Challenges Facing The Child Welfare System

Author : Gerald R Adams,Gary Cameron,Nick Coady
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780889205185

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Moving Toward Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare by Gerald R Adams,Gary Cameron,Nick Coady Pdf

Faced with rapidly changing social and economic conditions, service professionals, policy developers, and researchers have raised significant concerns about the Canadian child welfare system. This book draws inspiration from experiences with three broad, international child welfare paradigms—child protection, family service, and community healing/caring (First Nations)—to look at how specific practices in other countries, as well as alternative experiments in Canada, might foster positive innovations in the Canadian child welfare approach. Foundational values and purposes, systems design and policy, and organization and management are discussed, as are front-line service delivery, service provider work environments, and the realities of daily living for families. Informed by recent research, the contributors provide clear directions for policy, administration, and service-delivery reforms. Informing policy debates addressing child maltreatment and family welfare, this book will serve as a vital resource for managers, service providers, professionals, and students in the fields of social work, child and youth care, family studies, psychology, and special education.

Author : Joan F. Shireman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231539272

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Critical Issues in Child Welfare by Joan F. Shireman Pdf

Reorganized for more effective classroom use, the second edition of Critical Issues in Child Welfare begins with an updated, thorough overview of the challenges currently facing at-risk children and families. A description of the child welfare system highlights issues that are discussed in more detail throughout the book. The text explores protective services, family preservation, foster care and residential care, adoption, services for adolescents, and training and retention of staff. New material highlights the recent discoveries of the impact of early trauma and stress on children's development, and the modifications currently taking place in the child welfare system in response to this new information. The book also examines the critical challenges of poverty and substance abuse, the importance of the community in shaping child welfare services, racial disproportionality in the system, the changing response of the system to LGBT issues, and services to ameliorate the difficulties of youth leaving the system.

Author : J. Dena Ned,Caren J. Frost
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : OCLC:1411251459

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Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare by J. Dena Ned,Caren J. Frost Pdf

Author : United States House of Representatives,Committee on Ways and Means (house),United State Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1697134556

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Challenges Facing the Child Welfare System by United States House of Representatives,Committee on Ways and Means (house),United State Congress Pdf

Challenges facing the child welfare system: hearing before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 15, 2007.

Author : Kenneth L. Levitt,Brian Wharf
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774844222

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Challenge of Child Welfare by Kenneth L. Levitt,Brian Wharf Pdf

'I think this book, in assembling the views of a distinguished group of professionals, can have a profound effect on child welfare theory and practice. These practitioners, critics and academics have much to say. I for one am grateful that their views are now conveniently available to all of us in this book.' -- from the foreword by Thomas R. Berger, Chairman, the British Columbia Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law The first Canadian text on child welfare, this work examines a number of issues which represent the state of the art of child welfare in Canada. Among the contributors are practitioners as well as academics from the fields of social work, child care, law and medicine. Important government studies and reports in the 1970's did much to define existing problems in child welfare and to provide directions for their solutions. The developments and research reported in this book add to their findings. Several main themes emerge in the book -- one being the lack of standardization of child welfare policy and practice in Canada since each province has its own regulations and policies. Other concerns common to many of the authors are the dismantling of social service programmes as a result of the current recession and the need for greater cooperation with the native Indian leadership in regard to the provision of child welfare services to the Indian community. Another important theme touched on by several authors concerns children in the care of welfare agencies. They discuss how adequate the range and quality of services are and how the effect of these services can be measured. The final theme centers on prevention and the early identification of families whose children may be at risk without certain support services. The point of view which transcends all the contributions supports an institutional approach, where a range of services is available to families to choose from, as opposed to the residual approach which regards government services as the last resort. While it is the latter view that is prevalent in Canda today, the authors argue that this represents a penny wise but pound foolish approach not only to child welfare but also to the broader field of social welfare.

Author : United States. Congress,United States House of Representatives,Committee On Ways And Means
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1984082329

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Challenges Facing the Child Welfare System by United States. Congress,United States House of Representatives,Committee On Ways And Means Pdf

Challenges facing the child welfare system : hearing before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 15, 2007.

Author : Nancy Freymond,Gary Cameron
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487591946

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Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare by Nancy Freymond,Gary Cameron Pdf

The need for services that respond to the ‘maltreatment’ of children and to the struggles of families is at the core of social service systems in all developed nations. While these child and family welfare systems confront similar problems and incorporate common elements, there are substantial differences in philosophy, organization, and operation across international settings and models. In this new collection of essays, Nancy Freymond and Gary Cameron have brought together some of the finest international minds to provide an original and integrated discussion of child protection, family service, and community caring models of child and family welfare. The volume not only examines child protection and family service approaches within Western nations – including Canada, the United States, England, the Netherlands, France, and Sweden – it is also the first comparative study to give equal attention to Aboriginal community caring models in Canada and New Zealand. The comparisons made by the essays in this volume allow for a consideration of constructive and feasible innovations in child and family welfare and contribute to an enriched debate around each system. This book will be of great benefit to the field for many years to come.

Author : Peter J. Pecora,James K. Whittaker,Anthony N. Maluccio,Richard P. Barth
Publisher : AldineTransaction
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780202363868

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The Child Welfare Challenge by Peter J. Pecora,James K. Whittaker,Anthony N. Maluccio,Richard P. Barth Pdf

Within a historical and contemporary context, this book examines major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its future. In addition to describing the major problems facing the field, the book highlights service innovations that have been developed in recent years. The resulting picture is encouraging, especially if certain major program reforms I are implemented and agencies are able to concentrate resources in a focused manner. The volume emphasizes families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies. The book considers historical areas of service—foster care and adoptions, in-home family-centered services, child-protective services, and residential services—where social work has an important role. Authors address the many fields of practice in which child and family services are provided or that involve substantial numbers of social work programs, such as services to adolescent parents, child mental health, education, and juvenile justice agencies. This new edition will continue to serve as a fundamen­tal introduction for new practitioners, as well as summary of recent developments for experienced practitioners.

