The Rural Ideal

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Birk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Dependent Children ◽  
Farm Life ◽  
American Mythology ◽  
Welfare Workers ◽  
The Prestige ◽  
The Way

This chapter examines how the rural ideal, or the beliefs about the prestige of farm homes and families, developed in the United States and how it in turn influenced the placement of dependent children. It first considers how the American mythology that glorified agriculturalists gave rise to the notion that any farm was better for a child than an institution. It then shows how the Midwest came to be seen as a popular place for farm placements onto farms, as well as the best representation of the farm environment that reformers and placers sought to give children. It also explores how the reliance on the Midwest for placement homes began and paved the way for children to be sent to farms in need of laborers. Finally, it discusses the host of problems confronting farming in the Midwest that nonetheless did not deter child welfare workers from believing that farm life still represented the American ideal.

scholarly journals Legislation’s Influence on Judiciarization: Examining the Effects of Statutory Structure and Language on Rates of Court Use in Child Welfare Contexts

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 354
Author(s):  
Angela Campbell ◽  
Mairi Springate ◽  
Nico Trocmé
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Child Protection Workers ◽  
Professional Responsibilities ◽  
Protection De L’Enfance ◽  
Welfare Workers ◽  
The Way

This paper investigates the extent to which legislation influences decisions of child welfare workers regarding the referral of cases to court. It studies three Canadian jurisdictions: Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta, each of which takes a different legislative approach to the issue of court involvement in child protection. A critical examination of child welfare statutes in these provinces led to the prediction that rates of court use – or ‘judiciarization’ – would be highest in Quebec, followed by Ontario, and then Alberta. These predictions were then compared with data reflecting actual judiciarization rates in these three provinces for the year 2006. This data contradicted our initial predictions, in that Ontario’s rate of court use for child welfare cases was the highest of the three provinces, followed by Alberta, and then Quebec. Our research results thus suggest that legislation alone does not drive judiciarization in the child welfare context. As such, this paper illuminates the need for further study of the way in which child protection workers understand legislation as influencing their professional responsibilities and choices. Moreover, it indicates that further consideration is needed into how the use of judicial versus extra-judicial institutions might affect child welfare outcomes.Cet article examine la mesure dans laquelle la législation influence les décisions des travailleurs et travailleuses du bien-être de l’enfance quant à soumettre des cas aux tribunaux. On étudie trois territoires canadiens : le Québec, l’Ontario et l’Alberta, dont chacun prend une approche législative différente à la question de la participation des tribunaux dans la protection de l’enfance. Un examen critique des lois sur la protection de l’enfance dans ces provinces a amené à prédire que le taux d’utilisation des tribunaux – ou la «judiciarisation» - serait le plus élevé au Québec, suivi de l’Ontario puis de l’Alberta. Puis on a comparé ces prédictions aux données indiquant le taux réel de judiciarisation dans ces trois provinces pour l’année 2006. Ces données ont contredit nos prédictions initiales, le taux d’utilisation des tribunaux pour les cas de protection de l’enfance ayant été le plus élevé des trois provinces en Ontario, suivi de l’Alberta puis du Québec. Les résultats de notre recherche suggèrent donc que la législation à elle seule ne pousse pas à la judiciarisation dans le contexte de la protection de l’enfance. Ainsi, cet article fait voir le besoin d’étude additionnelle sur comment les travailleurs et travailleuses de la protection de l’enfance voient la façon dont la législation influence leurs responsabilités et leurs choix professionnels. De plus, il indique qu’il faut examiner davantage comment l’utilisation d’institutions judiciaires versus les institutions extrajudiciaires peuvent influencer les résultats de cas de bien-être de l’enfance.

scholarly journals Child Protective Service Referrals Involving Exposure to Domestic Violence: Prevalence, Associated Maltreatment Types, and Likelihood of Formal Case Openings

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan G. Victor ◽  
Colleen Henry ◽  
Terri Ticknor Gilbert ◽  
Joseph P. Ryan ◽  
Brian E. Perron
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Standard Data ◽  
Protective Service ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence ◽  
Formal Case ◽  
Welfare Workers

