Remove Engagement Remove Foster Care Remove Social Services
article thumbnail

Child Welfare Information Regarding Family Detention or Deportation for Impacted Parents or Caregivers

CO4Kids

Concerned individuals should engage an attorney for any topics regarding legal guidance. In kinship care, the child or youth is placed with someone with an existing relationship with the child/youth, such as a relative, godparent, coach, teacher, or neighbor. What if no family or kin can be identified to provide care for my children?

article thumbnail

Child Welfare Information Regarding Family Detention or Deportation for the Community

CO4Kids

Concerned individuals should engage an attorney for any topics regarding legal guidance. County Departments of Human/Social Services will try to work with immigration enforcement officials to contact the detained parents to make a plan. The following information is not legal advice or guidance.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Child Abuse Prevention Programs: Making A Difference In Our Communities

All For Kids

cwla.org Research shows child abuse has a lasting negative impact on lives, affecting mental and physical health, families, and systems like health services, law enforcement, and social services. Parents in such circumstances are often young with past experiences in foster care or the juvenile justice system.

article thumbnail

“[Like being] stopped and frisked for 60 days”: NYC family policing traumatizes kids, confuses poverty with neglect and is racially biased. Who says so? Some of their own caseworkers.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Staff know this underestimates the trauma of investigation and underestimates the even worse trauma of foster care. Though not mentioned in the report, it also underestimates the enormous risk of abuse in foster care itself.

article thumbnail

Regional care commissioning ‘risks greater costs, bureaucracy and remote decision making’

Community Care

While the review acknowledged voluntary regional commissioning arrangements were a reality, it said these were having “limited impact” This was because providers did not have to engage in them, in the knowledge that individual councils would purchase a place independently if need was sufficiently urgent.

article thumbnail

Welsh Government consulting on eliminating profit-making provision for children in care

Community Care

. “Our ambition is to redesign how we look after children and young people, and eliminating private profit from the care of children is a key component of this,” said Julie Morgan, the Welsh Government’s deputy minister for social services. ” Reliance on private sector.

article thumbnail

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. Researcher : Some social workers engage in research to better understand social issues, evaluate programs, and inform policy development. What skills does a social worker need?