The Adoption Exchange provides resources on best practices in placing and transitioning waiting children, as well as information and resources about building integrated diligent recruitment programs
for child welfare professionals.
Diverse populations and communities Provides resources and information
for child welfare professionals working with children, youth, and families from varied cultural, ethnic, racial, religious, geographic, and other diverse backgrounds and communities.
Core ICS Child Welfare Training is designed
for child welfare professionals working with Indigenous children & families.
Partnering With Latino and Immigrant Families: Resources and Suggestions
for Child Welfare Professionals (PDF - 1,465 KB) North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (2015) Discusses working with Latino and / or immigrant families
for child welfare professionals in North Carolina and includes information on topics such as educating and recruiting foster families, using culturally sensitive recruitment, working with Hispanic foster families, using translators, and more.
It is a «must see»
for child welfare professionals and social work educators interested in opening wide the closet door and looking into the lives of lesbian and gay foster and adoptive parents.»
The presenters will discuss experiences in pilot sites, review preliminary findings on training effectiveness
for child welfare professionals and supervisors, and discuss when the training will be available to the broader community.
The Indian Child Welfare Act: A primer
for child welfare professionals.
For Professionals This workshop is designed
for child welfare professionals who conduct home studies and who provide preparation and education for prospective parents.
training can also be tailored
for child welfare professionals and foster parents based on C.A.S.E.'s W.I.S.E. Up!
Kinship Care: Traditions of Caring and Collaborating Model of Practice Child Welfare League of America (2016) Offers information and training curricula
for child welfare professionals to create inclusive and supporting kinship care services.
This factsheet
for child welfare professionals is part of a series that includes factsheets about this topic for a variety of audiences, including guides for parents (PDF - 423 KB), judges and attorneys (PDF - 236 KB), mental health professionals (PDF - 329 KB), resource parents (PDF - 308 KB), and court - based child advocates and guardians ad litem (PDF - 296 KB).
Kinship Care: Model of Practice (PDF - 41 KB) Child Welfare League of America Provides best practice guidelines
for child welfare professionals working with kinship families.
Indian Child Welfare - Homes for Cherokee Kids Cherokee Nation Provides protective and supportive services for Native American families, including information about fostering and adopting, as well as information
for child welfare professionals about maintaining compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act.
«Training
for child welfare professionals about responsible fatherhood and related research is helpful, but can have limits.
This national organization provides additional resources and education
for child welfare professionals engaged in this area of work.
Resource families — which include foster parents, foster - to - adopt families, and kinship caregivers — are critical partners
for child welfare professionals because they provide care for children who can not live with their parents, and they can play a supportive role in reunification.
Not exact matches
The upshot is that «many do not attempt to be awarded custody of their
children for fear of fighting a losing battle, even when
welfare professionals agree that
children would be better placed in their primary care.»
Children Awaiting Parents provides training services
for parents and
child welfare professionals that include recruitment and retention of adoptive families, how to navigate the education system, managing adolescent behavior techniques and how to advocate
for special needs services.
IMH Endorsement ® is relevant
for professionals across disciplines including early care and education, prevention and early intervention, home visitation, medicine,
child welfare, mental health, policy, academia, and others.
While I fully acknowledge that parental worry can reach into the realm of hysteria and fear - mongering, and can be a constant source of irritation to medical
professionals, it is important to keep in mind that nobody is going to look out
for the health and
welfare of your
child more than you.
Surveillance effects9 refer to the potential
for increased reporting on families who participate in
child welfare system services or research because more
professionals are working with families and may file reports of suspected abuse and trigger an investigation, increasing the likelihood of a finding
for these families compared to those who do not participate.
Provides health - care
professionals — including pediatricians, family practice providers, hospital nurses, school nurses, urgent care clinicians, and other health - care
professionals — with an overview of the field of
child welfare and suggests ways that health - care
professionals and
child welfare workers can work together to promote better outcomes
for children and families involved with
child welfare, including
children in foster care.
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.
Strengthening Families Center
for the Study of Social Policy Describes an initiative to prevent
child abuse and neglect by helping
child welfare and early education
professionals enhance protective factors in
children, youth, and families.
At the same time, large - scale reforms to the health, education and
welfare systems — along with reductions in youth service provision and the number and services of
children's centres — means confusion and real concern
for professionals and families alike.
Education in the form of
professional development
for all school staff,
child welfare providers, health care
professionals and mental health providers is essential in ensuring that our youth are receiving culturally responsive services.
