What #NeverAgain Means for Workplace Violence for Helping Professionals
What does the #neveragain movement mean for workplace violence for helping professionals? Social Work Helper hosted a free live discussion ...
Tag: Child Welfare
Bipartisan Task Force Hosts Discussion on Effects of the Opioid Epidemic on the Child Welfare System
The Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth and the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force teamed up to host a dinner highlighting the ...
Systems Perspective and the Myth of the Self-Made Man
As a social worker, we spend a good deal of time looking at systems, and systems work means we can’t ...
Rescuing Sex Trafficking Victims
Lois Lee, Ph.D., J.D. - Founder of Children of the Night Photo Credit: CalState Forty years ago, it wasn't unusual to ...
Conflict Resolution: Who Started It Doesn’t Necessarily Matter!
Remember in the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy began her stroll down the Yellow Brick Road? Eventually, she came upon ...
Critical Analysis of the System Changes Needed in the Child Welfare System
The child welfare system coupled with the juvenile and criminal justice systems have ultimately created and perpetuated the systemic constraints ...
Child Welfare System Increasingly Relying on Relatives to Raise Children Exposed to Trauma
According to a new report by Generations United, grandparents and other relatives who step in to care for children, play ...
Scotland National Poet Encourages Looked After Children to ‘Get Write In’
Jackie Kay - Scotland's National Poet ©cc by 2.0 University of Salford Press Office Scotland's national poet, Jackie Kay, has ...
The Case of ‘Mary’: Further Reflections on Child Protection in Ireland
On 29th March 2017, the publication of yet another report was released examining the operation of our child protection and ...
Let’s Talk About Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
Helping professionals do an excellent job of breaking down the stigma surrounding mental illness. However, when we look in the ...
More Than 100 Foster Youth Attend Shadow Day Program On Capitol Hill
Congresswoman Karen Bass speaking to Foster Youth Representatives on Capitol Hill On May 24th, 2017, in honor of National Foster ...
Child Protection Systems Review Report Accepted by Scottish Government
Minister Mark McDonald, Scottish Minister for Childcare and Early Years Today (Thursday 2 March 2017), the Scottish Minister for Childcare ...
Could You Tell a Stranger About Your Last Sexual Encounter?
Could you tell a stranger about your last sexual encounter? Well, this is exactly what we expect children who have ...
Criminalizing Child Welfare: Retired Texas Ranger Takes Over Child Protection Agency
"Child welfare is a continuum of services that ensure children are safe and that families have the support they need ...
UTRGV Students Share Experiences During Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Program
UTRGV students Carlie Patrick (far left), a junior English/communication studies major, and Leroy Berrones Soto (second from left), a sophomore ...
Human Rights Campaign Outreach to Child Welfare Workers
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's All Children - All Families project is conducting a survey of public and private child ...
Best Practices for Grief: Foster Care
Often, helping professionals in the lives of foster care youth struggle to understand the magnitude of loss a child or teen ...
Child Welfare and Psychotropic Drug Monitoring: The Role for Social Workers
Psychotropic treatments for children in foster care can be appropriate, but this form of therapy requires considerable oversight and advocacy ...
Foster Care Youth: Using Technology to Provide Support
Many social workers, other helping professionals, and foster care alumni have recognized the value in utilizing technology to support foster ...
Social Work Advocacy and Psychotropic Drugs in Foster Care
In 2008, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act required states to begin developing plans to monitor health ...
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