Important Links
National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (NADD) and the National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators (NAPCWA) (2002)
Proceedings from the Professional Education to Advance Child Welfare Practice: An Invitational Working Conference
Available at: http://ssw.cheu.umn.edu/cascw/cascw_confernece)proceedings.htm OR http://www/uky.edu/SocialWork/cswe/
This report highlights findings from studies indicating the impact of social work education on recruitment and retention and makes recommendations for sustaining university/agency partnerships.
Child Welfare/Social Work Education Partnerships
Web site:
http://www.uky.edu/SocialWork/cswe/
This rich information resource is maintained through the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky in support of the cross-university collaboration, the Child Welfare Symposium, which evolved from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). This Web site includes rules and regulations for Title IV-E training; a matrix of stipends for child welfare training; links to Title IV-E programs around the country; bibliographies; and findings from research studies.
Child Welfare League of America
R2P Research Round-Up: Child Welfare Workforce (September 2002)
Available at:
http://www.cwla.org/programs/r2p/rrnews0209.pdf
This overview of child welfare workforce issues summarizes research studies that address workforce issues including evidence that:
- BSW and MSW degrees positively correlate with worker performance;
- Social work education is linked to employee performance and retention;
- Workers who have graduated from specialized child welfare/social work degree education program are more likely to remain in child welfare and experience greater satisfaction;
- Personal characteristics (e.g., coping strategies, professional commitment, self-efficacy, and human caring) are a factor in retention and turnover;
- Organizational factors related to retention include organizational support; and
- Supervision and flexibility of assignments.
Further research is needed to look at the relationship between staff qualifications, workload, stability and client outcomes as well as between purchased services and those provided by agency staff.
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