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In “child welfare” the horror stories go in all directions – all year long

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Part one of NCCPR’s news and commentary year in review for 2023 America’s massive child welfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. That’s why we’ve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the child welfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove” anything.

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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

KVC

If you are wondering what mental health and child welfare services KVC provides and in which areas, this guide is for you! Get ready to learn how you or others can take advantage of KVC’s child and family services. The next subsidiary is KVC Kansas which provides child welfare and mental health services.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, weeks ending Nov. 28, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

This side of the child welfare story - what happens to mothers like Alexis after their children enter the system - is seldom seen. If anyone still doubts the need to replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse with confidential reporting, check out this story from ProPublica. Here’s how it begins: It was 5:30 a.m.

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Councils unable to safeguard children subject to immigration control, finds study

Community Care

The report also identified a lack of communication between different agencies, finding that inadequate information sharing between GPs and health visiting services led to a missed opportunity to support a mother and daughter. Immigration law is often prioritised at the expense of the child’s wellbeing’. Related articles.

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Caring for Caregivers

Famcare

Turnover in child welfare case workers has reached troubling proportions. In child welfare social work, the most recent annual turnover rate was reported at exceeding 22% in some states. In any profession, an annual turnover rate around 10% is considered healthy.

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10 Things from Twitter – Dispatches from the Future – Academic Literature Edition! October 4, 2020

Social Work Futures

It is not a broken system, it is a system that needs to be broken: the upEND movement to abolish the child welfare system. Journal of Public Child Welfare, Published online September 6, 2020. Datafied child welfare services: Unpacking politics,, economics and power. . & Burton, L. Author abstract.).

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KVC Health Systems Ranks in Top 1% of Employers Nationwide with 77 Work Wellbeing Score

KVC

This means KVC is outperforming its peers in child welfare and mental health, its peers in healthcare more broadly, and even most for-profit companies across all sectors. Join a values-driven team that is passionate about transforming people’s experience of child welfare and mental health services.