Child protective services (CPS) caseworkers
inadequate housing, crime, and incarceration.
even fathers not living with their children, can prove
situation unsafe for the child.
feelings and reactions in a father. Whether the father
The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development
must effectively engage families that often both
To carry out their responsibilities of protecting
difference when trying to either help an abusing father
caseworker: determining when this nation’s most
place in both a timely and sensitive manner.
of Children, complements and builds on the strategies
become a protecting father or engaging a father as an
children at risk of maltreatment, CPS caseworkers
families, always with the safety of and permanency
parents are the same as those facing mothersstress,
ally in addressing the family dynamics that made the
for CPS articulated in the other manuals.
vulnerable citizens—children—are in danger and
years of experience and research tell us about eff ective
perceive and react to these is usually diff erent and
Figuring out how best to work with and engage these
stress, unemployment, separation and divorce,
substance abuse, mental health problems, economic
for the child as the goal, is not easy. Other manuals
A Guide for Caseworkers, provide insight into what
service provision presents unique challenges for
to provide guidance to rectify this problem. While
direct affront to how a father views himself as a man
present and face great challenges. These can include
Effectively involving fathers in case planning and
mothers or other perpetrators. In addition, fathers
society and, at times, overwhelming to the individual
is often grounded in cultural views of manhood and
many of the issues facing fathers as they try to be good
whose children were victimized by someone else,
caseworker can address them will make a major
are charged with a task that is both crucial to
casework in the field of child welfare. Th is manual,
these reactions and feelings and how eff ectively the
what actions must be taken to ensure their safety.
caseworkers. This may explain in part why they
often may not include fathers. This manual hopes
This manual also speaks to both the opportunities and
his or her case planning objectives.
of child maltreatment is different than working with
in this series, particularly Child Protective Services:
is the perpetrator or not, the abuse of a child can be a
to be a valuable ally as the CPS caseworker pursues
Then, they must make sure that these actions take
challenges presented by one participant in the family
fatherhood. Plus, the abuse of a child raises unique
finances, limited time, to name a fewhow fathers
and a father. How well a caseworker understands
sagas that CPS caseworkers deal with everyday: the
inadequate housing, crime, and incarceration.
even fathers not living with their children, can prove
situation unsafe for the child.
feelings and reactions in a father. Whether the father
The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development
must effectively engage families that often both
To carry out their responsibilities of protecting
difference when trying to either help an abusing father
caseworker: determining when this nation’s most
place in both a timely and sensitive manner.
of Children, complements and builds on the strategies
become a protecting father or engaging a father as an
children at risk of maltreatment, CPS caseworkers
families, always with the safety of and permanency
parents are the same as those facing mothersstress,
ally in addressing the family dynamics that made the
for CPS articulated in the other manuals.
vulnerable citizens—children—are in danger and
years of experience and research tell us about eff ective
perceive and react to these is usually diff erent and
Figuring out how best to work with and engage these
stress, unemployment, separation and divorce,
substance abuse, mental health problems, economic
for the child as the goal, is not easy. Other manuals
A Guide for Caseworkers, provide insight into what
service provision presents unique challenges for
to provide guidance to rectify this problem. While
direct affront to how a father views himself as a man
present and face great challenges. These can include
Effectively involving fathers in case planning and
mothers or other perpetrators. In addition, fathers
society and, at times, overwhelming to the individual
is often grounded in cultural views of manhood and
many of the issues facing fathers as they try to be good
whose children were victimized by someone else,
caseworker can address them will make a major
are charged with a task that is both crucial to
casework in the field of child welfare. Th is manual,
these reactions and feelings and how eff ectively the
what actions must be taken to ensure their safety.
caseworkers. This may explain in part why they
often may not include fathers. This manual hopes
This manual also speaks to both the opportunities and
his or her case planning objectives.
of child maltreatment is different than working with
in this series, particularly Child Protective Services:
is the perpetrator or not, the abuse of a child can be a
to be a valuable ally as the CPS caseworker pursues
Then, they must make sure that these actions take
challenges presented by one participant in the family
fatherhood. Plus, the abuse of a child raises unique
finances, limited time, to name a fewhow fathers
and a father. How well a caseworker understands
sagas that CPS caseworkers deal with everyday: the
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