover

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This guest editorial explores how theory-informed and evidence-informed practice can be strengthened in human service organizations. This exploration involves the description of a Practice and Theory group intervention model. Based on a three-case study of pilot intervention groups provided to social workers, the short-term and intermediate outcomes as well as the expected intermediate and long-term outcomes are presented and illustrated by a logic model. The shared conversations help overcome the difficulties practitioners and managers may have in understanding the role of theory or research in practice. Discussing theories in the context of everyday practice can provide practitioners with concrete tools for decisionmaking. Applying and experimenting with theories opens new perspectives for the problem-solving process where the practitioner is experimenting, reflecting and seeking to improve practice. Thus, shared reflections of theories and research can promote adaptive and developmental workplace learning and enhance an individual sense of epistemic agency.

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Fidelity and influencing factors in the Systemic Practice Model of children's social care in Finland

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Developing a programme theory for the Systemic Practice Model in children's social care: Key informants' perspectives

Developing a programme theory for the Systemic Practice Model in children's social care: Key informants' perspectives

Using Theory in Practice – An Intervention Supporting Research Dissemination in Social Work

Evaluating the effectiveness of the systemic practice model of children’s social care – A pilot study on child- and family-level outcomes

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