This national organization provides additional resources and education for
child welfare professionals engaged in this area of work.
Resources in this section provide information about and skills for working with diverse populations to help
child welfare professionals engage families, make appropriate case decisions, improve outcomes, and serve the best interests of children, youth, and families.
Not exact matches
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's released a five - part video training series, «
Engaging Kinship Caregivers: Managing Risk Factors in Kinship Care» featuring internationally respected kinship care expert, Dr. Joseph Crumbley, to strengthen the skills of
child welfare professionals in supporting families to improve outcomes for
children.
The
child welfare workforce includes those employed in either the public or private sector to provide
professional services to
children and families who are
engaged in
child abuse prevention programs,
child protective services, out - of - home care, adoption, or otherwise served by the
child welfare system.
It is imperative that
child welfare professionals are aware of the diverse backgrounds of the
children and families with whom they work and
engage families with cultural humility and competence.
Working with
children, youth, and families in permanency planning Addresses ways in which
child welfare professionals can
engage various family members in permanency efforts
Educate and
engage child welfare professionals, political leaders and other stakeholders around key issues that have an impact on the
welfare of
children.
Child welfare professionals should
engage families in the decision - making process to establish an appropriate legal permanency plan.
Over the decades, government officials, judges and medical
professionals have
engaged in unjust practices including forced sterilization of women deemed «unfit» to have
children, offers of financial incentives to
welfare recipients who use long - term or permanent contraception, and reductions in jail time for offenders who agree to use contraception.