A Typology of Child Protective Service Cases: Design and Implementation Issues for Social Work Administrators

Case typologies can help to delineate client problems and needs, inform the design of service delivery, and measure service outputs and outcomes. The author describes the development of a typology of the child protective services cases of one large public department of social services. To assist soc...

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Published in:Administration in social work 1997-01, Vol.21 (2), p.55-75
Main Author: Dattalo, Patrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration
Algorithms
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse - prevention & control
Child protection
Child Welfare
Child Welfare Services
Children & youth
Client Characteristics
Cluster Analysis
Health administration
Health Services Needs and Demand
Health Services Research - methods
Humans
Models, Organizational
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Parents - psychology
Perspectives
Poverty
Public administration
Public Health Administration - standards
Social Services
Social Work
Social Work - organization & administration
Social Work - standards
Social Work Cases
Socioeconomic Factors
Studies
Types
Typology
USA
Virginia
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Summary:Case typologies can help to delineate client problems and needs, inform the design of service delivery, and measure service outputs and outcomes. The author describes the development of a typology of the child protective services cases of one large public department of social services. To assist social work administrators develop and apply case classification schemes within their agencies, this typology is used to illustrate the following key conceptual and methodological issues: (1) reasons for case typologies: (2) identifying and selecting case attributes: (3) re-organizing and reducing the number of attributes: and (4) forming groups.
ISSN:0364-3107
2330-3131
1544-4376
2330-314X
DOI:10.1300/J147v21n02_04