TY - JOUR
T1 - Reducing conflict between child welfare communities
AU - Kopels, Sandra
AU - Carter-Black, Jan
AU - Poertner, John
N1 - Funding Information:
Sandra Kopels is Associate Professor, Jan Carter-Black is Professor, and John Poertner is Professor, all at the School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1207 W. Oregon, Urbana, IL 61801. This project was funded in part by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Conflict is inherent in child welfare practice. This article describes a collaborative project between a public child welfare agency and a school of social work (the UFOCWL) to strengthen and improve the connections between the agency and the larger community. The collaboration focused on identifying and recognizing the diverse roles and responsibilities between the various players in the child welfare system. This paper discusses the areas in which the UFOCWL addressed the conflicts between the child welfare service delivery system and the legal, domestic violence, and substance abuse communities. By facilitating understanding of the unique concerns and contributions each child welfare player brings to the table, inherent conflicts can be reduced and managed, ultimately improving the results for vulnerable children.
AB - Conflict is inherent in child welfare practice. This article describes a collaborative project between a public child welfare agency and a school of social work (the UFOCWL) to strengthen and improve the connections between the agency and the larger community. The collaboration focused on identifying and recognizing the diverse roles and responsibilities between the various players in the child welfare system. This paper discusses the areas in which the UFOCWL addressed the conflicts between the child welfare service delivery system and the legal, domestic violence, and substance abuse communities. By facilitating understanding of the unique concerns and contributions each child welfare player brings to the table, inherent conflicts can be reduced and managed, ultimately improving the results for vulnerable children.
KW - Child welfare community
KW - Collaboration
KW - Conflict
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U2 - 10.1300/J045v15n03_09
DO - 10.1300/J045v15n03_09
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12705468
AN - SCOPUS:0036959975
SN - 1937-1918
VL - 15
SP - 117
EP - 129
JO - Social Work in Public Health
JF - Social Work in Public Health
IS - 3-4
ER -