Youth Today
All posts tagged "social workers"
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9.5KNewsAs demand for youth mental health services grows, the U.S. is facing a social worker shortage
Rural communities have been particularly affected by social worker shortages.
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10.4KNewsMurdered on the job: A year after a child welfare investigator was killed, little has changed
The day Deidre Silas was murdered, the social worker went alone on a house call.
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1.1KNewsChild welfare algorithm faces Justice Department scrutiny
The AI tool of a Pittsburgh-area agency is the subject of civil rights complaints.
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2.4KNewsPolice need warrants to search homes. Child welfare agents almost never get one.
By law, ACS caseworkers are not allowed to enter and search a home without either permission to enter or an entry order,...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayLos Angeles Meeting Foster Care Challenges With Simulation Labs, More Social Workers, Mentoring
I know from experience the precarious start so many of the children in the foster care system face. I myself was living...
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9.5KGuest Opinion EssayFight Burnout and Compassion Fatigue With Lots of Self-care Ideas
For years I have sought out with fierce determination conversations, books and articles such as this. Articles with titles like “5 Steps...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Care Professionals Need to Value, Be Sensitive to Youth’s Spirituality
It has been said that what does not break you will make you stronger. Spirituality appears to be the mechanism...
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5.2KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care
Foster care placement has been described as the most tragic experience faced by a child because it introduces instability...
