State Responses to Social Worker Safety Issues – Children’s Bureau Express

The University of Kentucky recently released a research report, A Study on Social Worker Safety Practices, that presents a compilation of agency policies, safety training requirements, and safety training curricula being used across the country. The ultimate goal of the research project was to identify practices that could be used to improve social worker personal safety in Kentucky.

Job helping child abuse victims fulfills but takes a toll | News for Dallas, Texas

Jesse Gonzalez, a forensic interviewer at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, is often the only person to get a complete testimony from child-abuse victims. She has interviewed more than 2,000 children at the center since 2004.

North Carolina county hires 8 new social services workers – NewsObserver.com

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The North Carolina county where an 5-year-old was kidnapped, raped and killed last year has hired eight social workers to deal with new reports of child abuse.

Social worker who saved life is up for award – Portsmouth Today

A heroic social worker who talked down a teenager from a motorway bridge is up for a national award.

Former fugitive credits social worker for steering him toward a restored life – CNN.com

He fled a “nightmare” childhood for the uncertainty of foster care, maneuvered through several years behind bars and a jail break that turned him into a fugitive, and steeped much of his free time in alcohol.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Social workers told to check pets

Social workers are to be asked to check pets are healthy when investigating suspected child abuse cases.

Montclair State University – The Center for Child Advocacy Offers New Major

The Center for Child Advocacy Offers New Major
Bachelor of Arts in Child Advocacy

The Center for Child Advocacy is proud to offer the Bachelor of Arts in Child Advocacy.

The Bachelor of Arts in Child Advocacy will offer students an applied course of study in child advocacy.

• A multi-disciplinary view of the field of child advocacy through course work taught through the lens of psychology, social work and law.
• The opportunity for students to pursue bachelor level, entry level positions in public child welfare, child mental health, and educational advocacy, among others.
• The requisite knowledge and outlook in child advocacy to help students as they pursue master’s and doctoral programs in preparation for other careers as well as the high demand field of child advocacy.