Protecting Workers' Families
Protecting Workers' Families

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13:

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The document represents the Task Force's commentary on the NIOSH report "Report to Congress on Workers' Home Contamination Study Conducted Under the Workers' Family Protection Act". It identifies gaps in the current knowledge about take-home exposures and related health effects, and provides a prioritized agenda for Federally sponsored research. The principal objective of the Task Force was to develop a research agenda to address the health hazards posed by take-home exposures. The final section of this report is devoted to legal policy considerations. This section was included to help Secretary of Labor to determine additional enforcement and regulatory needs resulting from the Workers' Family Protection Act

Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers
Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers

Author: Brigid Daniel

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2011-02-12

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0857002457

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Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice. The book covers key issues such as resilience and vulnerability and the impact of protective or adverse environments. Different stages of development (infancy, school age and adolescence) are discussed, and attachment theory is used to offer insights into the impact of abuse and neglect on development. A key feature is the inclusion of case studies and activities to allow the reader to improve their understanding and reflect on good practice. This second edition is fully updated to reflect the new policy context and multi-disciplinary practice, and contains updated practice examples to take into account contemporary issues affecting children and young people. This book encourages practitioners to consider each child as an individual with unique circumstances, and links theory and practice in an imaginative and sympathetic way. It will be essential reading for all child care and protection workers.

Preventing Breakdown
Preventing Breakdown

Author: Mark Hamer

Publisher: Russell House Publishing Limited

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903855614

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Preventing breakdown is a 'how - to' book - how you as a front line worker, manager or policy maker can create an environment where families can exploit their potential to develop and protect their children. It guides workers into building on the family's strengths and self efficacy, developing family pride, a focus on solutions and a determination to succeed. Before taking that most damaging step of taking children away from their families, it is essential to demonstrate that there really is no other option. This Option 2 intervention model won the Community Care Award for Child Protection in 2001. The tools and concepts are deeply practical, providing clear professional input and measurable outcomes. Workers using them will feel valued as professionals, confident in difficult situations, and they will make more accurate assessments. Rhoda Emlyn-Jones, Service Manager for Option 2 at Cardiff, writes in her foreword: It is with great pleasure and some awe that I commend Mark's excellent work...to bring this successful approach to a much wider audience.

Strengthening the Retention of Child Protection Workers
Strengthening the Retention of Child Protection Workers

Author: Kenneth Burns

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2012-12

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 3867418292

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This book examines a key issue in the field of human and social services: how to retain workers in child protection and welfare organisations. Research over the last decade has highlighted the turnover of these workers as being a pressing and perennial issue that impacts upon service users, staff welfare, resources and the reputation of this sector. This book presents the findings of a study examining social workers' retention in child protection and welfare. The findings from this study highlights how workers' retention is influenced by exchanges relationships with colleagues and managers, and this book presents a unique 'career preference' typology which expands our understanding of how workers make decisions to stay or leave based upon their pre-conceptions of career pathways post-qualification. The book also examines findings associated with the employment mobility of these workers within child protection and tracks their next post after leaving, which provides some surprising findings regarding how we understand and measure turnover for these workers. The book also examines rich qualitative data from these workers' experiences of being a social worker in child protection associated with; job satisfaction, commitment to child protection and welfare work, making a difference, quality of supervision, autonomy, and exchange relationships with peers, all of which emerged as important factors in social workers' decisions to stay or leave. The implications of this study's findings for theory are also explored. Kenneth Burns is deputy course director of the Master of Social Work and a research associate with the Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century at University College Cork, Ireland.