Helping in child protective services : a competency-based casework handbook /

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This second edition of Helping in Child Protective Services: A Competency-Based Casework Handbook is a comprehensive desk reference that serves as both a daily guide for workers and a training tool for supervisors and administrators. This invaluable resource provides CPS workers with the knowledge a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Brittain, Charmaine, Hunt, Deborah Esquibel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Child welfare > United States.
Maternal and infant welfare > United States.
Child welfare workers > United States.
Social work with children > United States.
Family social work > United States.
Protection maternelle et infantile > États-Unis.
Travailleurs sociaux pour enfants > États-Unis.
Service social aux enfants > États-Unis.
Service social familial > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Child welfare
Child welfare workers
Family social work
Maternal and infant welfare
Social work with children
United States
États-Unis.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The CPS experience: working with a family from beginning to end
  • The history of child protective services
  • The casework process
  • Key partners in protecting children and supporting families
  • Interviewing children and families
  • Intake and investigation: initial stages of the CPS process
  • Assessment
  • Child development
  • The medical evaluation of abuse and neglect
  • Intervention with families
  • The legal framework for child protective services
  • Accountability in child protective services.

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