NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are two very important things to know about the process by which a child welfare agency removes a child from a parent and places that child with some other kinship caregiver. Because of the one group it does benefit: The Virginia Department of Social Services and county child welfare agencies.

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Community Care

APRIL 4, 2024

This is despite the organisation having managed “unprecedented demand” for its services in the wake of Covid-19 and the resulting “challenging delays” for children involved in court proceedings.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Often, when I single out for criticism particular stories about “child welfare” – or as it should be called family policing, it’s because the reporter never bothered to even speak to parents who have had their children taken, or to lawyers for such parents. Anybody see the problem here yet?

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 29, 2024

MSW, is a clinical associate professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. He researches technology and child welfare and enjoys integrating emerging technologies in the classroom and as a field instructor. LCSW, is a tech consultant for universities, social work departments, and social work agencies.

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Community Care

MARCH 1, 2023

The scheme, which was made mandatory in December 2021, requires all authorities with social services responsibility across the UK to take in unaccompanied children to relieve the pressure on port authorities, such as Kent, amid rising numbers crossing the English Channel.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This side of the child welfare story - what happens to mothers like Alexis after their children enter the system - is seldom seen. Department of Health and Human Services. When that happens, social services officials come under fire. But there are few consequences for wrongly removing children from their homes.

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Social Work Futures

MARCH 15, 2023

The future of social welfare A gym for your feelings? Thanks to Social Work Health Futures Lab Fellow, Rachael Dietkus for sharing this with me. How Denmark’s welfare state became a surveillance nightmare. These are vitally important and urgent underpinnings of the future of social welfare.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Alan Dettlaff, was invited by the Child Welfare League of America, a trade association whose members include agencies paid for each day they hold children in foster care, to write the forward for an issue of one of their journals. A founder of the upEND Movement, Prof. Then CWLA refused to publish it. You can read it here.

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Social Work With Adults

JULY 5, 2023

[Image created by freepik.com ] Parallel evolution As we mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS, it is worth remembering how Clement Attlee's 1945 government embarked on implementing William Beveridge's report recommendations which set the framework for the welfare state.

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Community Care

APRIL 3, 2023

The latter two categories include social workers, Cafcass family court advisers, foster carers, children’s home staff, teachers and healthcare staff working with children, among many other groups.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

It is estimated, for example, that turnover rates for caseworkers in child welfare averaged 30% nationally before the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, researchers in 2005 estimated the rate of burnout among social workers to be nearly 40% with a lifetime rate of 75%. Journal of Social Service Research.)

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Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

Social workers are under increased pressure because of Omicron-related staff absences elsewhere in social care and rising assessment workloads, sector bodies have warned.

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Famcare

JUNE 15, 2023

It’s 2023, and despite the reluctance of social services to adopt technology, many have finally broken the ice with tech. If you work in a social service field such as veteran service, child welfare, juvenile justice, or mental health provider, it’s about time you embark on the digitization journey.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The story begins this way: Growing up Latino in Massachusetts carries a greater risk of entering the foster system than anywhere else in the nation, and for those who end up in foster homes — as well as those who are the subject of child welfare investigations — the consequences can be devastating. Please, Mommy.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance invites you join us for our Annual Symposium—to be held virtually during Social Service Workforce Week.

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Famcare

MARCH 1, 2023

The Evolution of Social Services The history of public welfare in the United States has been one of continuing change and growth. But, as the nation’s economy became more industrial and the population more concentrated in urban areas, the need for social services grew beyond the means of local public and private authorities.

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Famcare

JUNE 8, 2023

There are over 700,000 social workers in the US as of right now, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. million social services rendering their services to a vast clientele across different sectors. The number is constantly on the rise in the country, with over 1.8

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inSocialWork

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Suggestions for individuals interested in research addressing social justice in the child welfare system are provided. program director at the University of Alabama School of Social Work. from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Smith is associate professor and Ph.D.

