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Here’s the lowdown on the social work salary in Singapore

Save the Social Worker

An overview of the three broad areas of social work in Singapore If you’re looking for the most money in the sector, go to the Ministry The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), being under the government, may offer the best benefits across the sector. You will be a civil servant, and that does come with fairly good perks.

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“They’re not your children anymore.” Notes on news coverage of a landmark lawsuit

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

You can listen to the full interview with Shalleck-Klein and one of the plaintiffs, Shalonda Curtis-Hackett here: They also were interviewed on Inside City Hall on NY1. Scoppetta , which curbed the practice of taking children from survivors of domestic violence prove that. Maybe that’s too kind.

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Massachusetts pilots the most promising reform in child welfare. Guess who’s trying to undercut it.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Cara, who asked to keep her last name private, said she had already been in touch with a domestic violence organization about her ex. In Cara’s case, she had sought help from a domestic violence organization – and they’re the ones who called DCF. After the drinking incident, she said, that organization called [DCF]. “I

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Star Hobson: ‘turmoil’ in council led to practice failings in toddler’s case, finds review

Community Care

It has urged the government to set up multi-agency expert units in each area to handle child protection work, to address both issues, with ministers due to respond later this year. with managers and practitioners interviewed for the review admitting there was little consideration of background information. ” Recommendations.

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“Maybe we're just too damn intrusive": Tracing the take-the-child-and-run mentality that has endangered Massachusetts children for more than a century

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “child welfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine! Now let’s flash forward to 1989.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

This may include personal interviews, family histories, and the review of relevant documents. Identifying Risk and Protective Factors : Risk Factors : Social workers identify potential risk factors that may impact the individual’s well-being, such as substance abuse, domestic violence, or exposure to trauma.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. The practice of taking children from survivors of domestic violence was curbed in New York City thanks to a successful lawsuit.