Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Educator : Social workers educate clients about resources, coping strategies, and life skills to enhance their well-being and self-sufficiency. Child Welfare Specialist : Social workers in this role focus on the safety and well-being of children, often within the context of child protective services or foster care systems.

Social Worker 95

Social Worker Treatment Planning Interventional Justice and Corrections 95

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 21, 2025

Some advocates in Maine have tried to use one data point in the federal governments annual Child Maltreatment report to justify the states ongoing foster-care panic. For those on it, it is alleged, this state will rely on a network of informers to plunder confidential records and spy on any mother they deem high risk.

Foster Care 79

Foster Care Self-harm Child Welfare Confidentiality 79

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If anyone still doubts the need to replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse with confidential reporting, check out this story from ProPublica. She would move into foster care, which Janell’s young mind imagined as a form of jail. WFTS-TV’s story includes comment from NCCPR. ● Here’s how it begins: It was 5:30 a.m.

Child Welfare 111

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Confidentiality 111

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.

Child Welfare 111

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 111