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 ...
Tag: Child Welfare
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 losing a child or ...
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 ...
9 Mobile Apps for Social Workers
Add digital skills to the many skill sets we wear as social workers. Our clients are carrying around devices that ...
Innovating Social Work Practice for the Future
Dr. Richard Barth Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Richard Barth at the Society for Social ...
Self Care: Placing An Oxygen Mask On Yourself Prior To Assisting Others
Traveling with friends and family to events is something I like to do for two reasons. One is the fact ...
ReMoved: A Poignant Short Film on Foster Care
“It’s natural for you to think about how fostering will affect your life. About how hard it will be or ...
Understanding Foster Care Youth With The Help of the Documentary Foster Care Film
When I tell people I am a former foster youth they usually have a similar response (something along the lines ...
Protecting Young People Online: Negative Practices Parents, Carers and Professionals Should Know
Just like there are laws we have to abide and adhere to everyday, it is also a similar set of ...
Preserving the Therapeutic Relationship as a Mandated Reporter
If you find yourself a mandated reporter of child abuse and neglect and have ever had to report a client ...
How Do You Assess Online Risks For Youth Without Being Digitally Competent
Time to get digitally competent In an age where information technology is growing rapidly in our everyday personal and professional ...
New Field Placement Model With Crittenton Earns Award from CSU Fullerton for its “Teaching and Mentorship” Culture
Fullerton, Calif. – Crittenton Services for Children and Families (CSCF) is proud to announce the agency’s nomination and selection as ...
SASW Weighs in on the Children and Young People Act of 2014 (Scotland)
The Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW) have commented on the proposed guidance to the Children and Young People Act ...
Social Workers Must Speak Against Austerity Says BASW UK Chair
BASW AGM via Twitter @SimonHadelyPix Today, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is holding a members conference in order ...
