The organizational structure of child welfare: Staff are working hard, but it is hardly working
Child welfare has been overseen, litigated, reviewed, and chastised by those internal to the system and those who have never faced a traumatized child or an abusive parent. The work of child welfare occurs within organizations, generally large, public sector agencies. Literature has paid little attention to the organizational structure or staffing patterns of the agencies mandated to serve vulnerable children and families. This article explores the challenges facing child welfare and ponders the notion that the structure of public child welfare agencies has developed in response to internal and external factors. The resulting organizational structure may not be the best to support the myriad of mandates that child welfare must achieve.
Year of publication: |
2014
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Authors: | Blome, Wendy Whiting ; Steib, Sue D. |
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Children and Youth Services Review. - Elsevier, ISSN 0190-7409. - Vol. 44.2014, C, p. 181-188
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Child welfare | Organizations | Structure | Workforce |
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