Child welfare: Uninformed, overwhelmed clients; unrealistic agency expectations
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Contracted private agencies provide approximately 33 percent of foster care placement services and 59 percent of family preservation services. State child welfare agencies are increasingly turning to them for a range of services. While turnover and burnout among child welfare case managers is well-understood, little is known about the challenges private agency therapists experience working in child welfare systems.