The first of a permanency series featuring intersections of child welfare and mental health practice, voiced by PACC alumni Compiled by Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW, PACC Coordinator While November is recognized as “National Adoption Month,” those impacted personally and/or professionally know the scope of permanency is not limited by calendar or lifespan. Specialized skills to [...]
The Minnesota Legislative Task Force on Child Protection met at the State Senate building on Monday, October 22, 2018. After introducing new task force members and reviewing the role of the task force, the first item on the agenda was testimony from Jamie Sorenson, Child Safety and Permanency Director at the Department of Human Services [...]
Authors: Minhae Cho, Young Ji Yoon, Ndilimeke Nashandi, Dr. Priscilla Gibson, and Dr. Wendy Haight Out-of-school suspension (OSS) is a temporary, complete exclusion from school for responding to students’ misbehaviors up to ten school days. Many public schools persist in using suspensions as a standard practice even though they are largely ineffective in deterring these [...]
by Andrea Brubaker, MSW, LGSW HELP Program Specialist, MN ADOPT According to the Donaldson Adoption Institute 60% of Americans have a connection to adoption which may be underrepresented due to societal secrecy about this topic. As an adoption professional, I speak on a daily basis to myriad community members such as child welfare workers, teachers, [...]
On Feb 26, 27and 28th, our advanced MSW IV-E students attended their last Child Welfare Foundation training at DHS offices in St Paul. They now have successfully completed the full Child Welfare Foundation Training. This training is mandated through MN Statute for social workers being hired into public child protection/child welfare work in our state. [...]
Sign posted in the seating area of the public defender's lobby. Last week a group of IV-E Child Welfare MSW students, who are currently interning at Hennepin County Child and Family Services in various child protection/child welfare units, had the opportunity to meet with some Public Defender Attorneys for the Juvenile Division. As [...]
by Kathryn Hyams, IV-E Fellow in her first field placement at Neighborhood House in St Paul How do we define success? In social work? In life? When I first began my internship at Neighborhood House, my field supervisor posed the question, “What do you want your legacy to be, once your field placement is over?” [...]
At the end of October, our advanced IV-E MSW Fellows completed 3 days of Department of Human Services Child Welfare Foundation Training. All of the students are currently in their advanced child protection field placements in Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Washington County and DHS. Students found it to be a very helpful training to validate [...]