Author : Nick Frost
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415312574

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Child Welfare: Issues in child welfare by Nick Frost Pdf

This collection focuses on child welfare in its specific sense: welfare and social interventions with children and young people undertaken by State bodies or NGO's. The term 'child welfare' is deployed differently in diverse international settings. In the United Kingdom child welfare tends to refer to individualised programmes for children who have experienced problems in their lives. In India, to take a contrasting example, it can also refer to major housing and nutrition programmes. This collection takes an inclusive approach to international perspectives.The collection is completed by a new general introduction by the editor, individual volume introductions, and a full index.Titles also available in this series include, Medical Sociology (November 2004, 4 Volumes, 495) and the forthcoming collection Health Care Systems (2005, 3 Volumes, c.395).

Author : Helen Cahalane
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461486275

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Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare Practice by Helen Cahalane Pdf

Child welfare is the oldest specialization within social work practice and the only specialty area in which social work is the host profession. This edited volume provides a unique and comprehensive overview of practice issues relevant to contemporary child welfare professionals entering the field as well as those already working in direct service and management positions. This book’s emphasis on systemic, integrated, and evidence-informed practices at the individual, family, and organizational level is in keeping with child welfare’s core mission of child protection, family support, and permanency for youth. This volume also explores the challenges and opportunities present in a contemporary practice environment, which are driven by the attainment of defined outcomes, fiscal limitations, and the need for an informed professionalized child welfare workforce.

Author : Marilyn Callahan,Sven Hessle,Susan Strega
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351755030

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Valuing the Field by Marilyn Callahan,Sven Hessle,Susan Strega Pdf

This title was first published in 2000: This text provides international perspectives on examples of best practice in child welfare and proposes organizational structures and policies to support this practice. Practice innovations span the range of child welfare services, including prevention, protection and out-of-family care. The contributors describe the child welfare context in each of their particular jurisdictions, producing an addition to the literature comparing child welfare in different countries. Moreover, existing books on the subject are primarily descriptive and examine overall child welfare legislation and policy. The work adopts an analytical approach, proposing policies and focusing on the largely unexamined topic of excellence in child welfare practice.

Author : Kathleen Kufeldt
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780889207394

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Child Welfare by Kathleen Kufeldt Pdf

In 1994 a group of researchers and decision makers met to discuss the state of child welfare. Also present were a few practitioners and two youth in care. Six years later, when they met again, the number of practitioners and youth had grown considerably and were joined by a strong contingent of foster parents. Thus the findings and insights presented were affirmed or challenged by those most affected -- those on the front line. It was an exciting event, worth capturing in book form. Kathleen Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie have gathered the papers presented at the 2000 Symposium and have organised them under four themes: incidence and characteristics of child maltreatment; the continuum of care; policy and practice; and future directions. An analysis and synthesis of the work informs each of these themes, while an eight-point research agenda developed in an earlier symposium is used to assess developments to date and provide guidance for the future.

Author : Aron Shlonsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190294007

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Child Welfare Research by Aron Shlonsky Pdf

Research has already been a significant factor in child welfare policy in recent years, but this essential new volume demonstrates that it has taken a leading role in the field to spur and guide change. In the incisive chapters gathered here, some of the field's top investigators present their work and assess its effect on the full spectrum of child welfare services. Future generations of researchers, as well as students, practitioners, and service providers, will find the resulting text indispensable. Edited by Duncan Lindsey and Aron Shlonsky, two of the discipline's most articulate voices, the book covers every base. The opening chapters situate child welfare research in the modern context; they are followed by discussions of evidence-based practice in the field, arguably its most pressing concern now. Recent years have seen historic rises in the number of children adopted through public agencies and, accordingly, permanent placement and family ties are critical topics that occupy the book's core, along with chapters broaching the thorny questions that surround decision-making and risk assessment. The urgent need for a more effective use of research and evidence is highlighted again with looks at the future of child protection and how concrete data can influence policy and help children. Finally, in recognition of the growing importance of a global view, closing chapters address international issues in child welfare research, including an examination of policies from abroad and a multinational comparison of the economic challenges facing single mothers and their children. With its insightful treatment of child welfare services in terms of the broader welfare system and acknowledgment of the myriad problems child welfare agencies face, this exceptional compendium offers a rich understanding of the social conditions that influence contemporary child welfare and enables the field to move ahead without losing sight of valuable lessons that have been learned.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : PSU:000065502310

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Challenges Facing the Child Welfare System by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support Pdf

Author : Boyd Wolfe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Children of divorced parents
ISBN : 1536153923

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The Child Welfare System by Boyd Wolfe Pdf

The Child Welfare System: Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions opens with a description of the empirical results of a study on bird's nest parenting as a form of shared parenting. Bird's nest parenting ensures that children have both a stable home with the continuity of their prior lifestyle and the chance to live everyday life with both parents.Next, the authors report the findings of child protection workers' experiences with and perspectives on child engagement in the context of child protection assessment in Estonia. Child protective workers make difficult decisions that affect the everyday lives of children and their families, including removing children and dismantling families, and therefore careful and comprehensive assessment is one of the most significant challenges in the field. The closing chapter considers the connection between agency practices and environments on child outcomes such as length of time spent in foster care, placement changes, and child mental health.