NCJ Number
131170
Journal
Child Welfare Volume: 70 Issue: 4 Dated: (July-August 1991) Pages: 425-435
Date Published
1991
Length
11 pages
Annotation
Effective case management is essential to child protective services (CPS). Use of a model training protocol for child sexual abuse cases could help CPS workers to formulate goals and objectives and to negotiate contracts with sexually abusive families.
Abstract
Most efforts to train and evaluate case management skills focus on social assessment, service planning, implementing the service plan, case monitoring, and case closure. The American Association for Protecting Children (AAPC) has developed a 7-module training protocol for child sexual abuse case workers. The module on case management, presented in five sessions over the course of a day, examines problem identification, formulation of goals and objectives, contracting an agreement, implementation and monitoring, and case closure. The module also discusses the importance of multidisciplinary teams in case management. Three testing approaches were used to evaluate the training curriculum. While a competency-based evaluation showed that the training had a positive impact on CPS workers' case planning skills, more emphasis needs to be placed on the linkage between problems, outcome goals in the case plan, and the objectives proposed to reach those goals. 16 references (Author abstract modified)