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040 _aAFVC
100 _97280
_aMennicke, Annelise M.
245 _a"It’s tricky …" :
_bintimate partner violence service providers’ perspectives of assessments and referrals by child welfare workers
_cAnnelise Mennicke, Lisa Langenderfer-Magruder and Lindsey MacConnie
260 _bSpringer,
_c2018
500 _aJournal of Family Violence, 2018, Advance online publication, 17 August 2018
520 _aThe present study explored the perceptions of workers who provide intimate partner violence (IPV) services regarding child welfare workers’ IPV assessment and referral processes. Data from four focus groups was interrogated to find common themes. A total of 27 individuals participated in the focus groups, working in the community, shelters, and prisons/jails. Participants primarily expressed concerns regarding child welfare workers’ practices. IPV providers perceived child welfare workers as incompetent in performing IPV assessments and making referrals. IPV workers also perceived that some child welfare workers engaged in dismissive, manipulative, or coercive behaviors when working with IPV victims. While the present findings are not generalizable, they speak to the tension frequently noted between victim services and child welfare. Child welfare agencies should consider ongoing, trauma-informed training for IPV assessment to help increase worker self-efficacy in performing these tasks. Local, interdisciplinary trainings including both IPV and child welfare providers may be particularly useful to promote better understanding of each provider’s role in cases with co-occurring IPV and child maltreatment concerns, which may help to reduce tensions between the intersecting service systems. (Authors' abstract). Record #6000
650 _aCHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
_9130
650 _aCHILD PROTECTION
_9118
650 _aCHILD WELFARE
_9124
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 _aINTERVENTION
_9326
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 5 _9562
_aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
651 4 _aUNITED STATES
_92646
700 _aLangenderfer-Magruder, Lisa
_97867
700 _aMacConnie, Lindsey
_97868
773 0 _tJournal of Family Violence, 2018, Advance online publication, 17 August 2018
830 _aJournal of Family Violence
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-018-9991-2
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_cARTICLE