Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers 2003

This manual examines the roles and responsibilities of child protective services (CPS) workers. It describes the purposes, key decisions, and issues of each stage of the CPS process and strategies for casework supervision, training, and support.

Table of Contents

Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers


• Table of Contents
  
• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• CHAPTER 1 Purpose and Overview
  
• CHAPTER 2 Child Protective Services Theory and Practice
  
• CHAPTER 3 The Helping Relationship
  
• CHAPTER 4 Responsibilities of Child Protective Services
  
• CHAPTER 5 Intake
  
• CHAPTER 6 Initial Assessment or Investigation
  
• CHAPTER 7 Family Assessment
  
• CHAPTER 8 Case Planning
  
• CHAPTER 9 Service Provision
  
• CHAPTER 10 Family Progress
  
• CHAPTER 11 Case Closure
  
• CHAPTER 12 Effective Documentation
  
• CHAPTER 13 Supervision, Consultation, and Support
  
• Endnotes
  
• APPENDIX A Glossary of Terms
  
• APPENDIX B Resource Listings of Selected National Organizations Concerned with Child Maltreatment
  
• APPENDIX C State Toll-free Telephone Numbers for Reporting Child Abuse
  
• APPENDIX D National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics
  

We also recommend the following Information Gateway publications:

• A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice
• Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers
• Community Partnerships: Improving the Response to Child Maltreatment