A Black Woman's Journey Toward Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse
As a victim and survivor of incestuous rape and the by-product of a dysfunctional environment, Amerah is winning the race. She has become a compelling voice on the subject of childhood sexual abuse....
View ArticleReflective Practice in Child Protection: A Practice Perspective
The importance of thinking reflectively, that is to break down and closely analyze the processes that occur in decision making, in child protection, I believe is an essential part of our role. Doing so...
View ArticleClient Relationships and Ethical Boundaries for Social Workers in Child Welfare
Many professionals enter into the field of social work to help others grow and improve their life circumstances. Yet, when working with clients, social workers must maintain clear boundaries to assure...
View ArticleCompassion Fatigue in Child Welfare
Compassion fatigue, which can include Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), has been documented fairly frequently and experienced by many child welfare workers. What is not as common, however, is the...
View ArticleTips for Making Home Visits in Child Welfare
When first starting out, making a home visit to see a client can be an intimidating and even frightening experience for social workers. Yet, in many areas of practice, the majority of client contact is...
View ArticleTurtles
Sitting in the car of my social worker, saying good-bye to my little brother and sister while they slept, is still one of the most painful memories I have to this day. I felt like an utter failure that...
View ArticleMaking the Tough Call: Social Workers as Mandated Reporters, Part I
By: Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., MSW
View ArticleMaking the Tough Call: Social Workers as Mandated Reporters, Part II
By: Kathryn S. Krase, Ph.D., J.D., MSW
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: You Made the Decision: Now What Do You...
Many mandated reporters agonize over whether or not to make a report, but once you make the decision to report, you should make the tough call with confidence. This article will give you an idea of...
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: Conflicted Over Confidentiality? Part IV
Since your first practice class in a social work program, you’ve been told 1,001 times that you must keep client information confidential. And yet you are a mandated reporter, required by law to report...
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: Do I Have To Be Sure? Part V
As a mandated reporter, the law requires that you make a report as soon as you have REASONABLE SUSPICION (or reasonable cause to suspect/believe) that child abuse or neglect is occurring or is about to...
View ArticleSocial Workers as Mandated Reporters: What Happens If I’m Wrong? The Immunity...
When deciding whether to make a report, or not, mandated reporters often wonder, “What if I’m wrong?” “Can I be sued?” “Can I lose my license?”
View ArticleTemporary Placements (Poetry)
The poem, Temporary Placements, is meant to be jarring to those who hear it and hopefully incite an attitude of motivation, transformation, and self-worth in its listeners/readers. The poem is to...
View ArticleWhat Every Social Worker Needs To Know About the Universal Accreditation Act...
The Universal Accreditation Act extends the safeguards provided by Hague accreditation to orphans born in countries that are not signatories to the Hague Adoption Convention, their adoptive parents,...
View ArticleFinding Families for Children - Not Children for Families: Social Workers and...
Through the use of strengths and empowerment perspectives, social workers are in a unique position to support all members of the adoption triad, including birth parents, child, and adoptive parents.
View ArticleNational Child Abuse Prevention Month: Art Gives Children in DCFS Care a Voice
The exhibit titled “Art From Youth in Care and From Others Who Care” will be on display, open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.daily, through Friday, April 25, 2014, on the main level of the...
View ArticleHow Movies Can Help in Working With Kids
Why not make the cinema part of your professional development? With a clinical eye, movies can provide an excellent and easy way to connect with clients, to provide them with understandable analogies,...
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