Child Welfare

Catalog description

This elective course introduces student to the many facets of a career in child welfare and agencies related to working with children and families. The course will include information on the laws involved in working with children and families and the impact the laws have on clients. Problems that families face are reviewed in order to help the student develop an understanding of family functioning and how policies, referrals and services influence the multiple outcomes a client/family may be faced with during an interaction with a child welfare agency, judicial system or law enforcement agency.