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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

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.

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A fundamental conflict: addressing implicit bias in mandatory reporter training

Child Welfare Monitor

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.

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Colorado task force’s solution to stop children from running from residential treatment: Fence ‘em in & lock ‘em up!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

If youre wondering why fencing also might be needed to keep dangers out it illustrates another reason why residential treatment is so harmful. Senate Committee report points out: [Residential treatment facilities] are costly, not as effective as community-based behavioral health treatment options, and often harmful to youth in their care.

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Maine's first child welfare ombudsman, Dean Crocker, understood the lessons from the tragic death of Logan Marr, who was taken when her family poverty was confused with "neglect" and killed in foster care. Most of all she is wrong to ignore the enormous harm of needless removal. ? She is dangerously wrong.

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The power of wishful thinking: The continued promotion of Healthy Families America as a child abuse prevention program

Child Welfare Monitor

During the three-year pilot, there were few reports of physical abuse, neglect or imminent harm for program participants. This included five favorable effects on child safety based on parents’ self-reports of maltreatment, with no favorable effects on other measures of child safety. The story of HFA is not an unusual one.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

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.