Remove Foster Care Remove Interventional Remove Self-harm
article thumbnail

NCCPR news and commentary roundup, week ending October 22, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

● Dr. Sharon McDaniel, a pioneer in doing kinship foster care the right way, speaks out about the enormous harm of doing it the wrong way – through the subterfuge known as “hidden foster care.” They’re suing Riverside County and the private agency that oversaw their foster care.

article thumbnail

Councils referring more children from residential to foster care, report agencies

Community Care

Councils are referring more children from residential to foster care, independent fostering agencies (IFAs) have reported. Children making significant progress in residential care due to effective therapeutic interventions, making them ready and willing to move to a family-like setting.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

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. 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.

article thumbnail

Turnover of social workers led to toddler suffering significant harm, review finds

Community Care

A lack of oversight caused by frequent changes of social worker led to a toddler suffering significant harm, a case review has found. Community Care Inform Children subscribers can improve their skills and knowledge on neglect by accessing our knowledge and practice hub on the topic , last updated in 2021. Improve your neglect skills.

article thumbnail

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, weeks ending January 4, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

If you take money from a federal program meant to help poor people become self-sufficient and spend it instead on investigating those families when their poverty is confused with neglect – and on paying middle-class foster parents – what do you call it? Yes, family policing agencies really do this.

article thumbnail

Flying blind: the strange story of a strategy, an ideology, and an evaluation

Child Welfare Monitor

Readers are invited to practice self-care while navigating this content and to consider reading the findings with a group to engage in collective reflection. The confounding of the effects of different interventions is another problem with the study design. million times. million times.

article thumbnail

Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

This scholarship was established in memory of Donna Millette-Fridge by the School of Social Work in recognition of her commitment to helping the mentally ill become self-sufficient. My plan is continuing to work in the group setting and IOP services, specifically with individuals who are experiencing self-harm, depression and anxiety.