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Adoption Social Work
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Adoption Social Work
By: Ashley Westphal
Credentials
- Varies between states
- Most require an MSW but some will accept a BSW
- As well as an MSW an LCSW may be required
- To open your own agency or work independently from an agency an LCSW is required
Surprising
- About 330,000 cases cited as neglect
- From 2009-2010 to 2010-2011 there was a 19% decrease in children going into foster care
- 115,000 children awaiting adoption in 2010
- Involvement with the families
Adoption Social Work
- facilitate the adoption process between the adoptive family and biological family
- may work with finding foster homes for abused or neglected children
- recently the main focus has been family preservation
- help families strengthen their coping abilities to avoid out of home placement
Pros and Cons
Jobs in this Field
Pros
Cons
- Being a part of what takes kids away from their families
- Becoming too attached to the families
- Seeing how much these children are going through
- they might be removed because of abuse or neglect
- Helping parents who may not be able to have kids
- Placing orphans, who may not have ever had a family, with parents
- Being part of the process to give kids a better life with a new family
- Helping strengthen families so they can stay together
- Government organizations
- IAC (Independent Adoption Center)
- facilitating meetings between biological and adoptive families
- Residential Group Homes
- case managers
- child care workers
- Public child welfare agencies
- investigate cases of child abuse
Works Cited
"Adoption Social Worker Career." N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2015.
"The Role of Social Workers in Adoption." <i>Independent Adoption
Center The Role of Social Workers in Adoption Comments</i>. N.p., 13 July 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2015.
"What Does an Adoption Social Worker Do?" <i>Social Work Degree
Guide< i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2015.
Massachusetts Agencies
Cambridge Family and Childrens Service
Child and Family Services
- Their headquarters is in New Bedford, MA
- Mission
- "to heal and strengthen the lives of children and families."
- Gore St. in Cambridge, MA
- Their Mission
- "to strengthen and support families so that their children can be raised in loving and nurturing homes, within communities that support them."
All for Children
- Oak St. in Needham, MA
- Mission
- "All children have a right to a permenant , loving family of their own."
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