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Student Satisfaction with an Innovative Internship
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Petrila, Ann; Fireman, Orah; Fitzpatrick, Leslie Schnoll; Hodas, Robyn Wertheimer; Taussig, Heather N. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
This article describes an internship program designed specifically to meet graduate students' training needs within the context of their work in a prevention program for children in foster care. An internship based on a strong model of intern recruitment and supervision, structured inclusion of interns in a supportive agency culture, a…
Descriptors: Innovation, Internship Programs, Participant Satisfaction, Graduate Students
Family Preservation Practice Based upon a Multisystems Approach.
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Cimmarusti, Rocco A. – Child Welfare, 1992
Describes the principal features of a multisystems approach to family preservation that involves placement prevention and permanency planning. The approach is being taught to family preservation workers in Illinois. Discussion concerns the approach's theoretical premises, tasks, significant assessment areas, and ways of understanding the approach.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Curriculum Guides
A Strategy for Workload Management in Child Protective Practice.
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Mills, Crystal S.; Ivery, Cassandra – Child Welfare, 1990
Describes a caseload weighting system used by a voluntary child welfare agency which successfully increased caseworker-client contact and improved the quality of the delivery of child and family services. (BB)
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Family Programs
Case Planning in the Netherlands.
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van Nijnatten, Carol – Child Welfare, 1988
Describes the roles of judges and social workers in Dutch child welfare. Briefly outlines training efforts designed to help social workers give their assessments greater structure, case-planning scope, and clarity. (BB)
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Court Judges, Court Role
Foster Care, Child Welfare, and Adoption Reforms. Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means and Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session (April 13 and 28; May 12, 1988).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1989
A hearing was held to explore issues of foster care, child welfare, and adoption reforms, and to examine the implementation of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Amendments of 1980. The Amendments were designed to emphasize preventive services that would strengthen families, prevent the unnecessary placement of children in foster care,…
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Federal Government
Foster Care Training: A Comprehensive Approach.
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Titterington, Lee – Child Welfare, 1990
Summarizes the objectives, conceptual model, results, and implications of a project called Foster Care Training: A Comprehensive Approach, in British Columbia, Canada, which was designed to illustrate ways in which a networking model can provide increased support and training for participating foster parents. (BB)
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Demonstration Programs, Foreign Countries