Child Welfare Monitor

APRIL 17, 2024

She is currently a member of the DCYF Parental Advisory Group and is passionate about fixing what is broken in our child welfare system to keep Washington kids safe. I first became aware of these changes in the fall of 2023 when I was provided the new form to submit in my foster child’s dependency case. This did not happen.

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Center for Child Protection

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Africa Ibarra, Lead Experiential Therapist, said the event provides caregivers and children the opportunity to build community and strengthen communication skills, teamwork and confidence. “At Ironpaws, we have caseworkers, non-direct staff, and the Child Protection Team participating alongside our kids.”

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Center for Child Protection

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Africa Ibarra, Lead Experiential Therapist, said the event provides caregivers and children the opportunity to build community and strengthen communication skills, teamwork and confidence. “At Iron Paws, we have caseworkers, non-direct staff, and the Child Protection Team participating alongside our kids.”

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Q: Why did you decide to become a social worker and work in the child welfare arena? A child welfare social worker meets with her clients. Williams: As a child, outside of my mother and aunt, I did not have a lot of guidance and stability from adults to teach me how to carry myself in a mature and respectful manner.

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CO4Kids

AUGUST 14, 2024

To make the transition easier, here are a few helpful tips from the Division of Child Welfare’s Education Specialists. Communicate. Find your student’s school district’s Child Welfare Education Liaison (CWEL). Find folks your student trusts at school and keep them updated. Don’t know where to start?

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

In addition, simulations often cover a range of topics such as child welfare home visits, assessment skills, and interprofessional teamwork. Health Communications. Health Communications. The goal of a simulation is to offer students an alternative or mock situation of a real one to meet specific learning outcomes.

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KVC

JULY 16, 2023

This means KVC is outperforming its peers in child welfare and mental health, its peers in healthcare more broadly, and even most for-profit companies across all sectors. Join a values-driven team that is passionate about transforming people’s experience of child welfare and mental health services.

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Relias

AUGUST 22, 2022

Compassion fatigue/burnout/emotionally draining work – We see these issues arising more and more , especially when working in child welfare, with a high cost/complex population of individuals with multiple chronic conditions.

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CO4Kids

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Back to Blogs News & Press New law helps relatives and family friends care for kids, providing an alternative to placement in foster care DENVER (September 23, 2024) – The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) celebrates a new state law that provides more resources for kinship caregivers of children in child welfare cases.

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CO4Kids

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Marjorie is not Native American, but she works closely with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to ensure the children have all opportunities to explore their Native American culture. They are the backbone of this community and I could not thank them enough for the countless items they have helped our kin families get.

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KVC

MARCH 24, 2021

I had a friend encourage me to apply to KVC, to explore if social work in the child welfare system would be a good fit. She found a job listing from KVC in her search for a career in child welfare after graduating from college. Each day involves communication and coordination with families and kids.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Mediator : They facilitate communication and resolve conflicts between individuals or within families to promote healthy relationships. Community Organizer : Social workers may organise and mobilise communities to address social issues, promote social justice, and create positive change. What skills does a social worker need?

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All For Kids

MARCH 10, 2025

They include classes and workshops on topics such as child development, effective communication, and positive discipline. By offering comprehensive support, they help families build strong communities and provide their children with a stable and nurturing environment. Reduced involvement with the child welfare system.

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Community Care

JULY 4, 2024

Maggie has been empowered to communicate more effectively within a child protection system. Child Welfare League of America. Maggie shared that Mandy’s support has “given me more confidence if people aren’t listening, to actually say what I mean to say whereas before I wouldn’t have, I would have just agreed with them ”.

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All For Kids

MARCH 10, 2025

Building Positive Relationships Emphasize the significance of building positive relationships with children based on trust, respect, and open communication. Encourage children to value community involvement and engagement, fostering a sense of belonging and support for parents and children.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 16, 2023

It also looks at the cycle of communication within and how this affects problem solving. Cybernetics – A method of studying communication and control systems in order to better understand how they interact with one another. Child Welfare Information Gateway. The five types of systems theory are: 1. Ricketts, S.

