Child welfare education and training: Future trends and influences

From: Child Welfare | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Based on a review of current economic, political, social, and professional trends, the authors propose recommendations for child welfare education and training. Future partnerships between child welfare agencies and schools of social work will need to incorporate cross-system collaboration, multiculturalism, and family-centered approaches with a broader conceptualization of child well-being.

Perhaps no other field of social work practice is more influenced by its context than child welfare, By child welfare we mean primarily the "constellation of public provisions and professional processes ...

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