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At last: A group involved in oversight of Maine childwelfare that shows a real understanding of the problems. The Maine ChildWelfare Advisory Panel (MCWAP) Citizen Review Panel has produced a report with six recommendations. Note that often these programs have the full support of state or local childwelfare agencies.
Families facing investigation by the state family policing agency, the Department of Children and Families, get a lawyer, a socialworker who can come up with alternatives to the cookie-cutter “service plans” issued by DCF, and a parent advocate, usually someone who’s been through the system himself or herself. In Springfield, Mass.
States have been hard-put to devise plans for implementing the new services because the bill was designed to fix a problem that did not exist–the alleged absence of childwelfare services designed to help families stay together. ” As the ChildWelfare Information Gateway, an information clearinghouse of the U.S.
Socialworkers dedicate their lives to helping others, including some of the most vulnerable people in our society. However, research shows members of the social work profession are more likely to experience work-related stress, burnout, and a lower quality of life compared to other professions and the general population.
As the research summarized in NCCPR’s new Issue Paper makes clear, this has backfired – creating a massive childwelfare surveillance state that scares families away from seeking help, overloads the system with false reports, trivial cases and poverty cases, and leaves workers even less time to find the few children in real danger.
You asked, what are the 10 roles of socialworkers ? While I can provide a list of 10 common roles of socialworkers, it’s important to note that our roles often go beyond these. Case Manager : Socialworkers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.
People were asked things like whether, as a child, they had witnessed domesticviolence, whether they felt no one in their family made them feel important or special or whether they “didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, and had no one to protect you.” ACEs have become quite the fad.
They include classes and workshops on topics such as child development, effective communication, and positive discipline. Counseling may also be available for individuals, couples, and families, addressing issues like mental health, domesticviolence, and substance abuse. Reduced involvement with the childwelfare system.
Early Inspirations: High School and Beyond From the earliest days of high school, I found myself drawn to social issues and the incredible work done by socialworkers in our communities. It was during this time that I began to understand the profound influence of the social work profession.
By reading the latest research, social work articles, books, and other materials related to social work topics, you can stay up-to-date with current trends in the field while also gaining a better understanding of how to apply theories and techniques in practice. Social Work Quotes. What topics are covered in social work?
This morning, I gave a presentation with the above title At the Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change ChildWelfare Here is the text of that presentation Have you heard? CAPTA creates the modern framework for the current childwelfare surveillance state.
This is the text of the NCCPR’s presentation at the 2024 Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change ChildWelfare What the cover says How many times have we heard it or read it? Well, it helps if your definition of abuse includes anything that might affect a child’s well-being.
Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “childwelfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine!
The Imprint also has a story on that new lawsuit that attempts to stop the family police agency in New York City from harassing domesticviolence survivors and their families. . ● The Imprint previews the forthcoming release of a federal report “on the devastation caused by U.S.-backed backed Indian boarding schools. ●
Dorothy Roberts’ definitive dissection of racism in family policing: Torn Apart: How the ChildWelfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World. Some might say the novel depicts a dystopian future childwelfare surveillance state. We start with three important books: ● First, Prof.
But today’s post focuses on one particularly jarring vignette–the story of a mother, her seven children, and a van–and what it means about how childwelfare policy is made and discussed today. David Reed, the Deputy Director of ChildWelfare Services in Indiana, introduced the story of this family in his testimony.
OVERVIEWS OF FAMILY POLICING FAILURE You hear it from family police agencies (a more accurate term than childwelfare agencies) all the time: We never take children because of poverty alone. In this video , one of Britains foremost childwelfare scholars, Prof. Its not just the United States.
As for the notion that the problem can be fixed with “more training” here’s what one school socialworker said her training was like: [T]he training sessions she has attended have begun by projecting the names and pictures of young people who have died by parental abuse, the socialworker said, a tactic she considers “fear mongering.”
was born) for issues including use of heroin, marijuana and alcohol in the home; lack of supervision of the children; domesticviolence; an unsafe caregiver living with the family; an unsafe and unclean living environment unsecured guns in the home out-of-control behaviors by B.B.s During the ten years before B.B.s
The story begins this way: Growing up Latino in Massachusetts carries a greater risk of entering the foster system than anywhere else in the nation, and for those who end up in foster homes — as well as those who are the subject of childwelfare investigations — the consequences can be devastating. Please, Mommy. Why had this happened?
Its taken more than half a century but slowly, some people in family policing (a more accurate term than childwelfare) are realizing that mandatory child abuse reporting laws were a huge mistake. A bill has been introduced to implement those recommendations. By the standards of family policing, those acts are revolutionary.
I’m trying out a different format for ChildWelfare Monitor–a monthly newsletter format that highlights events and information that catch my eye. If you can think of a more exciting title than “ChildWelfare Update,” let me know. Race trumps childwelfare I: Black children don’t get attached?
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