TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk-Informed Intervention
T2 - Using Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment within an Evidence-Based Practice Framework
AU - Messing, Jill
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 National Association of Social Workers.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive problem in the United States. IPV is often repetitive and may escalate; in a small number of cases, IPV leads to homicide. This article presents an evidence-based practice (EBP) model for risk-informed social work intervention with survivors and perpetrators of IPV. The EBP model combines the best available research evidence, practitioner expertise, and client self-determination to guide the most appropriate intervention. IPV risk assessment instruments provide the best available evidence of future reassault, severe reassault, or homicide. Practitioners who implement IPV risk assessment can use their expertise to adjust risk scores and to suggest risk mitigation strategies for their clients. Examples of risk-informed social work practice include the safe removal of firearms, safety planning around separation, and mitigating the negative consequences of strangulation and sexual violence. Clients ultimately use their self-determination to decide which risk reduction strategies to implement. An EBP model can be used by social workers in all areas of practice to provide risk-informed social work interventions.
AB - Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive problem in the United States. IPV is often repetitive and may escalate; in a small number of cases, IPV leads to homicide. This article presents an evidence-based practice (EBP) model for risk-informed social work intervention with survivors and perpetrators of IPV. The EBP model combines the best available research evidence, practitioner expertise, and client self-determination to guide the most appropriate intervention. IPV risk assessment instruments provide the best available evidence of future reassault, severe reassault, or homicide. Practitioners who implement IPV risk assessment can use their expertise to adjust risk scores and to suggest risk mitigation strategies for their clients. Examples of risk-informed social work practice include the safe removal of firearms, safety planning around separation, and mitigating the negative consequences of strangulation and sexual violence. Clients ultimately use their self-determination to decide which risk reduction strategies to implement. An EBP model can be used by social workers in all areas of practice to provide risk-informed social work interventions.
KW - domestic violence
KW - evidence-based practice
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - risk assessment
KW - safety planning
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U2 - 10.1093/sw/swz009
DO - 10.1093/sw/swz009
M3 - Article
C2 - 30753652
AN - SCOPUS:85064121092
SN - 0037-8046
VL - 64
SP - 103
EP - 111
JO - Social Work (United States)
JF - Social Work (United States)
IS - 2
ER -