title: Relationship competencies in child welfare services.
abstract: A series of nine focus groups were conducted to obtain worker and client views of key competencies in child welfare services. Both clients and workers cited the worker's ability to establish an effective working relationship as the primary prerequisite to effective assessment or intervention. A range of specific worker-client relationship competencies are identified and discussed, as are implications of the findings for social work practice, training, and education.
authors.affiliation: George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Drake
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012947:Social Work