Strengthening the working alliance between social workers and parents living in households with low income.

Autor/inn/en	Gyüre, Krisztina; Tøge, Anne Grete; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira
Titel	Strengthening the working alliance between social workers and parents living in households with low income.
Quelle	In: European journal of social work, 25 (2022) 4, S. 617-629 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen; Abbildungen; Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-1457; 1468-2664
DOI	10.1080/13691457.2020.1832053
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Familie; Familienhilfe; Armut; Sozialarbeiter; Sozialpädagogik; Koordination; Modell; Norwegen
Abstract	Although a positive working alliance is important for creating changes for families and individuals, little is known about the various factors that improve the alliance between social workers and parents in vulnerable situations. The Norwegian Directorate of Labour and Welfare has developed a model for Holistic follow-up of Low-income Families (the HOLF model), where parents are followed up by dedicated family coordinators with low caseloads. In this one-year follow-up study, we compared parents' assessments of the working alliance with their family coordinators to earlier evaluations of their social workers within ordinary services. Using multilevel regression analyses, the study also assessed whether and how the follow-up activities of the HOLF model were associated with changes in parents' alliance ratings. The data are from surveys conducted among 29 family coordinators and 352 parents. The results demonstrate significant increases in the overall working alliance (WAI-SR) and the goal, task and bond subscales. Of the follow-up activities, creating a family plan with specific goals and clear deadlines shows weak positive association with improved working alliance. We conclude that a dedicated family coordinator with a low caseload seems to be the most important factor in strengthening the alliance.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2023/1