Exploring the leadership of multidisciplinary collaboration in child maltreatment service organizations: A case study of the Southern Alberta Children Advocacy Centre

Fields, Jacqueline Ann

Exploring the leadership of multidisciplinary collaboration in child maltreatment service organizations: A case study of the Southern Alberta Children Advocacy Centre

dc.contributor.advisor	Perrault, Ellen L. J.
dc.contributor.advisor	Walsh, Christine Ann
dc.contributor.author	Fields, Jacqueline Ann
dc.contributor.committeemember	Ayala, Jessica S.
dc.contributor.committeemember	Badry, Dorothy Eleanor
dc.contributor.committeemember	Jacobsen, Michele
dc.contributor.committeemember	Fuchs, Don M.
dc.date	2020-11
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-08T22:21:40Z
dc.date.available	2020-07-08T22:21:40Z
dc.date.issued	2020-07-06
dc.description.abstract	This qualitative case study aimed to provide an understanding of collaborative leadership at the newly established Southern Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (SACAC). Specifically, the purpose of the research was to 1) describe the particular activities the senior leadership team engaged in to guide collaboration, and 2) how each team member contributed to, and experienced, the leadership process while working towards providing child maltreatment services to children and their families in the Lethbridge and Medicine Hat communities. The study was conducted with seven participants – senior executives from social service organizations – over an 18-month period. Data was collected from individual semi-structured interviews and participant observation at six team meetings, and the review of meeting minutes and draft organization documents including the Business Plan and by-laws. Case study research was the methodology of choice. NVivo was used to organize the data. Boyatzis’ (1998) and Crabtree and Miller’s (1999) thematic analysis were used to analyze the data and yielded major themes and thematic categories: 1) creating and sharing a vision; 2) the need for planning; 3) the need for planned intentional collaboration; 4) demonstrating respect; 5) utilizing self-identified leadership styles; 6) leadership roles; 7) benefits of leadership; and 8) challenges to leadership. Leadership theories including transformational, transcendent, and facilitative, and models of collaboration utilized in healthcare, were examined to provide an understanding of the application of leadership and collaboration in social service settings. Discussions in this dissertation were guided primarily by the Reclaiming futures: Communities helping teens overcome drugs, alcohol, and crime framework (termed the RF Framework), which focused on collaborative leadership. The study built on the foundation provided by the RF Framework to propose a Child Advocacy Centre (CAC) Model of Collaborative Leadership and presented a discussion on its implications for social work practice and education, and policy development. Limitations of the study and areas of future research were also outlined.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Fields, J. A. (2020). Exploring the leadership of multidisciplinary collaboration in child maltreatment service organizations: A case study of the Southern Alberta Children Advocacy Centre (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37984
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112262
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Social Work	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.	en_US
dc.subject	Collaborative leadership	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Social Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Exploring the leadership of multidisciplinary collaboration in child maltreatment service organizations: A case study of the Southern Alberta Children Advocacy Centre	en_US
dc.type	doctoral thesis	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Social Work	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	en_US
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