Social Work Practice in Child Welfare I ((3))

Catalog description

This is the first course in a two-course elective series in child welfare. It provides students with an overview of the legal and ethical issues in public child welfare and characteristics and service needs of children and families in the child welfare system. It also focuses on incorporating advanced generalist practice knowledge, skills, and values in the assessment of child abuse and neglect and the initial phase of working with individual and families affected by child maltreatment.