Collaborative or Coercive Relationships in Child Welfare Power With or Power Over ENGAGING WITH CLIENTS IMPOSING CHANGE IMPOSING POWER OVER Co l l abo r a t i ng Wi t h Assessment Process Safety & Strengths-Based Assessment Forensic Deficit-Based Assessment OR Family’s Reaction to Assessment Family Sees the Need for change OR Family Does not See the Need Coercive Inspectoral Adversarial Court CAS Approach Collaborative Relationship OR OR Overtly Adversarial Client Response Collaborative Working Together OR Coercive ‘Playing the Game’ OR High Monitoring, Guarded Relationship Ongoing CAS Intervention Flexible Treatment High Relationship High Directiveness Low Relationship OR OR Opportunity for Client Driven Change Potential Outcomes No or ‘Malicious Compliance’? Compliance Under Monitoring OR OR R Pagnello