“Do I Read it? No”. Knowledge Utilisation in Child Welfare Decisions
“Do I Read it? No”. Knowledge Utilisation in Child Welfare Decisions
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“我读过吗？没有”。儿童福利决策中的知识利用。
作者：
P. Mccafferty
虽然人们希望能够根据经验发现和客观知识的坚实基础来做出永久性决定，但虐待儿童的性质排除了这种可能性。在没有任何统一的知识基础，重要的是要知道什么知识的社会工作者使用，以告知他们的永久性决定。本文介绍了一个探索性的深入的定性研究项目的结果，探索的知识，社会工作者使用的决定永久性安排照顾儿童的目的。这项研究是我在贝尔法斯特女王大学儿童研究博士学位的一部分。大声思考的协议和半结构化的采访，结合一个专门构造的小插曲，被用来作为一种创新的方法，探索知识，使经验丰富的从业人员在北方爱尔兰的地方当局的永久性决定。专题分析被用来组织调查结果。本文以Drury-Hudson（1997）为基础，采用了一种适应性的知识模型来构建主题。社会工作专业知识模式。澳大利亚社会工作，50（3），35-44）和Pawson等人的。（2003）知识模型。研究结果表明，组织知识和从业人员的知识特权几乎完全超过研究，理论和服务用户的知识。研究结果还显示，使用这两种知识来源导致压倒性的保护主义导向的决定，显着影响的照顾轨迹的孩子在小插曲。提出建议的目的是提高这一领域从业人员知识的广度和深度，从而有助于提高所作决定的稳健性、一致性和可辩护性。
ABSTRACT Much as one would like to be able to base permanency decisions on the solid ground of empirical findings and objective knowledge, the nature of child abuse precludes this possibility. In the absence of any unitary knowledge base, it is important to know what knowledge social workers use to inform their permanency decisions. This article presents findings from an exploratory in-depth qualitative research project with the objective of exploring the knowledge that social workers use to make decisions regarding permanency arrangements for Looked after Children. This research formed part of my Doctorate in Childhood Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. Thinking aloud-protocols and semi-structured interviews, in conjunction with a specifically constructed vignette, were used as an innovative methodology to explore the knowledge used to make permanency decisions by experienced practitioners in a local authority in Northern Ireland. A thematic analysis was used to structure the findings. An adapted model of knowledge was used to structure the themes which was based on Drury-Hudson (1997. A model of professional knowledge for social work. Australian Social Work, 50(3), 35–44) and Pawson et al’s. (2003) model of knowledge. The findings show that organisational knowledge and practitioner knowledge were privileged almost exclusively over research, theory and service user knowledge. Findings also reveal that using these two sources of knowledge led to overwhelmingly protectionist oriented decisions, significantly affecting the care trajectory of the child in the vignette. Recommendations are made with the aim of improving the extent and depth of practitioner knowledge in this field, thus helping to increase the robustness, consistency and defensibility of decisions taken.