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Assessing the work of a family centre: services offered and referrers' perceptions. A pilot study
Author(s) -
Manor Oded
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1991.00428.x
Subject(s) - social work , perception , service (business) , work (physics) , psychology , nursing , medicine , applied psychology , business , marketing , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , neuroscience , law
A multiple family orientated service was offered by a social services family centre. In order to examine the service, the number and type of presenting problems, services offered and length of contact were recorded for forty‐six families. Perceptions of the referring social workers were elicited at the beginning and end of contact with the service, and at follow‐up. These suggested that the perceived risk of the referred cases and their complexity decreased. Questions raised by these preliminary findings are discussed.