Child welfare administrators and supervisors need to focus on the specific professional and personal needs of
rural child welfare professionals, which often differ from those of their urban counterparts.
Policymakers also should use the available information, such as evidence - based practices for working with rural populations, when making and evaluating
rural child welfare policy.
Not exact matches
Provides resources to increase the capacity of
child welfare professionals working in
rural communities.
Among the examples it uses to refute those myths are that in 1990, white women had more than half of all the babies born to unmarried women; that in 1992, 56 percent of all poor
children lived in suburbs or
rural areas; and that families on
welfare have on average...
The APOWA programme «
Children for Working Animal
Welfare in
Rural Areas of Odisha State,» champions an animal
welfare curriculum while simultaneously training young
welfare ambassadors to spread the
welfare message to their communities.
Provides resources to increase the capacity of
child welfare professionals working in
rural communities.
This issue brief highlights the importance of understanding the diverse needs, strengths, and resources of
children and families from
rural areas, the challenges, and the cultural sensitivity required of
child welfare workers and agencies.
Highlights the importance of understanding the concerns and needs of
children and families in
rural communities, their strengths and resources, and the cultural sensitivity required of
child welfare professionals as they work to achieve safety, permanency, and well - being for
rural children.
The report notes that we're living and working longer and are better educated than ever before, but many amongst us — particularly older people, Indigenous Australians, sole parents and their
children, and people living in
rural and regional areas — face ongoing health and
welfare issues.
However,
child welfare professionals in
rural areas must recognize the differences between their practice population and urban populations and adapt their practice to meet the needs of
rural families who may have less access to related services.
Limitations include the lack of randomization, small
rural and suburban sample, and lack of diversity in the sample challenges the generalizability of the results to urban
child welfare organizations.
Prevention of
child maltreatment in high - risk
rural families: A randomized clinical trial with
child welfare outcomes.
It is critical that
child welfare professionals working with
rural populations have an understanding of these issues and how they affect
child welfare practice.
Furthermore,
rural communities present serious ethical dilemmas for
child welfare practice, particularly dilemmas related to dual relationships, confidentiality, caseworker competence in related fields, and utilizing natural helper networks.
For example, access to services — such as substance use disorder treatment, mental health care, and parenting classes — necessary for
child welfare practice is often more difficult in
rural counties than in urban communities.