Childhood exposure to domestic violence (CEDV) is widely understood as potentially harmful to children. Accordingly, many child welfare systems in the United States construe CEDV as maltreatment when the exposure results in harm or threatened harm to the child. The purpose of the current study was to investigate substantiated child welfare referrals directly related to CEDV to better understand the prevalence and patterns of CEDV-related maltreatment and how child welfare workers respond under the “harm or threatened harm” standard. Data were drawn from 23,704 substantiated referrals between 2009 and 2013 in a large Midwestern child welfare system. Approximately 20% of substantiated referrals were CEDV related. A plurality of CEDV-related referrals included both a male caregiver and female caregiver who were co-substantiated for maltreatment. The most common maltreatment types substantiated for these referrals were neglect based rather than abuse based, and just under a quarter (23%) of CEDV-related referrals were formally opened for services. Referrals involving co-occurring substance abuse were most likely to be opened for services based on predicted probabilities derived from multilevel modeling. Implications for policy and practice are considered.

scholarly journals The impact of COVID-19 on child welfare-involved families: Implications for parent–child reunification and child welfare professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 251610322110452
Author(s):  
Abbie E. Goldberg ◽  
David Brodzinsky ◽  
Jacqueline Singer ◽  
Patience Crozier
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Child Welfare Professionals ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Virtual Visits ◽  
Welfare Workers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Parent Child

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted children and parents involved in the child welfare system and the professionals working with these families. Using survey data collected August–September of 2020, this mixed-methods study examined the perspectives of 196 child welfare-involved professionals (77 attorneys, 99 caseworkers, and 20 therapists) in the United States about the impact of COVID-19 on parents of origin, children, foster parents, and child welfare professionals. Particular attention was paid to the implications of COVID-19 and associated challenges for parent–child contact and reunification. With respect to professional stresses, more than half of participants worried about their own personal safety and health amidst COVID-19, and more than three-quarters expressed concerns about the safety and well-being of child welfare-involved families. Participants, especially attorneys, expressed concerns about parent–child contact and disruptions to reunification. In-person parent–child visits had all but ceased during the early part of the pandemic, and participants identified barriers to effective virtual visits, including lack of foster parent oversight, technology issues, and children’s developmental stage and/or lack of engagement. Attorneys were especially critical of the cessation of in-person visits and viewed this as a serious threat to child-parent bonds and reunification. Participants, especially child welfare workers, voiced concerns about children’s mental health and educational outcomes amidst the pandemic. Findings have implications for attorneys, child welfare workers, and other practitioners who directly and indirectly interface with child welfare-involved families.

scholarly journals Self-Efficacy in Newly-Hired Child Welfare Workers

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Cherry ◽  
Bruce Dalton ◽  
Angela Dugan
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Training And Supervision ◽  
Worker Characteristics ◽  
Welfare Workers ◽  
Newly Hired

Child abuse and neglect in the United States resulted in 676,569 reports in 2011 (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2012). Workers in this field struggle with low pay, high caseloads, inadequate training and supervision, and risk of violence, all of which contribute to worker burnout and poor worker retention rates. Worker self-efficacy is predictive of worker retention, job performance, and persistence in this difficult field. This paper reports the development of a new measure of self-efficacy from a sample of 395 child welfare workers. Factor analysis revealed two domains of self-efficacy, direct practice and indirect practice, which can be modestly predicted by worker characteristics upon hire and the training program the workers attend. Worker self-efficacy can be used to identify vulnerable workers who may be especially in need of strong supervisory support as well as understand who to target for recruitment. A review of the literature of self-efficacy in child welfare workers is included.

Menelaah Lebih Dekat “Post Factual/Post Truth Politics, Studi Kasus Brexit” (Analsis Resensi Media)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eko Wahyono ◽  
Rizka Amalia ◽  
Ikma Citra Ranteallo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

This research further examines the video entitled “what is the truth about post-factual politics?” about the case in the United States related to Trump and in the UK related to Brexit. The phenomenon of Post truth/post factual also occurs in Indonesia as seen in the political struggle experienced by Ahok in the governor election (DKI Jakarta). Through Michel Foucault's approach to post truth with assertive logic, the mass media is constructed for the interested parties and ignores the real reality. The conclusion of this study indicates that new media was able to spread various discourses ranging from influencing the way of thoughts, behavior of society to the ideology adopted by a society.Keywords: Post factual, post truth, new media

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