Sentences with phrase «of child welfare workers»

For a partnership to be productive, all fatherhood program staff, particularly those working directly with potential or active partners, should understand the role and perspective of child welfare workers as well as the mutual goals and benefits involved in working together.

Implementation of a Workforce Initiative to Build Trauma - informed Child Welfare Practice and Services: Findings from the Massachusetts Child Trauma Project (PDF - 296 KB) Fraser, Griffin, Barto, Lo, Wenz - Gross, Spinazzola, Bodian, Nisenbaum, & Bartlett (2014) Children and Youth Services Review, 44 Describes the development and implementation of the Massachusetts Child Trauma Project (MCTP), a statewide initiative to enhance the capacity of child welfare workers and child mental health providers to identify, respond, and intervene early and effectively with children traumatized by chronic loss, abuse, neglect, and violence.

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.

The increasing use of kinship placements across the country (AFCARS, 2003) suggests that this perception of child welfare workers was accurate.

Not exact matches

In a plan unveiled in mid-May, Schwarzenegger called for the elimination of the state's welfare program, a 60 % reduction in community mental - health programs, a 5 % pay cut for government workers, and the near elimination of drug and child care subsidies.

Globalization is the era of mega-competition, in other words, the competition among giant TNCs which accelerates the race for the bottom to make TNCs acquire more profit by further exploitation of labor including lowering the wages, cutting the welfare benefits, laying off employees, depriving workers of their labor rights, using cheap labor such as casual and even child labor, and also by further destruction of environment.

Four days after a 72 - year - old retired government worker was brought to a southern California hospital's emergency ward by his 12 - year - old «companion,» a county welfare worker dropped in on the pair and initiated legal action to have the child made a dependent of the court.

• Child welfare workers in many countries tend to have negative stereotypes of men in families in which children are at risk, assuming the fathers to be uncommitted and uninvolved parents, and unable to cease drug use (Zanoni et al, 2014).

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.

All child welfare decisions should be made in the best interests of the child, not based on the personal beliefs of child services agencies or workers.

We offer free trainings to state child welfare workers on how to have a transparent conversation with moms before their child is removed about all of their options: parenting, reunification, a state adoption or proactively planning an open adoption.

Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).

The various infrastructure development in the state are to further enhance the welfare of government workers in particular: quality and affordable schools for their children, affordable medicare, good neighborhoods to live in, good roads to drive on without the frequent wear and tear on their vehicles.

At 12:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Social Services will meet to discuss a number of amendments to social services law - including an act in relation to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare - to - work programs and an act in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish workload standards for child protective services worker.

Child welfare workers and social workers don't have the specific training they need to track health problems,» said Julie Bertram, MSN, who also is lead author of the article.

What follows is a months - long adventure that draws the two of them together as they attempt to survive, while also fleeing a mean child welfare worker who wants to take Ricky away again.

Thanks to some in - depth reporting by Sentinel reporter Rene Stutzman, we learned that more than 70 of the state's child - welfare workers have been caught falsifying records.

Kansas: Social workers call for a wide - ranging review of the state's privatized child welfare system.

Accompanying her were the school's parent liaison and one of the district's child welfare and attendance workers, whose duties were expanded under a state law that took effect last January to provide support for kids missing school.

Although I didn't recognize it at the time, I believe it led me to a career as a social worker in the field of child welfare, where I worked for 30 - plus years.

Income that may be part of your gross income but is not identified as taxable income would include child support, proceeds from life insurance policies, inheritances, workers compensation payments, welfare benefits, compensation awarded as a result of physical injury, education scholarships or grants, and income paid to your retirement account (either a 401k or IRA, up to a certain amount).

With this in mind, the Court has extended the right of residence to the primary carer of the child of a migrant worker, even though this care - provider has been divorced from the worker (Baumbast) or had to rely on welfare benefits (Teixeira).

Dynar of the Goldwater Institute notes that child welfare workers are sometimes required to enroll children in tribes.

Of course, better record - keeping by child welfare workers is a good thing, but really that's just painting the house when what's needed is a complete foundation repair.

She says: «It's not the welfare of the child that is being protected, it is the welfare of social workers.

The protection of children from risk of abuse must surely embrace social workers acting professionally — not negligently — and fully considering the interests and rights of the parents, as an integral part of the welfare of the child.

Depending on the requirements of the hiring agency, child welfare workers are most of the times not required to hold license.

A welfare worker and program manager with a robust dedication to fulfilling the necessities of deprived children and homeless adults.

She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Kano, Nigeria, for two years working in the area of child welfare and family counseling and was a community worker in East Harlem, New York City, working with adolescents and their families.

This failure to recognise extreme child welfare interventions as markers of social inequalities (and which may sometimes compound social inequalities) is not helped when the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, equates social workers «understanding of the impact of social inequalities with robbing «families of a proper sense of responsibility,....

The parents of these children need adequate identification by child welfare workers and these children themselves need in - depth assessments and interventions.

For example, program staff might include a child welfare worker that is responsible for overseeing the implementation of a special program to recruit minority foster and adoptive families.

Dr. Gene Devers» decades of experience working with individuals, couples, and families as a pastor, hospital chaplain, psychotherapist, child welfare social worker, and a family systemic therapist, has been based upon the best integration of biblical values, Judeo - Christian theology, and counseling psychology.

