IV-E Advanced Standing Student, Lea Stucci, is interning in Washington County in the permanency unit. Below, she reflects on the importance of gathering as a team outside of the office to receive needed support, guidance and perspective. The permanency unit at Washington County provided us with a treat. They brought us on a [...]
Author: Helen Cahalane, Ph.D., ACSW, LCSW Child Welfare Education and Research Programs, University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work While originating from a tragic constellation of individual deviance, exploitation of trust and gaps in system responsibility, the high profile cases of child abuse in Pennsylvania increased public awareness of child maltreatment and a re-examination of [...]
Author: Mario Cattabiani is the Director of Communications at Ross Feller Casey- one of the law firms that helped bring justice to several of the Sandusky victims. Jerry Sandusky initially made a name for himself during the 32 years that he spent on the football coaching staff at Penn State. He also founded the Second [...]
The latest Legislative Task Force on Child Protection meeting on October 13, 2015, featured a presentation by several tribal child welfare leaders, representing the recommendations of 11 Tribal Nations in Minnesota. Ted Waukey, Family Preservation Supervisor with Mille Lacs Family Services, began with a historical overview of federal policy that adversely affected American Indians, pushing [...]
The Legislative Task Force on the Protection of Children is tasked with ensuring that the timelines outlined in the child protection provisions passed by the legislature in 2015 are met. October 1, 2015, was the deadline for updating the Child Maltreatment Intake, Screening and Response Path Guidelines that are to be implemented by all child [...]
An important skill for all social workers is the ability to critically reflect upon the work they are engaged in. MSW IV-E students are asked to keep a field journal to reflect on growth, experiences, strengths, challenges, difficulties, successes, supervision, etc. from their field placement. At times, they write about integration of theory into practice, [...]
Esther Wattenberg, September 2015 From time to time, a concerned visitor to my office will make a polite inquiry, after glancing at my cluttered desk: Have I heard of something called a “filing cabinet”? My muffled response is usually along these lines: “Yes, and I hope that person received the Nobel Prize for invention.” Occasionally, [...]
Earlier this week, advanced year IV-E MSW students from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and the University of Minnesota Duluth attended classroom 2 of DHS' Child Welfare Foundation Training (CWFT). Prior to this classroom training, all students completed 10 on-line learning modules. Foundation Training meets the statutory requirement {Minn. Stat. 626.559, subd. 1a} for [...]