%0 Journal Article
%T Between Professional Norms and Professionalism: Risk Assessment and Decision
%A Amal Jarjoura
%A Guy Enosh
%A Hani Nouman
%J Research on Social Work Practice
%@ 1552-7581
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1049731518766677
%X Four factors might bias child risk assessment and recommendation of treatment for children at high risk among Arab social workers in Israel: collaboration of parents and social workers; improvement in child conditions; and childĄŻs gender; as well as the social workerĄŻs personal, cultural, and professional characteristics. An experimental survey design, using case descriptions manipulating cooperation, improvement and childĄŻs gender, in addition to a questionnaire regarding the social workersĄŻ personal and professional characteristics. The case descriptions were drawn from actual welfare files and adapted. Data were collected from 130 Arab social workers. Risk assessment and recommendation were not influenced by childĄŻs gender and social workersĄŻ personal, cultural, or professional characteristics. Cooperative families and childĄŻs improvement increased chances for recommending continuation in current treatment. Cooperation influenced only choice of community treatments and not out-of-home placements. Improvement influenced all options. Personal, cultural, and professional-training differences did not affect workersĄŻ recommendations. The role of professional socialization, professional norms, and professionalism seems to outweigh all other factors
%K child welfare
%K field of practice
%K decision-making
%K risk assessment
%K psychometric study
%K Arab social workers
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1049731518766677