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KVC

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This may include knowing the child’s medication schedule or coordinating the student’s class load in a way that aids continued recovery. School staff, caregivers, and the child’s outpatient provider(s) need to have open lines of communication and frequent check ins to promote continued improvement in the child’s wellbeing and success.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Throughout my educational journey, I’ve been inspired by amazing social workers who have exhibited the best traits of our profession—patience, strong communication skills, and an unwavering commitment to the well-being of individuals and communities.

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Child Welfare Monitor

MARCH 16, 2025

by Marie Cohen Recognizing implicit bias in mandated reporting training is a national focus for addressing racial inequity in child welfare. The video introducing the section explains that implicit bias harms “families of color” in the child welfare system, without providing any evidence of such harm.

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All For Kids

AUGUST 12, 2024

As the Human Rights Campaign explains, “Public child welfare agencies are government entities that provide a safety net for families. The adoption registry or profile that you create may prove to be your most direct resource for “communicating” with a prospective birth mother.

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Relias

JANUARY 31, 2023

Another way to gain buy-in for ABA parent training is by communicating its efficacy. For example, as children learn to communicate their needs more efficiently, the number of tantrums used to get something they want will reduce. Many undesirable behaviors will reduce as more prosocial behaviors are learned.

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KVC

JUNE 23, 2021

Maintain Open and Regular Communication. They reached out to the birth mother to help understand what was happening and why. The birth mother provided information that helped the foster family successfully redirect the kids away from the negative behavior.

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Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 27, 2025

As in the past several years, ACF’s language suggested that child abuse and neglect are decreasing. The new report, Child Maltreatment 2023 (CM2023), provides data for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023, which ended on September 30, 2024. ” State data indicates that child welfare agencies screened in 2.1

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Shelter, Inc

MARCH 12, 2025

Other challenges may include: Encrypted communication, anonymity on the internet, Dark Web, cryptocurrency, and disappearing messages on social media make it harder for law enforcement to track and dismantle trafficking networks.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The report also identified a lack of communication between different agencies, finding that inadequate information sharing between GPs and health visiting services led to a missed opportunity to support a mother and daughter. Immigration law is often prioritised at the expense of the child’s wellbeing’. Related articles.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

Social workers work in a variety of fields, including mental health, aging, child welfare, and social services. Many of these social workers develop a wealth of expertise in this area and are ready to be resources to the media and other organizations. Here is information to help the public and news media.

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KVC

MAY 24, 2022

I want to acknowledge our KVC Marketing and Communications Team, specifically Blythe Hinderliter, for her efforts in pushing hospital site leadership to increase our Google scores and improve our online presence. Child welfare professional feels growing empathy for families – Kimberly Vaughn, KVC Kansas.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

From The Columbian: A Kelso man formerly employed as a Child Protective Services case worker is facing charges of third-degree child molestation and communication with a minor for immoral purposes after he allegedly sexually abused a child under his care. Now DHS can explain itself to a judge.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This side of the child welfare story - what happens to mothers like Alexis after their children enter the system - is seldom seen. If anyone still doubts the need to replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse with confidential reporting, check out this story from ProPublica. Here’s how it begins: It was 5:30 a.m.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Part one of NCCPR’s news and commentary year in review for 2023 America’s massive child welfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. That’s why we’ve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the child welfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove” anything.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 7, 2025

a leading child welfare agency dedicated to providing safety, stability, and support to children and families in crisis, is pleased to announce the addition of two remarkable community leaders to its Board of Directors: Rian Spencer and Arlen S. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Shelter, Inc. About Shelter, Inc. Shelter, Inc.,

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Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 13, 2025

But treating the decline in foster care (the direct result of government actions) as a desirable outcome in itself can contribute to a disregard of actual child welfare outcomes like safety and permanency. Any government can slash the foster care rolls reducing or ending child removals, as many child welfare abolitionists recommend.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

When going up against this family police juggernaut (a more accurate term than child welfare system) families often are almost literally defense-less because their lawyers often have so little time and so many clients. Many Indiana counties want to keep it that way. But as Prof.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Americas massive child welfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. Thats why weve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the child welfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove anything. A system that attempts to make policy-by-horror-story makes all children less safe.

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