Child-protection social workers must understand family dynamics and have the skills to judge whether a child is on target developmentally, Litwak says. They must also be flexible.

Social workers are alleging abuses in Kentucky's Child Protective Services.In a follow-up to a 3-year investigation of CPS, NewsChannel 32 interviewed a group of Kentucky social workers who ...

Social workers optimistic child-protection workload will be addressed McKnight would feel anxious leaving children in homes lacking in food, clothing and other necessities and would sometimes make ...

Child protection workers regularly experience extreme violence in their work. This is unsurprising given the nature of the work. What is surprising is the wide-held acceptance of this violence as ...

Sir, – I am writing to you as a former child protection social worker in response to the article by Carl O'Brien about young people in care ("We're not asking for the impossible – we just want ...

Social worker who tried to save baby Phoenix honored as ‘Child Protector of Year’ Matthew Kraft says he still feels an excruciating burden of guilt over the child’s death ...

Some child protection social workers have been left out of a new wage top-up, which the union representing those employees says has created a "poisonous" work environment. In its final month, the ...

Some child protection social workers have been left out of a new wage top-up, which the union representing those employees says has created a "poisonous" work environment. In its final month, the ...