Practitioner perspectives on the family risk evaluation tool : an aide to decision making or 'just another form to fill in'? Gillingham, Phillip 2009, Practitioner perspectives on the family risk evaluation tool : an aide to decision making or 'just another form to fill in'?, Developing practice, no. 23, Autumn/Winter, pp. 46-54. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads gillingham-practitioner-2009.pdf Published version application/pdf 424.29KB 215 Title Practitioner perspectives on the family risk evaluation tool : an aide to decision making or 'just another form to fill in'? Author(s) Gillingham, Phillip Journal name Developing practice Issue number 23 Season Autumn/Winter Start page 46 End page 54 Publisher ACWA (Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies Inc.) Place of publication Haymarket, N.S.W. Publication date 2009 ISSN 1445-6818 Keyword(s) family assessment child welfare -- research -- Australia child welfare -- Australia -- Queensland -- evaluation Summary The findings of research that explored how child protection practitioners in Queensland used the Structured Decision Making (SDM) tools are presented, focusing on how the Family Risk Evaluation tool (FRET) was used in decision making. The main finding was that the FRET was not used to assist the decision making of practitioners and consequently was ineffective in targeting the children most in need of a service. For practitioners, it was 'just another form to fill in'. As suggested by the participants in this research, a better strategy than the implementation of the SDM tools to improve decision making is the development of practitioner expertise through higher education. Language eng Field of Research 160701 Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30019830 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 23 Sep 2009, 13:02:57 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 08:26:37 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 09:18:20 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 09:20:23 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 09:23:42 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 09:30:40 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 09:31:18 EST Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 09:35:35 EST Mon, 16 Mar 2015, 10:13:31 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 06:34:16 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 13:58:18 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 18:02:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 541 Abstract Views, 218 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 23 Sep 2009, 13:02:54 EST by Deborah Wittahatchy