Download or read book Review of the Child Protective Services Intake Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Review of Child Welfare Services at the Department of Social Services written by South Carolina. General Assembly. Legislative Audit Council and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The audit objectives were to: Document DSS expenditures and funding sources for child protective services and related programs ; Determine whether the laws, regulations, policies, and practices for child protective services and related programs are effectively communicated and applied consistently ; Assess whether the intake process for receiving reports of child abuse and neglect ensures that the reports are effectively addressed in compliance with state and federal law and policy ; Determine whether DSS is effective and in compliance with state and federal law and policies when making out-of-home placements of children subjected to abuse and/or neglect ; Review the effectiveness of South Carolina's systems for preventing and investigating child deaths resulting from abuse and/or neglect ; Examine the reliability of data used by DSS in managing child protective services and related programs ; Determine whether DSS can improve its policies and practices regarding the hiring of staff, training, caseloads, and allocation of staff ; Review the use of outside contractors by DSS in the management of child protective services and related programs for the adequacy of the procurement methods and the effectiveness of the services provided ; Evaluate whether the measures used by DSS to determine the success of child protective services and related programs are appropriate and used in an effective manner.
Download or read book Child Protective Services written by Diane Depanfilis and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the foundation for casework practice in Child Protective Services (CPS). Describes the basic stages of the CPS process and the steps necessary to accomplish successfully each stage: intake, initial assessment/investigation, family assessment, case planning, service provision, and evaluation of family progress and case closure. Designed primarily for CPS caseworkers, supervisors, and administrators. Glossary. Bibiography.
Download or read book National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Helping in Child Protective Services written by Charmaine R. Brittain and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-12 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive handbook is a useful tool for practitioners in understanding the casework process. Chapters cover child development, intervention with families and medical evaluation of child abuse and neglect and how to interview in child protective services.
Download or read book Child Protective Services written by Diane DePanfilis and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Preface: This manual, Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers, examines the roles and responsibilities of child protective services (CPS) workers, who are at the forefront of every community's child protection efforts. The manual describes the basic stages of the CPS process and the steps necessary to accomplish each stage: intake, initial assessment or investigation, family assessment, case planning, service provision, evaluation of family progress, and case closure. Best practices and critical issues in casework practice are underscored throughout. The primary audience for this manual includes CPS caseworkers, supervisors, and administrators. State and local CPS agency trainers may use the manual for preservice or inservice training of CPS caseworkers, while schools of social work may add it to class reading lists to orient students to the field of child protection. In addition, other professionals and concerned community members may consult the manual for a greater understanding of the child protection process. This manual builds on the information presented in A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice. Readers are encouraged to begin with that manual as it addresses important information on which CPS practice is based-including definitions of child maltreatment, risk factors, consequences, and the Federal and State basis for intervention. Some manuals in the series also may be of interest in understanding the roles of other professional groups in responding to child abuse and neglect, including: Substance abuse treatment providers; Domestic violence victim advocates; Educators; Law enforcement personnel. Other manuals address special issues, such as building partnerships and working with the courts on CPS cases.
Download or read book To Review Proposals to Improve Child Protective Services written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Child Protective Services written by James L. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System written by Alan J. Dettlaff and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines existing research documenting racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare systems, the underlying factors that contribute to these phenomena and the harms that result at both the individual and community levels. It reviews multiple forms of interventions designed to prevent and reduce disproportionality, particularly in states and jurisdictions that have seen meaningful change. With contributions from authorities and leaders in the field, this volume serves as the authoritative volume on the complex issue of child maltreatment and child welfare. It offers a central source of information for students and practitioners who are seeking understanding on how structural and institutional racism can be addressed in public systems.
Download or read book Child Protection written by Ron Haskins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is the first nationally representative study of children who have been reported to authorities as suspected victims of abuse or neglect and the public programs that protect them. Child Protection is the first book that reports the results of NSCAW, interprets the findings, and puts them into a broader policy context. The authors, all experts in child welfare issues, address a range of issues made apparent by the survey results, including which types of personal and familial problems the programs are meant to address, the range of services and interventions that the child protection system can make available, and an assessment of these programs. Each chapter discusses the survey's implications and suggests new alternatives for designing and implementing future programs that not only protect at-risk children from further harm but also provide them with security and support. The practical lessons included in this volume make it an essential reference for all professionals working in the child protection field as well as anyone studying in the field of child welfare.
