Exploration of Decision Making Among Child Welfare Workers in British Columbia by Dr. Anne Clayton

Exploration of Decision Making Among Child Welfare Workers in British Columbia by Dr. Anne Clayton

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A Doctoral dissertation studying the lived experience of decision making

by child welfare social workers in British Columbia, Canada. Through

personal interviews with eight social workers currently employed by the

province of British Columbia, who each had more than ten years of

experience, information was collected about decision making in both

crisis and non-crisis situations. The participants revealed that,

contrary to the literature, they used intuition based on their

experience and expertise in the field of social work as a supplement to

rational decision-making processes in both situations. This has

implications for future research and for social work leadership. The

field of social work has been moving towards decision aids and

structured decision-making tools in an attempt to standardize social

work decision- making. The role of intuition based on practice

experience needs to be addressed by research on decision making and the

practice of child welfare social work.

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ISBN
9781927848067
Copyright
Dr. Anne Marie Clayton (Standard Copyright Licence)
Edition
Non-academic Press Edition
Publisher
Filidh Publishing, Victoria, BC
Published
May 4, 2014
Language
English
Pages
193
Binding
Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior Ink
Black & white
Weight
0.6 kg
Dimensions (centimetres)
21.59 wide x 27.94 tall