Community Care

Child protection social workers face skills and experience requirements

The ICB will be required to nominate at least one health professional, the police at least one officer and the local ...
Community Care

I used to think anything but child protection social work was a cop out, until I went on placement

Before I started my Masters in Social Work I thought I wanted to be a child protection social worker. It often feels like the only option portrayed by the media, and a negative one at that. Despite ...
La Crosse Tribune

Child protection worker to be honored as 'first-rate' leader, mentor

It seems as if the most deplorable instances of child endangerment in La Crosse County plop onto Sarah Wagner-Barton’s desk, a happenstance that law enforcement officers find reassuring. The La Crosse ...
ucdavis.edu

UC Davis Helping To Grow Child Welfare Social Worker Corps

Celine Gomez, a UC Davis graduate now at California State University, Northridge, is among the hundreds of individuals receiving stipends for undergraduate or graduate studies in social work through a ...
West Central Tribune

Minnesota Social Service Association recognizes Sam Isfeld for excellence

REDWOOD FALLS — Sam Isfeld has been awarded the Region 6 Excellence in Direct Service Award from the Minnesota Social Service Association, according to a news release from the association. Isfeld ...