Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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 may include personal interviews, family histories, and the review of relevant documents. What other roles can social workers do?

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

My personal experiences, from working with substance abuse support groups to volunteering in child welfare and domestic violence programs, have deepened my understanding of the vital role social workers play in our society. This realisation fueled my determination to further my education and delve into the field of social work.

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Domestic Violence Social Worker Mental Health Empathy 52

Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

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. How do you write a social work article?

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Code of Ethics Substance Abuse Justice and Corrections Social Worker 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And see also The 74’s interview with Darcey Merritt, associate professor of social work at New York University, discussing why CPS should stand for Child Poverty Surveillance. ? Interesting things can happen when what used to be a garden party for the “child welfare” establishment starts inviting in some skunks.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Part one of NCCPR’s news and commentary year in review for 2023 America’s massive child welfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. That’s why we’ve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the child welfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove” anything. That’s where Arabella died.

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Community Care

MAY 30, 2022

with managers and practitioners interviewed for the review admitting there was little consideration of background information. In addition, relevant information – notably the fact that Smith’s father had been removed from the family home following a domestic abuse incident towards her mother – was not shared by the police.

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Social Worker Self-harm Domestic Violence Interviewing 60

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

OVERVIEWS OF FAMILY POLICING FAILURE You hear it from family police agencies (a more accurate term than child welfare agencies) all the time: We never take children because of poverty alone. Thats why this post to the NCCPR Child Welfare Blog is called All the failures of family policing in a single case - and it's not an unusual case.

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Child Welfare Monitor

DECEMBER 9, 2024

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 child welfare policy is made and discussed today. David Reed, the Deputy Director of Child Welfare Services in Indiana, introduced the story of this family in his testimony.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The family policing establishment (a more accurate term than child welfare establishment) has not yet taken me up on that, and Im not about to unilaterally disarm. The only ground cited in the documentary for the removal of her children was the fact that she was herself a victim of domestic violence.

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Adoption Domestic Violence Child Welfare Government 113

Child Welfare Monitor

MARCH 4, 2024

I’m trying out a different format for Child Welfare Monitor–a monthly newsletter format that highlights events and information that catch my eye. If you can think of a more exciting title than “Child Welfare Update,” let me know. Race trumps child welfare I: Black children don’t get attached?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Mandatory reporting does particular harm to children of battered mothers – because when they are torn from mothers whose only crime is to, themselves, be victims of domestic violence, the harm to the children is especially great. Future posts will look at other recent examples of how the journalism of "child welfare" fails.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

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 child welfare investigations — the consequences can be devastating. Please, Mommy.

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