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Famcare

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Recent estimates place the number of social workers in the US at around 700,000. Social workers in the US have a lot on their plates working for a variety of social services, such as child welfare, senior services, veteran services, and juvenile justice.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Currently, in England, Working Together to Safeguard Children says anyone with concerns about a child’s welfare “should make a referral to local authority children’s social care”, doing so immediately in cases of suspected significant harm, such as child sexual abuse. It said 88.6% ” More follows.

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Famcare

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Whether your organization is a nonprofit dealing with child welfare or your heading a governmental department for social services, you’re probably used to seeing your caseworkers drowning in paperwork and putting in extra hours to stay on top of everything.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 16, 2023

Only in a system as morally bankrupt as “child welfare” could it be considered acceptable to make children pay an allowance to their substitute parents. It’s also interesting to see where the money DHS steals from foster children is going: It’s used to pay their foster parents.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Haaland, the case challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act is scheduled to begin TODAY (Nov. Another post discusses two stories about “shortages” in Massachusetts “child welfare.” ? Oral argument before the Supreme Court in Brackeen v. 9) at 10:00 am ET. You can listen to the arguments live here. ?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

And bracing for a possible big defeat: With the Indian Child Welfare Act facing a challenge in the Supreme Court, The Imprint reports on states passing their own ICWA-like laws to protect Native children. ? How do family policing agencies respond when their negligence leads to large damage awards?

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Famcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Everyone is turning to technology solutions, from businesses to government agencies and non-profit social services. The total revenue generated by American case management solutions is expected to exceed $4 billion over the next ten years.

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Shelter, Inc

MARCH 14, 2022

Few people know what goes on behind the scenes at a social welfare agency , and it’s easy to assume social workers and other boots on the ground staff show up 9-5, take care of business, and get on with their lives. No one becomes a social worker for money, fame, or glory. But that isn’t reality.

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Famcare

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, many social services, including child welfare, senior citizen care, and juvenile justice, have moved to the cloud to take advantage of this technology. Currently, more than 90% of businesses are using the cloud. While the corporate sector thrives on the cloud, it's only natural for non-profits to follow suit.

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Famcare

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The disintegration of governments in Central and South America spilled refugees over our southern border into the lap of social services. Child welfare case workers were swamped with children endangered by families disintegrating from financial problems, drug addiction, and stress related mental illness.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JUNE 6, 2023

It aims to bring together academics and practitioners in social work and related disciplines to share their experiences in assessing and responding to emergencies, disasters, epidemics, and advancing social services for social development, particularly in the ASEAN region.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 9, 2024

I’ve become increasingly familiar with the work and impact of our outstanding faculty and their research as well as our students who are engaged with some of our most pressing social welfare issues, child and adolescent behavioral health, substance use disorder, juvenile justice reform, LGBTQ+ health, and supporting immigrants and refugees.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

They were afraid of social services,” a parent with disabilities (one of the groups most vulnerable to family policing), told The Colorado Sun. With the Indian Child Welfare Act facing a challenge before the U.S. ● “When my kids were growing up, they weren’t afraid of the bogeyman.

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Famcare

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

America has one of the most promising welfare infrastructures due to its extensive network of social services. There are an estimated ten million non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide. There are 1.5 million of them in the United States.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

am proud to serve on a special committee of the Philadelphia City Council examining the child welfare system in that city. It deters families from seeking needed assistance and weakens the capacity of teachers, doctors, and social service workers to nurture children’s well-being. We released our report last week.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

But it still fell into some of the traps that characterize much of the journalism of child welfare – including a crucial misunderstanding of poverty and neglect and one inflammatory claim that, as originally published, was flat wrong. ? Tomorrow: The New York Times published a front-page story about the study that was, mostly, very good.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Have you noticed how the writing of “child welfare” establishment types sounds more frantic lately? Great news, Missouri parents: The state Department of Social Services says you are now free to smoke marijuana, as long as you’re away from the kids! – Josh Gupta-Kagan. I have a blog post about it. ●

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 27, 2022

She supported and encouraged generations of social workers and women to be leaders in organizations and elected office. She served on the American Public Welfare Association, National Conference of Social Welfare, and was a past Vice President of the Council of Social Work Education.

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