Linking worker-parent working alliance to parent progress in child welfare: A longitudinal analysis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Linking worker-parent working alliance to parent progress in child welfare

T2 - A longitudinal analysis

AU - Lo, Celia C.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

PY - 2016/12/1

Y1 - 2016/12/1

N2 - Using a national data set of child welfare cases, we asked how parent progress in a case plan was related to four factors: collaborative engagement, child welfare history, parent characteristics, and social worker characteristics. Our secondary analysis employed a sample extracted from nationally representative longitudinal records of 3185 children and their parents. Results of generalized least squares random-effects modeling showed that parent progress was associated positively with five specific variables: collaborative engagement, maintenance of effective working relationship, parent receipt of assistance in achieving goals, parent satisfaction with collaborative engagement, parent Hispanic ethnicity, and child welfare worker with MSW or degree in other major. Associated negatively with parent progress were parent receipt of assistance with obtaining needed services, out-of-home placement, multiple problems, and family income. Practice implications are discussed.

AB - Using a national data set of child welfare cases, we asked how parent progress in a case plan was related to four factors: collaborative engagement, child welfare history, parent characteristics, and social worker characteristics. Our secondary analysis employed a sample extracted from nationally representative longitudinal records of 3185 children and their parents. Results of generalized least squares random-effects modeling showed that parent progress was associated positively with five specific variables: collaborative engagement, maintenance of effective working relationship, parent receipt of assistance in achieving goals, parent satisfaction with collaborative engagement, parent Hispanic ethnicity, and child welfare worker with MSW or degree in other major. Associated negatively with parent progress were parent receipt of assistance with obtaining needed services, out-of-home placement, multiple problems, and family income. Practice implications are discussed.

KW - Child welfare

KW - Collaborative engagement

KW - Working alliance

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84994317530

U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.028

DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.028

M3 - Article

SN - 0190-7409

VL - 71

SP - 10

EP - 16

JO - Children and Youth Services Review

JF - Children and Youth Services Review

ER -