References - University of Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania …

The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse Handout #2, Page 2 of 3 Law Enforcement Officer. (n.d.).

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA * DEPARTMENT OF …

Article VII of the Public Welfare Code, 62 P.S. §§ 701 et. seq., makes child welfare services the joint responsibility of the Department and county government. The Department regulates the

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The Safety Assessment and Management Process Reference …

The Safety Assessment and Management Process Reference Manual Page 4 of 161 Rev. 11/27/2012 without a Safety Plan in place and 2) to assure that the out-of-home setting in which the

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Section I In-Home Safety Assessment and Management …

In-Home Safety Assessment and Management Process Overview Checklist . Reviewer Information Name of reviewer ... In-Home Safety Assessment and Management Process Overview Checklist Overview Checklist 2 ... In-Home Safety Assessment and Management Quality Assurance Tool .

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THE DEVIANT CYCLE - Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource …

THE DEVIANT CYCLE (ANNA SALTER) (continued) The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Training Program 522: Supervisory Issues in Child Sexual Abuse Handout #21, Page 2 of 2 • Affect or Deviant Arousal Factors = Noteworthy for adult male sex offenders, this may …

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Act 55: Family Finding and Kinship Care What is Act 55?

How does Act 55 define “family finding”? "Family finding" is defined as “ongoing diligent efforts between a county agency, or its contracted providers, and relatives and kin to: Search for and identify adult relatives and kin and engage them in children and youth social service planning and delivery.

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References Annie E. Casey Foundation. (2002). Safety first ...

References Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center 9000: Caseworker Safety in Child Welfare Practice Page 5 of 5 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Center for Disease Control (1999).

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Thinking About Thinking Patterns of Cognitive Distortions

Thinking About Thinking (continued) The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center 313: Managing the Impact of Traumatic Stress on the Child Welfare Professional

Introduction - University of Pittsburgh

• Across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, high profile cases of child abuse in 2012 resulted in increased public awareness of child abuse and prompted a reexamination of the laws protecting children • The Pennsylvania General Assembly convened the Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection to

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SOLUTION-FOCUSED INTERVIEWING SKILLS

Note: identify and reflect to clients any strengths or positive qualities clients may reveal in their responses to the open-ended questions. • Summarizing: Periodically state back to the client his/her thoughts, actions, and feelings. • Tolerating/Using Silence: Allow 10, 15, 20 seconds or so to allow clients to come up with their own ...

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Module 5: Safety Assessment - New York State Office of ...

The CPS-Protective Safety Assessment is designed to guide caseworkers through a thorough, balanced, and structured process to: Identify any Safety Factors that are present Determine whether alone or in combination, any of the identified factors place children in immediate or impending danger of serious harm

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A Practice Guide for Working with African American ...

This guide focuses on practice and systemic change at the caseworker level. Caseworkers have a unique opportunity to engage and empower African American families on their caseloads. The use of this practice guide should first be discussed within the child protection teams with supervisors to build consensus around meaning, concepts and possible

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Visitation Best Practice Guide - Texas Department of ...

" guide provides descriptions of the levels of supervision. This attachment can help caseworkers determine and clearly communicate the structure of a supervised visitation plan (adapted from Hess, 2003). (Please refer to document "Stages of Supervision")

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A Social Worker’s Guide to Working with Children

and caseworkers who work with children are trained to recognize signs of abuse and neglect. Neglect can be physical, medical, educational, or emotional; abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional, or substance-based.

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Human Trafficking and Child Welfare: A Guide for Child ...

Child Welfare: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies. The growing awareness of human trafficking in the United States and abroad requires government and human services agencies to reevaluate old policies and develop new ones for identifying and serving victims. Due to their potentially unstable living situations, physical distance from friends

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Child Welfare Practice With Families Affected by Parental ...

welfare caseworkers and related professionals, including those in the law enforcement, corrections, mental health, education, and legal and judicial fields. When children and youth are ... assisting children whose parents are imprisoned and …

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