Download or read book The Child Protection Handbook written by Kate Wilson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The new edition of this popular handbook gives an authoritative, informative and accessible account of key areas of child protection practice. Covering research, policy and practice it is relevant to all professionals working in child care. No other book on child protection offers such comprehensive coverage of policy and practice. It provides research findings in all areas of child abuse, latest policies and indications of good practice, plus specialist chapters for different professionals. Chapters have been contributed by known experts in the field, both distinguished academics and practitioners. By combining the latest factual information with sophisticated analysis, it is the ideal course text for child protection programmes as well as meeting the needs of more experienced practitioners, academics and trainers. Practical. Examines the issues grounded in reality, and therefore gives the reader confidence in practice, coupled with an understanding of the responsibilities of colleagues in other professions. Comprehensive. Covers a broad review of what constitutes child abuse and characteristics of the abused and the abusers; medical, social and legal management of the process of protection; the actions involved in intervention. and training and new directions for research and practice. Authoritative. Contributors are senior professionals known nationally and internationally for their specific expertise in this area. Research based. All books should be, but amongst the professionals most closely involved in child protection, the heavy workload often means there is little time to catch up on and assimilate up-to-date research fully. This book offers a through guide to what research and policy initiatives can give to the practice of the reader. new chapters addressing issues of culture and parenting.. each chapter contains key messages for practitioners. key websites have been listed. a website on Evolve with supplementary material.
Download or read book Decision making and Service Recommendations in Child Protective Services written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the CPS decision-making process is of great importance to child welfare practice because of the need to better understand factors affecting the recommendations for service made by CPS workers. This study explored the CPS worker's recommendations for services in child abuse and neglect situations (dependent variable) and its relationship to factors believed to influence these decisions---the personal characteristics of CPS workers; their degree of adherence to agency's policies and procedures and common practices, and workers' perceptions of clients' willingness to voluntarily cooperate with service (independent variables). Additional analyses focused on the level of certainty about the CPS situations and compared caseworkers and supervisors. The study sought to answer four questions about factors believed to influence CPS services decisions and to test ten hypotheses (seven were related to workers' individual characteristics, two were related to agency factors, and one related to clients' factors) that were formulated as a result of an extensive literature review in child protective services and on the researcher's observations of CPS fieldwork. Of the seven workers' characteristics examined only age and ethnicity were found to relate to the levels of service recommendations. Of interest is the fact that older workers in contrast what had been anticipated, chose more severe actions for the simulated CPS situations in the study. The findings also showed that African American and Hispanic workers differ from White workers in the severity of service recommendations. African Americans and Hispanics showed a similar disposition to select the more severe types of service. Both of the hypotheses related to agency's factors, policies and procedures and common practice, presented in the null form were confirmed. This investigation surveyed a sample of 150 New York City child protective services caseworkers and supervisors to obtain opinions and judgments about cases and situations typical of the work they do, a perspective rarely discussed in the literature.
Download or read book Kern County written by California. Bureau of State Audits and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protecting Children in the Age of Outrage written by Radha Jagannathan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professionals in the Child Welfare System will find this book to be a radically different explanation on protecting children from harm. Child maltreatment remains front and center in the collective consciousness of communities around the United States, this book is a depiction of current events of social outrage.
Download or read book New York City Child Protective Specialist Exam Review Guide written by Lewis Morris and published by Network4Learning, inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Handbook for Child Protection Practice written by Howard Dubowitz and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1999-12-22 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The timing of the publication with the revised Working Together guidelines could not be more advantageous. This book is a unique and important contribution to child care literature. No agency should be without." - Child Abuse Review Professionals concerned with the protection of children face many challenges. This work demands knowledge from several disciplines, a wide variety of skills, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The editors, Howard Dubowitz, a pediatrician, and Diane DePanfilis, a social worker, together with over 70 experts in this field offer what is known about how best to work with maltreated children and their families, in a very practical, concise, and user-friendly way. Structured to follow the life of a case from the time a report of child maltreatment is made through the various pathways in the child protection system, this edited volume synthesizes the best practice principles for responding to reports of child abuse and neglect; engaging children and other family members in intervention; developing cross-cultural practice competencies; assessing risk, evaluating safety, and conducting family assessments; defining outcomes and planning intervention; evaluating risk reduction; and making permanency decisions; and discusses the unique legal, medical, ethical, and other practice issues that work in the child protection field involves. Professionals facing tough dilemmas in practice should find valuable guidance in these pages.
Download or read book Child Protection written by National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
