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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

As Molly Parker writes : News stories about child welfare tend to stake out one of two positions: They take agencies like [the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services] to task for missing numerous and seemingly obvious red flags leading to a child’s death; or they draw attention to cases where children have been unnecessarily removed.

Child Welfare 76

Child Welfare Welfare Empathy Interviewing 76

Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Psychology Today. Lena, a seasoned high school teacher whom I interviewed while conducting research for my book, Lockdown: Talking to Your Kids About School Violence , admitted that she keeps a baseball bat next to her classroom door, just in case. “A Nancy Kislin is a member: Don’t Teach Children to Be Martyrs.

Social Worker 40

Social Worker LCSW Clinic Therapist 40

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Wrongful removal inflicts profound psychological trauma. Landry runs the Office of Child and Family Services within Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services. Providers were not objective and recommendations in a psychological evaluation were not implemented. She is dangerously wrong.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Domestic Violence Foster Care 98