By Randy Maluchnik Elected public leaders must promote an environment of innovation for public employees when delivering local government services.  It is vitally important to improve to ...

like social workers, clinic staff, teachers, and police, to effectively implement and coordinate appropriate services for children; and Listening to and involving children in their own protection.

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 ...

By Bob Fenwick Guest commentary  Protecting children against abuse and neglect is a key focus of county government and a critically important responsibility for county boards. Families and ...

As the name of the field suggests, social work entails a lot of social interaction, usually with a particular population, such as children in vulnerable positions or adults struggling with addiction.

Child and family social workers are the professionals who try to improve the quality of life for children. Whenever you hear about families living below the poverty line, children having a lack of ...

Social work students might learn about how to work in a hospital or another health care setting, and they may also learn about working within either the school system, the child protection system ...