A study to determine what variables may increase the risk of an adolescent coming into the care of the Children's Aid Society /

• Main Author: Tripp, Lisa M.
• Other Authors: John, Lyndsay (advisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 2001
• Subjects: Child welfare > Ontario > Decision making; Social case work with teenagers.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32831

Ninety-six child protection files were scrutinized according to the Holland Complex Care Case Review Data Collection Instrument in order to verify the applicability of the instrument to determined the variables influencing social workers in the determination of bringing an adolescent in need of protection into care. Results show that school related issues seem to influence workers in determining the need to remove the child from the family. Statistical analyses indicated numerous correlations supporting the link between case complexity and the need to bring an adolescent into care.