Evaluation and Research

• Publications from CalSWEC Evaluation and Research Efforts
  
• Reports 
  
• Dissertations
  
• Recent Presentations using data from the CalSWEC Evaluation
  

Publications from CalSWEC Evaluation and Research efforts

To obtain the publications listed below, which resulted from CalSWEC evaluation and research, contact their respective publishers.

• Bernatovicz, F., Clark, S., Detgen, A., Lahti, M., Shaler, G., & Town, K. (2003). Human services staff development and training roles and competencies: Evaluator/researcher. In B. Johnson, V. Flores, & K. Ringuette (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth Annual National Human Services Training Evaluation Symposium | 2002. Berkeley: University of California, School of Social Welfare, California Social Work Education Center. Available at http://calswec.berkeley.edu/CalSWEC/01Lahti_paper.pdf
  
  
• Clark, S. (2003). The California collaboration: A competency-based child welfare curriculum project for Master's social workers. In K. Briar-Lawson &  J.L. Zlotnik (Eds.), Charting the Impacts of University-Child Welfare Collaboration (pp. 135-147). New York: Haworth Press, Inc. Also in Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 7(1), 135-157.
  
  
• Clark, S. (2006). Interest in B.S.W. and M.S.W. degree programs among Los Angeles child welfare staff. Berkeley: University of California, School of Social Welfare, California Social Work Education Center.
  Clark, S. (2005). The turnover report for California's public child welfare agencies 2002-2003. Berkeley: University of California, School of Social Welfare, California Social Work Education Center.
  
  
• Clark, S. (2007). Social work students' perceptions of poverty. In M. J. Austin (Ed.), Understanding Poverty from Multiple Social Science Perspectives. Berkeley: University of California, School of Social Welfare. Also to be published in Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment [Special Issue on Poverty]. (2008).
  
  
• Clark, S., & Gilman, E. (2007). Fairness and multicultural competence in the child welfare system. In N. Cohen, T.V. Tran, & S. Rhee (Eds.), Multicultural Approaches to Caring for Children, Youth and their Families. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
  
  
• Clark, S., Gilman, E., Jacquet, S., Johnson, B., Mathias, C., & Zeitler, L. (2008). Supervisory practices and tasks in public child welfare social work. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 2(1), 3-32.
  
  
• Clark, S., & McCormick, K. (2000). Linking a competency-based public child welfare curriculum with field work: Achieving agreements about who is responsible for teaching what. In G. Kenyon & R. Power (Eds.), No Magic: Readings in Social Work Field Education (pp.129-147). Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press.
  
  
• Coleman, D.,& Clark, S. (2003) Preparing for child welfare practice: Themes, a cognitive affective model, and implications from a qualitative study. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 7(1/2).
  
  
• Curry, D., Johnson, B., & Mathias, C. (2007). What you need to know about human services training. Policy & Practice, 64(4), 22.
  
  
• Dickinson, N., & Perry, R. (2002). Factors influencing the retention of specially educated public child welfare workers. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 15(3/4), 89-104.
  
  
• Grossman, B., Laughlin, S., & Specht., H. (1992). Building the commitment of social work education to publicly supported social services: The California model. In K.H. Briar, V.H. Hansen, & N. Harris (Eds.), New Partnerships: Proceedings from the National Public Child Welfare Symposium, 1991. Florida International University, North Miami Institute on Children and Families at Risk.
  
  
• Jacquet, S., Clark, S., Morazes, J., & Withers, R. (2008). The role of supervision in the retention of public child welfare workers. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1(3), 27-54.
  
  
• Limb, G., & Organista, K. (2003). Comparisons between Caucasian students, Students of Color, and American Indian students on their views on social work's traditional mission, career motivations, and practice preferences. Journal of Social Work Education, 42(2), 269-290.
  
  
• Limb, G.E., & Organista, K. (2006). Change between entry and graduation in MSW student views on social work's traditional mission, career motivations, and practice preferences: Caucasians, Students of Color, and American Indian group comparisons. Journal of Social Work Education, 42(2), 269-290.
  
  
• Morazes, J., Benton, A., Clark, S., & Jacquet, S. (2009). Views of specially-trained child welfare social workers: A qualitative study of their motivations, perceptions, and retention. Qualitative Social Work OnlineFirst, published on November 20, 2009, as doi:10.1177/1473325009350671
  
  
• Perry, R. (2001). The classification, intercorrelation, and dynamic nature of MSW student practice preferences. Journal of Social Work Education, 37(3), 523-544.
  
  
• Perry, R. (2003). Who wants to work with the poor and homeless? Journal of Social Work Education, 39(2), 321-342.
  
  
• Perry, R. (2004). Factors influencing MSW students' interest in public child welfare. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 10(2), 1-31.
  
  
• Weaver, D., Chang, J., Clark, S., & Rhee, S. (2007). Keeping public child welfare workers on the job. Administration in Social Work, 31(2), 5-25.

Reports

• Clark, S. (2003). Interest in B.S.W. & M.S.W. degree programs among Los Angeles child welfare staff. Berkeley, CA: University of California, School of Social Welfare, California Social Work Center.
  
