Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers

Author(s): Office on Child Abuse and Neglect., Caliber Associates. Salus, Marsha K.

Year Published: 2004

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Acknowledgments

Author

Marsha K. Salus, M.S.W., is a social work consultant. She has worked in the child welfare field for 28 years. She began her career as a CPS caseworker, and then became a CPS supervisor. She has developed several national curricula for child welfare workers and supervisors, including a number of preservice and inservice training programs for child welfare workers and supervisors in a variety of States. Ms. Salus also has developed a 12-day core supervisory training program entitled "Mastering the Art of Child Welfare Supervision," which she has delivered throughout the country. In addition, she has provided training on all aspects of family violence to multidisciplinary audiences around the country. Ms. Salus has assisted State and local CPS agencies in program development and evaluation, and she has worked with several States to establish standards of practice for child welfare supervision.

Acknowledgment of Prior Editions

The Office of Child Abuse and Neglect acknowledges the contribution of Thomas D. Morton and Marsha K. Salus, who coauthored Supervising Child Protective Caseworkers in 1994, and Julius R. Balew, Marsha K. Salus, and Sheila Winett, who authored Supervising Child Protective Workers in 1979.

Reviewers

Kathy Pinto
Howard County, Maryland, Department of Social Services

Sarah Webster
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (retired)

Denise Pintello, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Jodi Hill
Connecticut Department of Children and Families

Technical Advisory Panel

The following were members of the January 2001 Technical Advisory Panel for the User Manual Series contract. The organizations identified reflect each member's affiliation at that time.

Carolyn Abdullah
FRIENDS National Resource Center
Washington, DC

Lien Bragg
American Public Human Services Association
Washington, DC

Sgt. Richard Cage
Montgomery County Police Department
Wheaton, MD

Diane DePanfilis, Ph.D.
University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work
Baltimore, MD

Pauline Grant
Florida Department of Children and Families
Jacksonville, FL

Jodi Hill
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Hartford, CT

Robert Ortega, Ph.D.
University of Michigan School of Social Work
Ann Arbor, MI

Nancy Rawlings
Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children
Frankfort, KY

Barry Salovitz
Child Welfare Institute/National Resource Center on Child Maltreatment
Glenmont, NY

Sarah Webster
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Austin, TX

Ron Zuskin
University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work
Baltimore, MD

The following members subsequently were added to the Technical Advisory Panel:

William R. (Reyn) Archer III, M.D.
Hill and Knowlton, Inc.
Washington, DC

David Popenoe, Ph.D.
National Marriage Project
Princeton, NJ

Bob Scholle
Independent Consultant
Pittsburgh, PA

Brad Wilcox, Ph.D.
University of Virginia, Department of Sociology
Charlottesville, VA

Additional Acknowledgements

The third edition of the User Manual Series was developed under the guidance and direction of Irene Bocella, Federal Task Order Officer, and Catherine Nolan, Director, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect. Also providing input and review was Susan Orr, Associate Commissioner, Children's Bureau.

This manual was developed and produced by Caliber Associates, Fairfax, VA, under Contract Number HHS-282-98-0025.

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You are in section: Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1 - Purpose and Overview 2 - The Nature of Child Protective… 3 - Making the Transition from… 4 - Building the Foundation for… 5 - Building Staff Capacity and… 6 - Supervisory Feedback and… 7 - Results-oriented Management 8 - Clinical Supervision 9 - Recruitment and Retention 10 - Managing from the Middle 11 - Taking Care of Oneself and… Endnotes Appendix A - Glossary of Terms Appendix B - Resource Listings… Appendix C - Child Abuse Reporting… Appendix D - Overview of the Child… Appendix E - The National… Appendix F - Child Protection…

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