Community Care

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It also said the council needed to improve “variable” levels of practice with disabled children to achieve a consistently high quality. But Ofsted said the council needed to improve support for care leavers, who faced too many changes of personal adviser and, for whom, transition planning did not start early enough.

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Social Worker Foster Care Interviewing Diversity 288

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

Also in New York, but applicable everywhere: This Daily News op-ed from family defenders on why the worst way to respond to child abuse fatalities is foster-care panic. ● You can learn more about how that happened, and the ongoing fight, at this webinar on June 29 from Narrowing the Front Door. I missed this one last month: Prof.

Child Welfare 75

Child Welfare Foster Care Disability Confidentiality 75

University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Perspective: Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship Researchers at the UConn School of Social Work continue to leverage partnerships with state agencies to confront some of the most critical issues facing our society today. The law, passed in 2008, gives states the option to raise the foster care age limit from 18 to 21.

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Foster Care Interventional Mental Health Engagement 52

Jaeran Kim

AUGUST 11, 2017

I presented a keynote about school issues based on the article I published with Pact’s Executive Director Beth Hall for the book Transracial and Intercountry Adoption. The first is an article written from my research on adoptive parents who placed an intercountry adopted child in out-of-home care due to the child’s disability.

Adoption 40

Adoption Disability Interviewing Home Care 40

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Child Welfare Specialist : Social workers in this role focus on the safety and well-being of children, often within the context of child protective services or foster care systems. This may include personal interviews, family histories, and the review of relevant documents. What other roles can social workers do?

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Social Worker Treatment Planning Justice and Corrections Interventional 95

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

Also in New York City, The 74 reports, Across the nation’s largest [school] district, parents of students with disabilities who speak up on behalf of their children say they are being charged with allegations of child abuse or neglect — a tactic advocates say schools use to intimidate parents and coerce them into dropping their concerns.

Child Welfare 40

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Adoption 40

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 114