Chapter 11 Services to Children, Youth and Families

Chapter 11:
Services to Children, Youth,
and Families

Copyright © 2012 Cengage Learning, Brooks/Cole Publishing

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 system
Traditionally, 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

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

EP 2.1.3a

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 1935
The 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

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

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

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 in
their 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 work
A 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 future
A 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

• 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

• 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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