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Dalgleish scores difference amongst professional roles within the greater child welfare community

open access: yesChild Protection and Practice
Background: The central tension of the child welfare system is the need to protect children while also encouraging the stability of families. Researchers have attempted to capture this conflict through the use of the Dalgleish Scale (Fluke et al., 2016),
Matthew Trail
doaj   +1 more source

Design of Family and Child Welfare Policy in Indonesia

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2018
Family is the basis of public welfare. Family welfare determine the children development. Indonesia government ensure family and child welfare of their citizen by applying Child Rights Convention and strengthen some policies.
hammad Adnan
doaj   +1 more source

The Unsolved Challenge of System Reform: The Condition of the Frontline Human Services Workforce [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Outlines issues that compromise delivery of services in the child welfare, child care, juvenile justice, youth services, and employment and training sectors.
Janice M. Nittoli
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Single Mothers Working at Night: Standard Work, Child Care Subsidies, and Implications for Welfare Reform [PDF]

open access: yes
Using a data set from the post welfare reform environment (the 1999 National Survey of America's Families), this paper investigates the impact of child care subsidies on the standard work (i.e., work performed during the traditional work hours of 8 a.m ...
Erdal Tekin
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Eclecticism in child welfare

open access: yesJournal of Comparative Social Work
This article discusses the use of professional theories in the field of child welfare. The presentation is largely based on the author’s observations from debates between Norwegian scholars over the last four decades. The conclusion, however, may have a
Terje Halvorsen
doaj   +1 more source

Getting Over the Magical Hump: Placement Decisions and Emotional Survival for Child Welfare Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This paper explores the crown wardship process from the perspective of the child welfare worker. It is based on a qualitative analysis of interviews with child welfare workers who have been involved in the process of identifying children for crown ...
Freymond, Nancy Colleen
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A Rigorous Evaluation of Family Finding in North Carolina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Child Trends evaluated Family Finding services in nine North Carolina counties through a rigorous impact evaluation and an accompanying process study. The impact evaluation involved random assignment of eligible children to a treatment or control group ...
Amy McKlindon   +4 more
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Utilizing machine learning to predict the risk factors of episiotomy in parturient womenAJOG Global Reports at a Glance

open access: yesAJOG Global Reports
Background: Episiotomy has specific indications that, if properly followed, can effectively prevent women from experiencing severe lacerations that may result in significant complications like anal incontinence.
Mojdeh Banaei, PhD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Role for Communities in Reasonable Efforts to Prevent Removal

open access: yesColumbia Journal of Race and Law, 2022
Ostensibly, the "child welfare system" exists to safeguard the well-being of minors. However, child welfare agencies often exercise their authority by removing children in the aftermath of family crises that less disruptive upstream interventions could ...
Shanta Trivedi, Matthew Fraidin
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Intentions and Results: A Look Back at the Adoption and Safe Families Act [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Compiles papers and policy briefs examining the intended and unintended consequences for children, families, and the child welfare system of the 1997 law to prioritize child safety in case decision making and connect children to permanent ...
Jennifer Macomber   +3 more
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