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Apr 19, 2024
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SW 4223 - Child Welfare I
The first of a two-course series that provides knowledge, concepts, and fundamental skills needed for beginning level practice in public and private child welfare. Focuses on interventions to protect children from abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse by strengthening, supporting, and empowering their families. Organized around four themes. First, content is provided on the mission and scope of child welfare practice, articulating the underlying philosophy and values that drive child welfare practice, and addressing cultural and relationship issues when working with families. Second, the course provides conceptual and practical information on identifying child maltreatment, assessing family needs and strengths, and determining both immediate and long-term risk to children of future maltreatment. Third, information is presented on case planning and applying a casework model to working with families. Fourth, content is presented on interviewing skills in child welfare setting, especially as these skills relate to family assessment and case planning activities.
Requisites: 12 Hours in Tier II Social Sciences and Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Be able to develop an intervention plan, know how to engage the client in the service delivery process, & understand importance of community & multidisciplinary involvement & collaboration.
- Graduate students will demonstrate ability to critically examine a range of social policy issues with emphasis on their effects on families and children.
- Have beginning knowledge & skill in developing a casework relationship with families, understand dynamics of resistance, & be able to discuss how cultural factors (both client’s & worker’s) influence that relationship.
- Know the principles of risk & safety assessment, be familiar with models used to assess risk, how to conduct a risk assessment, & understand how to draw accurate conclusions from information collected.
- Learn how to conduct interviews that engage families, reduce resistance, & involve families in the assessment and planning process.
- Understand the mission & scope of child welfare services, including being familiar with the historical roots of child welfare and the legal base of practice.
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