Child Welfare Workforce
You are in the Child Welfare Workforce section of the Casey Foundation Knowledge Center, which offers resources that are either published or funded by the Casey Foundation. Resources address strengthening the workers who support children in the child welfare system.
See also Our Work: Child Welfare/Permanence, an overview of Casey's investment in this issue.
See more resources on Child Welfare/Permanencein the Knowledge Center.
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The Health of the Human Services Workforce
2003
This report highlights the findings of a survey that identifies a large gap between what human service workers are asked to do and their capacity for carrying out such tasks. Many workers are often under intense pressure and have limited resources causing their work to be tedious and overwhelming. The surveyed targeted 1,213 childcare, child welfare, youth services, and juvenile justice workers who serve America's low-income families.
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