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A Family’s Guide to the Child Welfare System
Child Welfare League of America
Category: Tool / service
Topic: child welfare system
The Child Welfare League of America has made its complete 140-page A FAMILY’S GUIDE TO THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM available in PDF format for download from its Web site at the above link.
The guide is a comprehensive resource that social workers can use to help answer many of the questions families have when they are involved in the child welfare system. It can also serve as a useful resource if you are a new social worker or thinking about a career in child welfare.
Tags: child welfare, child welfare league of america, families
A social work hero
Are you wondering if you can make a difference as a social worker? Maybe this will inspire you. I came across an essay today on the Teen Ink Web site, in which a student describes her hero–a school social worker. See:
http://teenink.com/Past/2006/November/20670.html
Social worker safety
Boni Frederick, a social services aide in Kentucky, was tragically murdered this week while supervising a home visit.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/oct/18/she-had-a-big-heart-slain-social-services-aide/
This situation brings to light the risks that many social workers and social service workers take every day. THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine published an article in Summer 2005 on social worker safety issues. Read the article here:
University Career Center Social Work Pages
The following is a listing of university career centers that have social work pages on the Web. I will be adding to this list as I learn of social work-related career pages.
- Columbia University School of Social Work Office of Career and Leadership Development
- Rutgers University Career Services–Social Work Page
- UNC-Wilmington Career Services-Social Work Page
- University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work–DiNitto Center for Career Services
Social work is…
Gary Direnfield, MSW, RSW, a Canadian social worker, appeared on his local TV station during Social Work Week. He had a little under 4 minutes to explain to the host and TV audience what a social worker is and does. Take a look here:
http://www.yoursocialworker.com/videos/sw-week.wmv
(Note: This is a 8.9 MB video file.)
Social Work Week or Month (whichever is celebrated in your area) is an excellent time for other social workers to contact local media to spread the word about what professional social workers do!
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