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Colorado shows how to get a task force on mandatory child abuse reporting – less wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

As the research summarized in NCCPR’s new Issue Paper makes clear, this has backfired – creating a massive child welfare 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.

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Social worker talks about importance of self-care in self-published book

Social Work Blog

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. I have colleagues who were former foster youth, had parents that suffered from mental health barriers, or were victims of witnessing domestic violence between adults in the home.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

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. This includes defending individuals’ rights and addressing issues such as poverty, mental health, domestic violence, disability rights and substance abuse.

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All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles

Social Work Haven

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Social Work Quotes.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 13, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Scoppetta , both state and federal courts told New York family police agencies that no, you are not allowed to tear apart families just because a mother is, herself, a victim of domestic violence. Research shows the trauma of removal in such situations is worse than any trauma that may be caused by witnessing domestic violence.

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NCCPR at the Kempe Center Conference: Attn: Family Police: Children's "well-being" is none of your damn business!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

This is the text of the NCCPR’s presentation at the 2024 Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare What the cover says How many times have we heard it or read it? Safety, permanency, well-being.” I am a lifelong tax-and-spend liberal and proud of it. But the family police cannot.

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41+ Famous Social Workers You Need to Know About

Social Work Haven

He is one of the UK’s leading thinkers on social justice and the welfare state, Titmuss helped establish social policy as an academic discipline. Mike Oliver , an English disability rights campaigner and author, is widely recognised as the founder of the social model of disability. Famous influential thinkers in social work 1.