NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

At long last the federal government has released state and national foster care statistics for the year ending September 30, 2022. It’s not clear if they’re violating regulations the federal government won’t enforce or if the states actually have found a loophole.) But children still were torn from their homes 187,000 times.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Citing the wider body of research into the practice, it said local authorities had generally adopted agile working to make efficiency savings, not in response to social workers’ needs. Pause National Care Service legislation, urge leaders.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Mixed response to lead practitioner role The proposed lead child protection practitioner role, which the DfE adopted from the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care , drew a mixed response from respondents to the consultation on the reforms. We see it as a key part of their development,” she said.

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KVC

MARCH 30, 2022

Nearly one-quarter will be adopted, many by their foster parents. On the other hand, more than 15,000 18-year-olds age out of the foster care system each year without reuniting with their families or being adopted. There’s a particular n eed for diversity in foster parents as well. The need for more foster homes continues.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Instead, the coach is going to court to adopt your child – because he now has every bit as much right to your child as you do.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

As I embark on this transformative journey, I am committed to adopting a strength-based approach—one that recognises and nurtures the inherent potential within each individual. Strength-Based Approach One of the key aspects of being a social worker is adopting a strength-based approach.

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Ultimate Youth Worker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In 2017 the Australian Government asked the National Children’s Commissioner to lead the development of National Principles for Child Safe Organisations as part of the Child Safe Organisations project. In June 2018, the Australian Government tabled its response to the Royal Commission’s recommendations.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

She has nearly three decades of experience at the center and in government. His efforts led to the adoption of protection of farm workers from excessive heat and overtime pay. Before joining MCYJ in 2014, Smith co-managed a youth diversion program in Skokie, IL. Parrott is president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The role of the social worker becomes increasingly important as communities become more diverse. A story or book can be written for the child to explain why they were adopted or put in care to provoke open conversations and confirm that the situation was not their fault.

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