It focuses on ways that child welfare workers and other adults can help to prepare those children and youth whose goal is adoption; however, much of the information on preparation is also applicable to children and youth with other permanency goals.

Reflecting discrimination within the child welfare system, worker bias was perceived by many participants in this study to occur in terms of class and culture.

The project was intended to gain insight into the issue of over-representation (or racial disproportionality) from the perspective of the child welfare community, including agency administrators, supervisors, and direct service workers, and to describe the strategies child welfare and child - welfare serving agencies use to meet the needs of children and families of color in the child welfare system.

The voices of child welfare personnel provide specific information about perceptions of administrators and front - line workers, which has been lacking in the literature.

The project team conducted site visits to child welfare agencies to talk with agency administrators, supervisors, and workers, among others, regarding the issue of over-representation, and to find out more about the types of programs, practices, and strategies that are being implemented to meet the needs of children and families of color, particularly African - American children and families.

The perception of many child welfare workers that minority families are more visible to reporters, and therefore are more likely to be reported, has been empirically tested.

Birth Parent Trauma and What Child Welfare Workers Need to Know [Webinar] National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2015) Provides information regarding the impact of trauma on birth parents who have become connected to the child welfare system, including reduced engagement with staff and support servChild Welfare Workers Need to Know [Webinar] National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2015) Provides information regarding the impact of trauma on birth parents who have become connected to the child welfare system, including reduced engagement with staff and support servChild Traumatic Stress Network (2015) Provides information regarding the impact of trauma on birth parents who have become connected to the child welfare system, including reduced engagement with staff and support servchild welfare system, including reduced engagement with staff and support services.

Although the literature does suggest that the goal of staff diversification is important for effective child welfare programs (English & Brown, 1997), the data on race matching between worker and family are less than compelling.

Worker bias was repeatedly identified in the discussions with child welfare workers in this study as one of the reasons for racial disproportionality.

These findings approximate those of the more recent National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general populaChild and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general populachild welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general populachild maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general population.

The domination of federal child welfare services funding by worker training, reimbursement of foster parents, case management for children in foster care, and adoption subsidies (all entitlements under Title IV - E of the Social Security Act) leaves few resources to develop or implement high - quality parent education.

But I address each and any one of you who has set out to serve people in one way or another — physicians, nurses, rehabilitation and occupational therapists, teachers, mental health workers (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers — whether professionals, paraprofessionals, or aides), child care workers of all sorts, family welfare workers and family counselors, recreation leaders, specialists in work with the aged — what a diversity and richness of human services there are!

Substance Abuse Specialists in Child Welfare Agencies and Dependency Courts: Considerations for Program Designers and Evaluators (PDF - 299 KB) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010) Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court worChild Welfare Agencies and Dependency Courts: Considerations for Program Designers and Evaluators (PDF - 299 KB) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010) Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court worchild welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court worchild welfare and dependency court workers.

Research shows that improving organizational climates in child welfare agencies may enhance outcomes for the children, youth, and families they serve.3 To provide a more holistic view of wellness, this section offers information, materials, and tools for supporting and promoting the behavioral health and wellness of children and families involved with child welfare, in addition to resources on worker and organizational wellness.

Key Strategies to Educate Public Child Welfare Workers and Improve Child Welfare Systems Zlotnik, McCarthy, & Briar - Lawson Evaluation Exchange, 11 (4), 2006 Reviews research and evaluation findings on public agency - university partnerships to educate public child welfare workers and the impact of such partnerships on workforce retenChild Welfare Workers and Improve Child Welfare Systems Zlotnik, McCarthy, & Briar - Lawson Evaluation Exchange, 11 (4), 2006 Reviews research and evaluation findings on public agency - university partnerships to educate public child welfare workers and the impact of such partnerships on workforce retWorkers and Improve Child Welfare Systems Zlotnik, McCarthy, & Briar - Lawson Evaluation Exchange, 11 (4), 2006 Reviews research and evaluation findings on public agency - university partnerships to educate public child welfare workers and the impact of such partnerships on workforce retenChild Welfare Systems Zlotnik, McCarthy, & Briar - Lawson Evaluation Exchange, 11 (4), 2006 Reviews research and evaluation findings on public agency - university partnerships to educate public child welfare workers and the impact of such partnerships on workforce retenchild welfare workers and the impact of such partnerships on workforce retworkers and the impact of such partnerships on workforce retention.

Shame, and the Way it Impacts the Relationship Between Mothers with Substance Abuse Disorder and Child welfare Social Workers (PDF - 403 KB) Norris (2011) California State University, Fresno, School of Health and Social Work Utilizes methods of grounded theory to explore how shame impacts mothers with substance abuse disorder (SUD) and their involvement with the child welfare syChild welfare Social Workers (PDF - 403 KB) Norris (2011) California State University, Fresno, School of Health and Social Work Utilizes methods of grounded theory to explore how shame impacts mothers with substance abuse disorder (SUD) and their involvement with the child welfare sychild welfare system.

Child Welfare Services With Families Experiencing Family Violence: Participant Guide (PDF - 4321 KB) Georgia Department of Human Resources (2007) Presents participant materials for a workshop for Georgia child welfare workers working with families that are experiencing family violChild Welfare Services With Families Experiencing Family Violence: Participant Guide (PDF - 4321 KB) Georgia Department of Human Resources (2007) Presents participant materials for a workshop for Georgia child welfare workers working with families that are experiencing family violchild welfare workers working with families that are experiencing family violence.