Photo with field supervisors: Jennifer Droneck, LSW, Task Supervisor; Tarynn Anderson, MSW IV-E student; Jessica Nelson, LICSW, Field Supervisor Tarynn blogs about interning in Child Protection in Wright County Child Protection. My internship is at Wright County Human Services in Child Protection investigations. The investigators primary role is to investigate maltreatment allegations and work with [...]
Faiza's Family Assessment Unit at Hennepin County. Faiza blogs about interning in one of the Child Protection Family Assessment units at Hennepin County. MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: Faiza Ali Hennepin County Field Instructor: Pauline Shimada Hayward, LICSW Field Site: Hennepin County "I am completing my summer block internship at Hennepin County Child Protection [...]
With powerful search engines spawning tidal waves of data, we are in a restless search for responses that will create an optimistic future for our children. For those of us who worry about vulnerable children in high-risk families, the search is especially urgent. Since “neglect” is a major entry point into the Child Welfare system, [...]
Photo taken after students charted both themselves & their field instructors within the 4 categories of learning style. Source: UMN SSW As students begin their field placements, one of the exercises they do in field seminar is completing a learning style inventory. This activity provides insight to the students to help them better understand themselves [...]
Many are familiar with the University of Minnesota's official brand message, Driven to Discover, which captures the essence of students' search for new learning, knowledge and skills. Here at CASCW, we ask our IV-E students to make a statement at the beginning of their field placements, which helps frame an intention for learning in their [...]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the report Housing for Youth Aging Out of Care in May 2014. This report details the housing challenges that youth who age out of the foster care system face. According to the report, several regional studies have shown that between 11 and 37 percent of these [...]
On May 11, 2014 Governor Mark Dayton signed into law H.F.2536, which is better known as the Women’s Economic Security Act (WESA). The bill compiled nine pieces of legislation that are designed to increase the conditions in the workplace for women. The nine parts of the bill are: Closing the gender pay gap by creating [...]
Now that the Minnesota legislative session has officially ended, here is a summary of some of the child-welfare related bills that have been signed by Governor Dayton since mid-April that we have not yet covered. The policies are separated into three categories: harm reduction, financial stability, and juvenile justice. Bills Related to Harm Reduction Along [...]
