NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The number of ways family policing agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) can hurt the children they are mandated to protect is limited only by their imagination – and, unfortunately, this is the one area where they show any imagination at all. NCCPR’s Vice President was co-counsel for the plaintiffs.)

Domestic Violence 114

Domestic Violence Child Welfare Welfare Therapist 114

Save the Social Worker

JANUARY 10, 2024

You’re thinking of doing social work in the family service centre (FSC). That means counselling, in a 1 to 1 or a group setting. And if you read books like Lori Gottlieb’s ‘Maybe You Should Talk To Someone’, you would quickly realise the beauty of counselling. Boundaries aren’t always crystal clear in FSC social work.

Social Worker 130

Social Worker Domestic Violence Administration Case Management 130

Save the Social Worker

MARCH 13, 2023

After 2 years being a social worker in a Family Service Centre (FSC) in Singapore, earning all of $3600 per month, before having a pay bump to $3690 in my second year (which I asked for), I realised that we were so sheepish about talking about money, that social workers were actually struggling. And you can’t think about money.

Domestic Violence 130

Domestic Violence Social Worker Social Services Social Services 130

Save the Social Worker

APRIL 4, 2023

Here’s what I think might help you to have a more sustainable career, 2 years after working in a family service centre as a social worker. This could potentially build an even stronger culture of support for you to develop your career in the social services. Are you leading your own growth, or is the organisation leading you?

Social Services 130

Social Services Social Services Domestic Violence Social Worker 130

Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

Micro Social Work is direct-practice work in which a social worker meets with individuals, families, and small groups to support their treatment needs and improve their quality of life.

Domestic Violence 59

Domestic Violence Community Outreach Rehabilitation Case Management 59

Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

Micro Social Work Micro Social Work is direct-practice work in which a social worker meets with individuals, families, and small groups to support their treatment needs and improve their quality of life.

Domestic Violence 40

Domestic Violence Community Outreach Rehabilitation Case Management 40

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

She is wrong about domestic violence, she is wrong about truancy, she is wrong about “alternative response,” she is wrong about false reports and she is wrong to call for more institutionalization of children. Landry runs the Office of Child and Family Services within Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Domestic Violence Foster Care 98