Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support. Mediator : They facilitate communication and resolve conflicts between individuals or within families to promote healthy relationships. This approach helps clients build resilience and self-efficacy.

Social Worker 95

Social Worker Treatment Planning Interventional Justice and Corrections 95

Community Care

MAY 5, 2022

Carers felt they were assumed to be guilty, undervalued and ostracised from the team around the child, said the charity, in a report analysing findings from its 2021 State of the Nation Foster Care. In the instances where the children in foster care were removed, 78% of the allegations were deemed unfounded or unsubstantiated.

Social Worker 51

Social Worker Foster Care Self-harm Communication 51

Child Welfare Monitor

MARCH 16, 2025

I had my first experience with the updated training last month as part of my preparation to serve as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for a child in foster care. “Disparity occurs when these children and families have cases open to either in home or foster care support.

Child Welfare 185

Child Welfare Foster Care Self-harm Welfare 185

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

More than a decade ago I first wrote about how states use federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds – which are supposed to help poor people become self-sufficient – to investigate those same poor people and take away their children. She would move into foster care, which Janell’s young mind imagined as a form of jail.

Child Welfare 109

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Confidentiality 109

Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 13, 2025

On August 24, 2024, the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) proudly announced in a press statement that it had reduced the number of children in out-of-home care by nearly half since 2018. Specifically, the number of children in foster care had fallen from 9,171 in 2018 to 4,971 as of August 14, 2024.

Domestic Violence 264

Domestic Violence Foster Care Substance Abuse Child Welfare 264

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Part one of NCCPRs news and commentary year in review for 2024 Tomorrow: Part two looks at some of 2024s finest journalism exploring wrongful removal and other harms to children caused by our current system of family policing. Oh, and care to guess where the director of DCFS during most of this time used to work?

Child Welfare 117

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Adoption 117