Early Careers of Professional Social Workers in a Public Child Welfare Agency

Social Work ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Child Welfare Agency ◽  
Public Child Welfare

Participatory Management in a Public Child Welfare Agency

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Pine ◽  
Robin Warsh ◽  
Anthony N. Maluccio
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Participatory Management ◽  
Child Welfare Agency ◽  
Public Child Welfare

scholarly journals Perceptions of Administrative and Supervisory Support in Public Child Welfare

10.18060/1955 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonya M. Westbrook ◽  
Josie Crolley-Simic
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Child Welfare Agency ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Organizational Culture Inventory

Using the Child Welfare Organizational Culture Inventory (CWOCI) in a public child welfare agency, perceptions of administrative and supervisory support held by employees with social work degrees (BSW and MSW) were compared to perceptions of administrative and supervisory support held by employees without social work degrees. Child welfare employees with social work degrees reported lower administrative and supervisory support than employees without social work degrees. Implications for social work educators, public child welfare administrators and supervisors, and future research are presented.

Un estudio piloto sobre la fatiga por compasión y los peligros entre los profesionales en los sistemas públicos de bienestar infantil y justicia juvenil en Chile y los Estados Unidos

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Mary Carmel Ruffolo ◽  
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Shih-Ya Chang ◽  
Claudia Reyes-Quilodrán ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Child Welfare Systems

The pilot study measures compassion fatigue experienced by social workers in the United States and Chile who work in public child welfare and juvenile justice systems. While public child welfare systems differ in legislative and organizational structures in these two countries, the study uncovers what types of compassion fatigue participants experienced and what they saw as supports and organizational practices that increase or decrease levels of compassion fatigue. Qualtrics survey tools were used to deliver an online survey to potential participants in both countries with two instruments: the Professional Quality of Life Scale V version and the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale. The survey also asked open-ended questions for participants to identify supports received from their work sites that address compassion fatigue and challenges in their work environments. Workers in both countries have similar challenges and needs related to addressing compassion fatigue and hazards. The overall compassion fatigue reported by participants in both countries was relatively high and not directly linked to the perceived level of organizational supports in their work settings. One area of difference is that participants in the U.S. experienced significantly more compassion satisfaction than did the participants from Chile. There also was a significant difference in the responses from participants in Chile related to experiencing more secondary traumatic stress than U.S. participants. This study is the first step in working to determine best practices when addressing compassion fatigue and the hazards of working in high demand public child-serving systems. Further research is necessary to further study compassion fatigue among social workers in child welfare systems in both countries.

Leadership as Advocacy: The Impact of a Title IV-E Supported MSW Education on a Public Child Welfare Agency

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 213-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa E. McGuire ◽  
Patricia Howes ◽  
Amy Murphy-Nugen ◽  
Kathleen George
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare Agency ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Title Iv ◽  
The Impact

Child Fatalities in New York City: An Assessment of Child Protective Service Practice

2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 583-594
Author(s):  
Madelyn Freundlich ◽  
Erika London Bocknek
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
York City ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Child Welfare Agency ◽  
Child Fatality ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Children In Foster Care

This article describes the results of two exploratory studies conducted in New York City that used reports of child fatality investigations conducted by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. It describes the characteristics of children who died as a result of maltreatment and the quality of the child fatality investigations, risk and safety assessments, and protective services responses. Three groups are the focus: children who died while living with families not previously referred to the public child welfare agency; children who died while living with families previously referred to the public child welfare agency; and all children in foster care. The studies found that safety and risk assessments often were not conducted appropriately when children were initially reported to child protective services and when the safety of surviving siblings was at issue; there often was insufficient attention to the elevation of risk as a result of the presence of multiple risk factors in families; and foster parents often did not receive adequate information about health conditions that posed significant risks for children in their care. This article advances practice and policy recommendations for strengthening responses to families who are at high risk and identifies future research directions.

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