Children Who Receive Services from Public Child Welfare Agencies. Helen R. Jeter

1961 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-231
Author(s):  
Dorothy M. Gazaway
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare Agencies ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Welfare Agencies

scholarly journals Trends in local public child welfare agencies 1999–2009

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Wells ◽  
Mónica Pérez Jolles ◽  
Emmeline Chuang ◽  
Bowen McBeath ◽  
Crystal Collins-Camargo
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare Agencies ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Welfare Agencies

scholarly journals Finding “Health” and “Meaning” in Texas-Sized Turnover: Application of Seminal Management Principles for Administration and Research in U.S. Public Child Welfare Agencies

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Willis ◽  
Nancy Chavkin ◽  
Patrick Leung
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Child Welfare Agencies ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare Organizations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Welfare Agencies

Public child welfare agencies in the United States have struggled with high turnover rates, especially among caseworkers. Research has explored turnover in terms of negative organizational outcomes, and efforts have been developed to reduce overall turnover rates. However, there has been little change in turnover rates in the last 30 years. The public child welfare system is inclined to higher turnover due to the unique nature of the work. Efforts to reduce the overall turnover rate fail to recognize the heterogeneity and healthy aspects of turnover unique to public child welfare organizations, which present challenges for both practice and research. By critically questioning how turnover is socially constructed, measured, and addressed, and integrating seminal management principles, a more meaningful metric can be developed. These challenges are explored, and recommendations are proposed for administration and research that include reconstructing and applying a new perspective on turnover to inform and evaluate initiatives that can reduce the impact of dysfunctional turnover within public child welfare organizations.

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