title: Parental views of in-home services: what predicts satisfaction with child welfare workers?
abstract: Evidence on client satisfaction deserves consideration in the design of child welfare policies, programs, and practices. Data in this study come from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Clients receiving in-home services reported moderate levels of satisfaction with their child welfare workers. Caregiver reports of having less than two child welfare workers, having more recent contact, and receiving timely, responsive services were associated with higher perceived quality of relationships with child welfare workers. The child welfare workers' reports of cooperativeness by the caregiver were also associated with higher caregiver-reported relationship quality.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Mimi V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Claire B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: Julie S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: McCrae
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States