Brightpoint

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Our home visiting staff can regularly meet with families, creating the start of a community for these parents and giving them hope that even in the face of great trauma, they can nurture their children. By meeting families where they are we can remove barriers to accessing essential social services for our most vulnerable families.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Interventional Disability Social Worker 52

Community Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Northern Ireland’s health and social care (HSC) trusts will have to stop using agency social workers from next June, its Department of Health (DoH) has said. ‘Anxiety’ over agency ban.

Social Worker 54

Social Worker Anxiety University Interviewing 54

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

.” Agency sector concerns For agency sector body the REC, deputy chief executive Kate Shoesmith welcomed the fact that the government had recognised the “important role agency workers, interims and locums play in children and family services”, driven by “growing demand on social services, increasing pressure on social workers (..)

Social Worker 60

Social Worker Engagement Government Consultation 60

Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 8, 2025

New York law requires local departments of social services to investigate all fatalities from maltreatment. The states Office of Children and Family Services is required to review each local fatality investigation and issue its own report within six months of the local investigation.

Schools 130

Schools Adoption Family Services Government 130

Child Welfare Monitor

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

On October 10, the Utah Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) finally released a statement summarizing its involvement with Gavin Peterson, who died on July 9, 2024 at the age of 12. Gavin’s father, stepmother, and older brother are awaiting trial on reckless child abuse homicide, among other charges.

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Interviewing Schools Child Welfare Advocacy 130

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A document from the California Department of Social Services indicates the agency was appropriately appalled by the “ethics review.” An excellent story in The Imprint reveals that, after extensive consultation with an impressive and diverse group of people, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has pulled the plug.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care University 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

She writes: Mandated reporting, therefore, drives many family caregivers from the very people who are most equipped to support them. It deters families from seeking needed assistance and weakens the capacity of teachers, doctors, and social service workers to nurture children’s well-being.

Child Welfare 76

Child Welfare Welfare Empathy Psychology 76

Child Welfare Monitor

MAY 7, 2024

Accidental deaths that were made possible by egregious neglect are often not included, To get states to use more data sources, the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (P.L. SLED investigates all “preventable” cases and refers its findings to the Department of Social Services. per 100,000 children.

Child Welfare 130

Child Welfare Welfare Substance Abuse Human Services 130

KVC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

By understanding the social determinants of health, policymakers and healthcare professionals can assess what’s needed most in a community and then take the proper measures to work toward a healthy population.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Mental Health Telehealth Child Welfare 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

. ● Tearing apart families because of foster-care panic is common; admitting that’s why you’re doing it is not. But this story from WitnessLA includes the case of a Los Angeles mother who was investigated by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services but initially allowed to keep her children.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 110