chapter 11 services to children, youth and families

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Chapter 11: Services to Children, Youth,

and Families

Social Work: A Competency-Oriented Education

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

- Defines Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAs)

- Developed 10 “Core Competencies” and 41 Related “Practice Behaviors”

Every student should master the Practice Behaviors and Core Competencies before completing the program


Resources Aligned to EPAS 2008

The Textbook –

- “Helping Hands” icons call attention to content that relates to Practice Behaviors and Competencies

- “Competency Notes” at the end of the chapter help put the Practice Behaviors and Competencies in practical context


Resources Aligned to EPAS 2008 (cont’d)

The Practice Behaviors Workbook developed

with the text provides assignable exercises that assist in mastering the Practice Behavior and Competencies

Additional on-line resources can be found at: www.cengage.com/socialwork



Child welfare delivery systemTraditionally, the system that has provided programs

and policies that address child and family concerns

has been called the child welfare delivery system

EP 2.1.7b


Current philosophical issues• Right to a permanent, nurturing family • Best interests of the child • Considerations before state intervention• Preventing family disruption and dysfunction• Holding parents accountable

EP 2.1.7b


Defining services to children,

youth, and families• Early definitions • Social Security Act of 1935• Contemporary definition

EP 2.1.3a


History of services to children, youth,

and families – Colonial times• Children were considered the responsibility of their

families • Little attention was given to children whose families

were available to provide for them, no matter how well the family actually met their needs

EP 2.1.3a


History of services to children, youth,

and families – 19th Century• Child saving movement• Mary Ellen case• Charity Organization Societies and

settlement house movement• Reform movement

EP 2.1.3a


History of services to children, youth, and families – Early 20th Century

• U.S. Children’s Bureau (1912)• Public departments of welfare• American Association for Organizing Family Social

Work (1919)• Child Welfare League of America (1920)• Development of healthy parent-child relationships

EP 2.1.3a


History of services to children, youth, and

families - Social Security Act of 1935The Social Security Act of 1935 established mothers’

pensions and mandated states to establish, expand,

and strengthen statewide child welfare programs

EP 2.1.3a



families – mid-1970s and 1980s• Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act • Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA)• Education for all Handicapped Children Act• Indian Child Welfare Act• Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act

EP 2.1.3a



families – mid-1980s and 1990s• Independent Living program

• Abandoned Infants Assistance Act

• Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

• Multiethnic Placement Act I and II

• Adoption and Safe Families Act

• Personal Responsibility Act

• Foster Care Independence Act

EP 2.1.3a


History of services to children, youth, and families – 2000 - 2010

• Adoption 2002 report• Reauthorization of Welfare Reform Act of 1996 • Reauthorization of Promoting Safe and Stable

Families program• Kinship care promoted as a viable foster care

placement alternative• National Adoption Internet Photo-listing Service

EP 2.1.3a


History of services to children, youth, and families – 2000 – 2010 (cont’d)

• Leave No Child Behind Act• Adoption Equality Act of 2005• Kinship Caregiver Act • Children’s Justice Act• Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster

Children Act

EP 2.1.3a


History of services to children, youth, and families – 2000 – 2010 (cont’d)

• Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act• Leave No Child Behind Act• Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing

Adoptions Act

EP 2.1.3a


Preventive services to children intheir own homes

• Natural support systems• Home-based services• Parent education• Child development and child care programs• Recreational, religious, and social programs• Health and family planning programs• Education about family problems• Appropriate educational opportunities

EP 2.1.7a, b, 2.1.9b


Services to children and families at risk• Health and hospital outreach programs• Child care• Homemaker services• Crisis intervention programs• Counseling• Support and self-help groups• Volunteer and outreach programs

EP 2.1.7a, b, 2.1.9b


School social workA specialized field of social work that focuses on

services to children, youth, and families is school

social work, or social services offered in a school-

based setting

EP 2.1.1a, 2.1.7a, b


Child protective services• Investigations of child maltreatment• Determination of intervention approach• Typical services provided

EP 2.1.9b


Family preservation services

Family preservation programs incorporate a family

systems perspective in working with families, viewing

the family as a dynamic system in disequilibrium

because of unmet needs of various family members

EP 2.1.7a, b


Family preservation programs

• Family support programs• Family-centered preventive programs • Intensive family preservation services

EP 2.1.7a, b


Substitute care• Family foster care• Group home care• Residential treatment

EP 2.1.7a, b


Adoption

When parents choose not to or cannot provide for

their children, the court can terminate their parental

rights, and the child becomes legally free for adoption

EP 2.1.7a, b, 2.1.8a


Adoption issues• Adoption of children with special needs• Ethnicity and child placement• Recruiting more families of color• Post-adoption services• Reclaiming children after they have been placed for

adoption• Foreign-born adoptions and open adoptions

EP 2.1.7a, b, 2.1.8a


Child welfare and cultural diversity

• Impact of culture on individuals, families, and communities

• Diversity within as well as across groups• Diversity as a strength rather than a deviation• Impact of oppression and social and economic

injustice on at-risk populations

EP 2.1.4a


Child welfare and the futureA major debate in the child welfare field relates to

what direction should be taken in providing services

to children, youth, and families in the future

EP 2.1.8a, 2.1.9b


Role of social workers in providing services to

children, youth, and families• Child care workers in group homes and residential

treatment centers• Women’s and children’s counselors at battered

women’s shelters• Child care workers in group homes and residential

treatment centers

EP 2.1.1c



children, youth, and families (cont’d)• Women’s and children’s counselors at battered

women’s shelters• Counselors at youth shelters• Crisis counselors in law enforcement agencies• Child protective services and foster care workers in

public and private social service agencies

EP 2.1.1c


Role of social workers in providing services to children, youth, and families (cont’d)

• Family preservation programs• Assisting families in getting off public assistance• Children with developmental disabilities and their

families• Substance abuse counselors• School social workers

EP 2.1.1c



children, youth, and families (cont’d)• Legislative assistants• Advocacy or policy-related positions• Staff members of state and federal child and family

service organizations• Directors of child- and family-serving agencies• Faculty at colleges and universities

EP 2.1.1c

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