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Subject:RE: General public's perception of child protection workers/the child welfare system
Hello Svetlana,
In Kansas, we're using the Dalgliesh Scale which examines perceptions of whether the focus of child welfare work is child safety or family preservation. We're finding it to be a useful tool and sounds close to what you're requesting here. Here's a quick reference to it:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740916302602
If you want to discuss more about how we're using it for research at the University of Kansas, let me know.
Take care,
Jared Barton
Jared Barton, PhD, MSW (he, him, his)
Assistant Research Professor
Co-Director, Center for Research to Transform Systems for Family Community & Social Justice
Director, ROM Reports: Results Oriented Management
School of Social Welfare
University of Kansas
304 Twente Hall | 1545 Lilac Lane | Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-7440
jaredlee@ku.edu
-------- Original message --------
From: Svetlana Shpiegel
Date: 11/23/23 6:02 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Re: General public's perception of child protection workers/the child welfare system
Hello,
I am looking for a questionnaire/scale assessing the ways in which the general public perceives child protection workers or the child welfare system (e.g., perception that the system's goal is to "take children away" or to help, perceptions regarding the presence or absence of racial bias, etc). If anyone is familiar with a validated instrument on this topic (or even a questionnaire that has not been formally validated), I'd appreciate any references.
Thanks,
Svetlana
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Svetlana Shpiegel, MSW, PhD
Professor
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy
Montclair State University
Hello Svetlana,
In Kansas, we're using the Dalgliesh Scale which examines perceptions of whether the focus of child welfare work is child safety or family preservation. We're finding it to be a useful tool and sounds close to what you're requesting here. Here's a quick reference to it:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740916302602
If you want to discuss more about how we're using it for research at the University of Kansas, let me know.
Take care,
Jared Barton
Jared Barton, PhD, MSW (he, him, his)
Assistant Research Professor
Co-Director, Center for Research to Transform Systems for Family Community & Social Justice
Director, ROM Reports: Results Oriented Management
School of Social Welfare
University of Kansas
304 Twente Hall | 1545 Lilac Lane | Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-7440
jaredleeku.edu
-------- Original message --------
From: Svetlana Shpiegel
Date: 11/23/23 6:02 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Re: General public's perception of child protection workers/the child welfare system
Hello,
I am looking for a questionnaire/scale assessing the ways in which the general public perceives child protection workers or the child welfare system (e.g., perception that the system's goal is to "take children away" or to help, perceptions regarding the presence or absence of racial bias, etc). If anyone is familiar with a validated instrument on this topic (or even a questionnaire that has not been formally validated), I'd appreciate any references.
Thanks,
Svetlana
--
Svetlana Shpiegel, MSW, PhD
Professor
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy
Montclair State University
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