dc.contributor.author | Skotte, Pernille Stornæss | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-08T15:08:07Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-29T14:12:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-08T15:08:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-29T14:12:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Skotte PS. Colligation in child welfare work: Decision-making on the tipping point.. Qualitative Social Work. 2016 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1473-3250 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1741-3117 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/5613 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article reports on a single-case study of a decision-making process in child welfare. Based on analysis of field notes, research interviews with caseworkers and case documents, the study explored caseworkers’ handling of ambiguity and uncertainty in a case of possible neglect on the tipping point between home-based and out-of-home care. The prospective study followed events and activities in the case of a family consisting of a mother, a father and newborn twins, reflecting real process in real time. Data were gathered in a local frontline child welfare office in a Norwegian town, and decision-making was studied as a process of sequential colligation rather than as a linear and cumulative effort. The findings suggest that the caseworkers’ individual commitment to and felt responsibility for the outcome led to a quest for documentation, making the process of decision-making more challenging. The search for decisive evidence may contribute to prolonged casework and postponed closure in cases on the tipping point. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en |
dc.subject | Case study | en |
dc.subject | Child welfare | en |
dc.subject | Assessment | en |
dc.subject | Social work practice | en |
dc.subject | Uncertainty | en |
dc.title | Colligation in child welfare work: Decision-making on the tipping point. | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2017-12-08T15:08:07Z | |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.1177/1473325016654558 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1372136 | |
dc.source.journal | Qualitative Social Work | |