  
• Clark, S. (2005). The turnover report for California's public child welfare agencies 2002-2003. Berkeley, CA: University of California, School of Social Welfare, California Social Work Center.
  
  
• Clark, S., & Fulcher, G. (2005). The 2004 California Public Child Welfare Workforce Study. Berkeley, CA: University of California Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, California Social Work Education Center.
  
  
• Clark, S., Mathias, C., & Smith, R. (2009), Retention Factors in the 2008 California Public Child Welfare Workforce Study. Berkeley, CA: University of California Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, California Social Work Education Center.

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Dissertations

• Benton, Amy D. (2010). Why Do They Stay? Building a Conceptual Model to Understand Worker Retention and Turnover in Public Child Welfare. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. University of California Berkeley, School of Social Welfare.
  
  
• Limb, Gordon. (2000). MSW students' views on social works traditional mission, career motivations, and practice preferences: Comparisons between and within Caucasians, students of color, and American Indians. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. University of California Berkeley, School of Social Welfare.
  
  
• Perry, Robin E. (1999). An examination of the practice preferences and career choices of MSW students over the course of their education. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. University of California Berkeley, School of Social Welfare.
  
  
• Santangelo, A. (1993). The 1991 class of entering graduate students in California's ten schools and departments of social work. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. University of California Berkeley, School of Social Welfare.

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Recent Presentations using data from the CalSWEC Evaluation

• Benton, A., & Jacquet, S. Gender Disproportionality among Social Workers: What are the Implications for Training? Presentation at the National Human Services Training and Evaluation Symposium, May 21, 2009, Berkeley, CA.
  
  
• Benton, A., & Morazes, J. A. Qualitative Retention Study of Title IV-E Graduates in Public Child Welfare. Presentation at the Society for Social Work & Research Annual Meeting, 2008, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Chenot, D., & Benton, A. The Impact of Organizational Climate, Supervisor Support, and Peer Support on Retention in Public Child Welfare Services Organizations. Presentation at the Scaling the Summit Conference, 2008, Denver, CO.
  
  
• Chenot, D., Kim, H., & Benton, A. Social Work Education, Title IV-E Participation, and Retention in Public Child Welfare Services. Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, 2009, San Antonio, TX.
  
  
• Clark, S.J., & Smith, R.J. (2009). Do Personal Resources Reduce Job Exit from Burnout in Child Welfare Workers? In Research that Promotes Sustainability & (Re)Builds Strengths. Presentation at the Society for Social Work Research, November 2009, New Orleans, LA. Retrieved from http://sswr.confex.com/sswr/2008/techprogram/P8498.HTM
  
  
• Clark, S., & Smith, R.J. Progress towards building a professional, transcultural child welfare workforce: A program evaluation. Presentation at the Council for Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, November 2009, San Antonio, TX.
  
  
• Fulcher, G., & Smith, R. (2008). Economic and Environmental Correlates of Public Child Welfare Worker Turnover. In Research That Matters. Presentation at the Society for Social Work Research, 2008, Washington, D.C. Retrieved from http://sswr.confex.com/sswr/2008/techprogram/P8498.HTM
  
  
• Fulcher, G., & Smith, R.J. Economic and Environmental Correlates of Public Child Welfare Worker Turnover. Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, 2007, Washington D.C.: Retrieved from http://sswr.confex.com/sswr/2008/techprogram/P8498.HTM
  
  
• Jacquet, S.E., & Benton, A.D. Gender Disproportionality among Social Workers: What are the Implications for Training? Presentation at the 11th Annual National Human Services Training Evaluation Symposium, May 2009, Berkeley CA.
  
  
• Jacquet, S.E., & Yao, F. Effects of IV-Education on MSW Students' Attitudes and Professional Commitment. Presentation at the 53rd Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, October 2007, San Francisco
  
  
• Lee, C., & Hernandez, M.Y. Identification of child maltreatment: Public child welfare worker training evaluation outcomes. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, November 2009.
  
  
• Mathias, C., & Benton, A. Addressing the Workforce Needs of Rural Child Welfare Agencies Though Educational Opportunities. Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, 2009, San Antonio, TX.
  
  
• Mathias, C., & Benton, A. Addressing the Workforce Needs of Rural Child Welfare Agencies. Presentation at the National Institute on Social Work & Human Services in Rural Areas, 2009, Duluth, MN.
  
  
• Morazes, J., & Benton, A. A Ten-Year Retention Study of Title IV-E Graduates in Public Child Welfare.  Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, 2008, San Francisco, CA.
  
  
• Smith, R., Jacquet, S., & Clark, S. (2009). Actors With(out) Agency: The Problematic Interface of Technology in California's Child Welfare System and Mongolian Telehealth. Presentation at the Empowering Economic And Social Improvement International Consortium for Social Development, 2009, Monterrey, Mexico. Retrieved from http://www.iucisd.org/
  
  
• Smith, Richard J., & Clark, Sherrill J. This Bridge Called My Web Survey: Collecting, Weighting and Displaying Workforce Data. Skills workshop presentation at the Council for Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, November 9, 2009, San Antonio, TX.