Thinking out of the box. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huffman, Rebecca
• Is Part Of: Journal of public child welfare. Volume 14:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 5
• Page End: 18
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Subjects: child welfare workforce -- NCWWI -- thinking out of the box; Child welfare -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.70973
• DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2020.1690186
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1554-8732

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Never has the phrase 'thinking out of the box' resonated more appropriately for the field of child welfare than now. With the passage of the Strengthening Families Act and the re-conceptionalization of child welfare by the Children's Bureau toward primary prevention, it is an exciting and propitious time for thinking more broadly and unconventionally about how to best provide child welfare services to children and families through a diverse, skilled, and committed workforce. Developing the workforce needed for a prevention based child welfare system for the future while addressing the workforce challenges of the present will be challenging but also presents another opportunity for 'out of the box' thinking.