Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare Practice

✍ Scribed by Marlo A. Perry, Rachel A. Fusco (auth.), Helen Cahalane (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 325
• Series: Contemporary Social Work Practice
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Child Welfare Practice in a Systems of Care Framework....Pages 1-15
“They Brought Me in Like I Was Their Own Kid”: Youth and Caregiver Perceptions of Out-of-Home Care....Pages 17-38
Family Engagement Strategies in Child Welfare Practice....Pages 39-73
Permanency....Pages 75-99
Transitioning into Adulthood: Promoting Youth Engagement, Empowerment, and Interdependence Through Teaming Practices....Pages 101-125
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Questioning, and Queer Youth: The Challenge for Child Welfare....Pages 127-157
Race, Racial Disparity, and Culture in Child Welfare....Pages 159-181
Skill-Based Training and Transfer of Learning....Pages 183-204
Stress and Child Welfare Work....Pages 205-233
Reflective Practices in Supervision: Why Thinking and Reflecting Are as Important as Doing....Pages 235-256
Organizational Effectiveness Strategies for Child Welfare....Pages 257-287
Managing for Outcomes in Child Welfare....Pages 289-309
Conclusions and Future Directions....Pages 311-314
Back Matter....Pages 315-319

✦ Subjects

Social Work; Child and School Psychology