• Enter documentation into the Child Welfare information system, Katahdin• Maintain legal records and serve court paperwork A successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, organizational and computer skills. This position is part of a team dynamic that’s main objective is to...
Child welfare service providers are tasked with providing trauma-responsive services to youth in foster care; yet, the trauma-related needs of youth are often under-identified and undertreated. This study's purpose was to examine the initial implementation of a trauma-responsive approach from the ...
Background and Purpose: The 1996 legislative reform of welfare shifted provision away from cash assistance and toward work-related services (Allard, 2009). Central among these services are child care subsidies. In 2006, 19% of all state and federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) ...
Supervision in child welfare is thought to affect the outcomes of children and families both directly, by helping to improve casework and service planning, and indirectly, by mitigating caseworker burnout and attrition (Chen & Scannapieco, 2010; Collins-Camargo et al., 2009). As a result, ...
Once a family begins their trajectory into the child welfare system they are reliant on caseworkers to make the best decisions for them, but these decisions are influenced by multiple factors. This mixed-methods study examined caseworker decision making and the influence child, family, and ...
"Performance-based Contracting and the Moderating Influence of Caseworker Role Overload on Service Provision in Child Welfare." Administration in Social Work 35 (5): 453-474.Chuang E, Wells R, Green S, et al: Performance-based contracting and the moderating influence of caseworker role overload...
Child welfare caseworkers are inundated with high caseloads, many documentation requirements,...MillsBrinkley, ShelleyCota, RobertoMiller, KathrynMcDonald, Jamia
(2011). NSCAW II Baseline Report: Caseworker Characteristics, Child Welfare Services, and Experiences of Children Placed in Out-of-Home Care. OPRE Report No. 2011-27E. Washington, DC: Office of Plan- ning, Research and Evaluation; Administration for Children and Families; U.S. Depart- ment...
This study examined the relationship of caseworker ratings of risk across multiple domains to youth functioning and service use for a sample of children open to the child welfare system. The study identified a stratified random sample of youth who were between the ages of five and 21 and open ...
we focus attention on the relationship between the number of caseworkers assigned to each child (i.e., turnover), the racial match between the child and the caseworker, and the role of graduate education (possession of an MSW)—on a child's length of stay in the child welfare system and...