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Home > Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers > Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers: Preface
Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers
User Manual Series (2004)
PrefaceEach day, the safety and well-being of children across the Nation are threatened by child abuse and neglect. Intervening effectively in the lives of these children and their troubled families does not rest with any single agency or professional group, but rather is a shared community concern. The Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual Series has provided guidance on child protection to hundreds of thousands of multidisciplinary professionals and concerned community members since the late 1970s. The User Manual Series offers a foundation for understanding child maltreatment and the roles and responsibilities of various practitioners in its prevention, identification, investigation, and treatment. Through the years, the manuals have served as valuable resources for building knowledge, promoting effective practices, and enhancing community collaboration. Since the last update of the User Manual Series in the early 1990s, a number of changes have occurred that dramatically affect each community's response to child maltreatment. The changing landscape reflects increased recognition of the complexity of issues facing children and families, new legislation, practice innovations, and systems reform efforts. Significant advances in research have helped shape new directions for interventions, while ongoing evaluations help the field to know "what works." In addition, recent research in management and leadership effectiveness and trends and innovations in the management field will help child protection agencies provide high-quality services to children and families. The Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) within the Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), has developed this third edition of the User Manual Series to reflect the increased knowledge and the evolving state of practice on child protection. The updated and new manuals are comprehensive in scope while also succinct in presentation and easy to follow, and they address trends and concerns relevant to today's professional. This manual, Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers, provides the foundation for effective supervisory practice in child protective services (CPS). It describes the roles and responsibilities of the CPS supervisor, and it provides practice-oriented advice on how to carry out supervisory responsibilities effectively. Best practices and critical issues in supervisory practice are underscored throughout. While the manual is designed primarily for CPS supervisors and administrators and reflects state-of-the-art management research and practices tailored to CPS, it also is relevant to all child welfare supervisors. In addition, it may be useful to child welfare agency staff who train supervisory personnel and to schools of social work as they prepare new social workers for the child welfare field. In addition to this manual, CPS supervisors also are encouraged to read two other publications in the User Manual Series—Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers and A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice.
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