[영문]This article explores how social work as a discipline has helped tonegotiate professional agency in decision-making within the restructuredchild protection system. The narratives of child protectionworkers affirm that a restrictive climate does exist in childprotection agencies and that it indeed shapes the way they maketheir decisions. This study uses institutional ethnography as themethodology for exploring the decision-making practices of childprotection workers. Three forms of data collection were used: experienceas data, documentation reviews and in-depth interviews.