Social Service Workforce Strengthening

A strong social service workforce is critical to meeting the needs of children without adequate family care.  From government policy-makers, local administrators, researchers and social workers, to educators, community workers and care providers, social service actors play a key role in protecting girls and boys and promoting their care.

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Marianna L. Colvin & Shari E. Miller - Child & Family Social Work,

Data from extensive qualitative interviews (n = 67) and a survey instrument (n = 80) are used in this study to examine the perceived benefits experienced when organizations interact in community‐wide child welfare practice.

Liat Yakhnich, Emmanuel Grupper & Shlomo Romi - Child & Youth Services,

This opinion note aims at opening a discussion about a new, inclusion-focused perspective on higher professional education of CYC workers.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

This webinar reviewed the findings from the 2017 State of the Social Service Workforce Report and made recommendations for strengthening the workforce to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Paula McFadden, John Mallett, Anne Campbell, Brian Taylor - The British Journal of Social Work,

This paper presents results from a cross-sectional survey and reports findings from a sample of 162 Northern Irish social workers.

Hani Nouman, Guy Enosh, Amal Jarjoura - Research on Social Work Practice,

This study examined the four factors that might bias child risk assessment and recommendation of treatment for children at high risk among Arab social workers in Israel.

Alhassan Abdullah, Ebenezer Cudjoe, Esmeranda Manful - Children and Youth Services Review,

Drawing on in-depth semi-structured interviews with 37 caregivers in two Children's Homes in Ghana, this study sought to explore caregivers' suggestions of solutions to barriers in childcare.

David Wilkins, Amy Lynch, Vivi Antonopoulou - Child & Family Social Work,

In this study, using paired observations of group supervision and family meetings alongside interviews with parents, the authors explored the link between supervision, practice, and engagement.

Esmeranda Manful & Ebenezer Cudjoe - Child & Family Social Work,

This paper asks the question "what contribution are kin and other informal social support networks providing to the care and safety of children of such families?" The paper presents findings from 15 families receiving services from the Department of Social Welfare in Sekondi, Ghana.

Robert Lindahl & Anders Bruhn - Children and Youth Services Review,

The aim of this article is to study child welfare workers' individual and collective experiences of and expectations about their occupational role and responsibilities in their administrative and relational work with children and youth in foster care.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

This report from the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance highlights the many ways that the social service workforce positively impacts the lives of children and families affected by violence.