Development and Implementation of a Child Welfare Workforce Strategy to Build a Trauma-Informed System of Support for Foster Care
Development and Implementation of a Child Welfare Workforce Strategy to Build a Trauma-Informed System of Support for Foster Care
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DOI：
10.1177/1077559516633307
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发表时间：
2016-05-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Putnam, Barbara
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作者：
Kerns, Suzanne E. U.;Pullmann, Michael D.;Putnam, Barbara
需要采取有效的战略，增加儿童福利专业人员参与了解创伤情况的案例规划的程度。这项研究评估了两种增加创伤症状识别和使用筛查结果为病例规划提供信息的方法。第一项研究评估了对44名儿童福利专业人员进行的创伤信息筛查工具培训的影响，这些专业人员在将所有儿童送入寄养家庭后对其进行筛查。第二项研究评估了对儿童福利工作者进行儿童心理健康案例规划培训的两阶段方法。参加者包括：(A)71名新雇用的儿童福利专业人员，他们接受了3小时的培训；(B)55名儿童福利专业人员，他们参加了全天培训。第一项研究的结果表明，培训有效地增加了管理筛查工具的知识和技能，尽管筛查的舒适度存在差异。在第二项研究中，参与者自我报告他们在识别精神健康需求(包括创伤应激)和将儿童与循证服务联系起来的能力方面取得了显著进展。这些调查结果为这一方法的可行性提供了初步证据，以增加儿童福利专业人员了解创伤、了解症状并能够将儿童和青年与旨在满足其特定需求的有效服务联系起来的程度。
Effective strategies that increase the extent to which child welfare professionals engage in trauma-informed case planning are needed. This study evaluated two approaches to increase trauma symptom identification and use of screening results to inform case planning. The first study evaluated the impact of training on trauma-informed screening tools for 44 child welfare professionals who screen all children upon placement into foster care. The second study evaluated a two-stage approach to training child welfare workers on case planning for children's mental health. Participants included (a) 71 newly hired child welfare professionals who received a 3-hr training and (b) 55 child welfare professionals who participated in a full-day training. Results from the first study indicate that training effectively increased knowledge and skills in administering screening tools, though there was variability in comfort with screening. In the second study, participants self-reported significant gains in their competency in identifying mental health needs (including traumatic stress) and linking children with evidence-based services. These findings provide preliminary evidence for the viability of this approach to increase the extent to which child welfare professionals are trauma informed, aware of symptoms, and able to link children and youth with effective services designed to meet their specific needs.