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Military
Child Initiative assists public schools to improve the quality of education for highly mobile and vulnerable young people with a special focus on military children and their families by providing national, state and local education agencies, as well as schools, parents and health, child welfare, juvenile justice and educational professionals with information, tools and services that enhance school suc
Child Initiative assists public schools to improve the quality of education
for highly mobile and vulnerable young people with a special focus on military
children and their families by providing national, state and local education agencies, as well as schools, parents and health,
child welfare, juvenile justice and educational professionals with information, tools and services that enhance school suc
child welfare, juvenile justice and educational
professionals with information, tools and services that enhance school success.
This webinar is an appropriate learning opportunity
for professionals in a variety of settings, including schools, community behavioral health services, law enforcement,
child welfare, and juvenile justice.
The Association
for Human - Animal Bond Studies is a research - based nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization comprised of
professionals in the fields of animal
welfare, education,
child development, and public health.
Since its inception, National Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of
children come true through the cooperative work of courts, judges, attorneys, adoption
professionals,
child welfare agencies and advocates to finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes
for children in foster care.
These
professionals are required
for assistance in selling all types of policies right from
child welfare to life insurance.
The CEBC contains reviews
for many programs in areas of interest to
child welfare professionals, such as parent training programs and trauma treatment programs
for children.
They launched a free telephone hotline, created a legal educational website, and began conducting regular legal trainings
for attorneys and
child welfare professionals.
Provides resources
for increasing positive working relationships between
child welfare professionals, birth parents, and foster parents.
This webinar is useful
for prospective adoptive families, adoptive families, and
child welfare professionals.
All
Children — All Families is a Human Rights Campaign program that promotes LGBTQ competency
for child welfare agencies and
professionals through trainings, educational resources and technological assistance.
These webinars should be useful
for many people, including: prospective adoptive families, adoptive families, and
child welfare professionals.
This bulletin
for professionals outlines
child welfare professionals» legal responsibility to provide background information to adoptive families about their prospective
child or youth.
Educational offerings will be provided
for home visitors, family support workers, parent educators, parent leaders, mental health specialists, medical
professionals, school social workers, kinship and foster parents,
child welfare and human services
professionals, public health practitioners, early childhood development specialists and teachers, early interventionists, law enforcement, and community advocates.
This tip sheet provides
child welfare professionals with a framework
for how to talk with older youth about permanency, including key considerations and suggestions
for starting a conversation as well as ways to make these discussions more effective and meaningful.
Using Social Media in Recruitment AdoptUSKids Offers resources that can help
child welfare professionals decide if their agency is ready to use social media as a tool
for recruiting and retaining families, including tips and best practices to get the most out of a Twitter profile or Facebook page.
ducational offerings will be provided
for home visitors, family support workers, parent educators, parent leaders, mental health specialists, medical
professionals, school social workers, kinship and foster parents,
child welfare and human services
professionals, public health practitioners, early childhood development specialists and teachers, early interventionists, law enforcement, and community advocates.
While these criticisms have some validity, in my opinion, and the opinion of most
child welfare professionals, they are no reason to ban a practice that has found homes
for thousands of
children.
They can not afford alternative
child care arrangements,
professional counselors, summer camps, boarding schools and holidays away from their
children; the central planks of the
child welfare system
for the well - to - do.
They can not afford alternative
child care arrangements,
professional counsellors, summer camps, boarding schools and holidays away from their
children; the central planks, of the
child welfare system
for the well - to - do.
Provides an overview of basic
child welfare services, describes how domestic violence (DV) services and
child welfare (CW)
professionals can support one another's efforts in working with families, and lists resources
for more information.
Wellness is not only a goal
for children and families involved with
child welfare, but also
for professionals and the organizations in which they 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.
Resources
for Caseworkers National Indian
Child Welfare Association (2018) Provides resources to help child welfare professionals understand the legal and cultural issues involved in partnering with Tr
Child Welfare Association (2018) Provides resources to help
child welfare professionals understand the legal and cultural issues involved in partnering with Tr
child welfare professionals understand the legal and cultural issues involved in partnering with Tribes.
The Other Side of the Desk: Honoring Diverse Voices and Restoring Effective Practice in
Child Welfare and Family Services (PDF - 336 KB) FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community - Based Child Abuse Prevention (2006) Describes a process for parent engagement that emphasizes mutual understanding about family experiences within the child welfare system, perspectives of child welfare professionals, and the influence each party has on the o
Child Welfare and Family Services (PDF - 336 KB) FRIENDS National Resource Center
for Community - Based
Child Abuse Prevention (2006) Describes a process for parent engagement that emphasizes mutual understanding about family experiences within the child welfare system, perspectives of child welfare professionals, and the influence each party has on the o
Child Abuse Prevention (2006) Describes a process
for parent engagement that emphasizes mutual understanding about family experiences within the
child welfare system, perspectives of child welfare professionals, and the influence each party has on the o
child welfare system, perspectives of
child welfare professionals, and the influence each party has on the o
child welfare professionals, and the influence each party has on the other.