Evaluatieonderzoek naar de ervaringen van de diensten van het Landelijk Expertise Team Jeugdbescherming (LET-jb) binnen de reguliere zorgsector

Abstract

This study is to examine the experiences from youth care workers and behavioral scientists about the intervention of the Landelijk Expertise Team Jeugdbescherming (LET-jb). The LET-jb is an organization with a short existence in the Dutch Child Protection Service. Their services are used as a last resort in the most extreme cases of violence against child care workers. Qualitative data is obtained by means of semi-structured interviews with 5 respondents, which are employed in child protection services in the Netherlands. All the respondents had something to do with the LET-jb. One of the main conclusions of this study has something to do with the reasons to call in the support of the LET-jb: the safety of the child care worker is in danger or the child care worker can’t manage to perform the tasks concerning the healthcare provisions anymore. Finally, the respondents mentioned improvements concerning the approach of the LET-jb. One proposal was related to improve the communication between the LET-jb and the care agencies. Another proposal was to get earlier involved in the process of transferring the case back to the initial child care worker. The last proposal suggested by the respondents was an improvement concerning the final report of a case, to minimize the number of ambiguities.