INESTIGATION INTO THE
CHILD WELFARE SYST. EM
THE REPOT IS BASED ON A
SURVEY OF 252 CASEWORKS ER
AND 53 SUPERVISORS WITHIN
THE SYSTEM.
ACCORDING TO THOSE
WORKERS... CHLD USABE
REPORTS AND CASES HAVE
SPIKED IN THE PAST YEAR
FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF TWO
YOUNG GIRLS - ALLEGEDLY
KILLED BY THEIR
CAREGIVES.
BOTH GIRLS WERE KNOWN TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
THE REPORT ALSO SAYS THAT
NEW POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES IMPLEMENTED IN
RESPONSE TO THOSE DEATHS
CREATED A LARGER WORKLOAD
AND HAD NEA GATIVE IMPACT
ECAUSE THEY WERE ROLLED
OUT WITH LITTLE NOTICE.
WORKERS CITED A LACK OF
RESOURS FOR FAMILIES...
UNPREDICTABLE
SCHEDULES... AND
SIGNIFICANT DLAYS WITH
PLACENEMT AS CHALLENGES
WITHIN THEIR ROLES.
MOR THAN 90 PERCENT OF
CASEWORKERS SAID THEY D HA
TO STAY WITH A CHILD IN AN
EMERGENY ROOM OR HOTEL IN
THE PAS YEAR.
THE REPORT DID MENTION THAT
CASEWORKERS EXERCISED
CARE TO THE BEST OF THEIR
ABILITY FOR THE CHILDREN
THEY WORK WITH...
BUT MANY ARE WORRIED THAT
CASES ARE FALLING THROUGH
