In this episode Katherine Nulicek, MSW interviews Steve Carlson, PsyD from the Center for Practice Transformation to discuss the importance of putting a person-centered philosophy into practice when working with individuals with substance abuse disorders and mental health and the implications it can have on child welfare professionals and decision making.

Additional Resource:

https://practicetransformation.umn.edu/clinical-tools/how-person-centered-is-my-practice/

In this episode Professor Jessica Toft interviews Mimi Abramovitz and Jennifer Zelnick to discuss their New York City study about managerialism impact on social service providers.

RESOURCES and Transcript available at:

https://cascw.umn.edu/portfolio-items/theoretical-underpinnings-in-child-welfare-podcast-series/

Dr. Jessica Toft and PhD candidate Ruti Soffer-Elnekave take a look at what early research tells us about how neoliberalism affects child welfare services. For example, limits on worker protections such as unions, healthcare accessibility, and government regulations on TANF for families.

RESOURCES and transcript available at:

https://cascw.umn.edu/portfolio-items/theoretical-underpinnings-in-child-welfare-podcast-series/

Dr. Toft and PhD candidate, Ruti Soffer-Elnekave dive into what neoliberalism actually is and why it matters in social work practice. They discuss transactional interaction and exchange, social contracts and social provisioning, marketization and the important connection to social service providers and non-profit work. The hosts also discuss the complexities of the social work profession as it relates to client engagement, risk assessment, and prevention.

RESOURCES and transcript available at:

https://cascw.umn.edu/portfolio-items/theoretical-underpinnings-in-child-welfare-podcast-series/

Dr. Traci LaLiberte speaks with Dr. Jessica Toft to introduce a three part series on Neoliberalism. Dr. Toft provides an in-depth introduction to Neoliberalism, Social Work and Child Welfare Work. The series will feature research and interviews describing how it relates to Social Work.

[email protected], @jessica_toft

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-toft-27336014a/

https://experts.umn.edu/en/persons/jessica-e-toft

Additional Resources:

https://www.aliainnovations.org/

In this episode Korina Barry interviews Dr. Wendy Haight, Gamble-Skogmo Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Haight gives an overview of moral injury and healing for mental health, social work and child welfare professionals.

Additional Resources:

https://cascw.umn.edu/portfolio-items/moral-injury/

https://innovation.umn.edu/gamble-skogmo/

https://mnonestop.org/services

In this episode Korina Barry interviews Dr. Kimara Gustafson of the University of Minnesota's Adoption Medicine Clinic. Dr. Gustafson shares more about the services provided to families at the clinic and also shares how this work has shifted due to COVID-19.

RESOURCES:

https://adoption.umn.edu/

https://www.mnadopt.org/

https://evolveservices.org/adoption/

In this episode LEND Fellow Jenny Tessmer interviews long time foster parent Gail Meyer. Gail speaks about the joys and challenges of being a foster parent for over 20 years. She also talks about the necessity of supports and programming needed in order to support foster children with diagnosed and undiagnosed disabilities.

RESOURCES:

https://lend.umn.edu/

https://www.mnadopt.org/fostering-network/general-fc-information/

https://mn.gov/dhs/people-we-serve/children-and-families/services/foster-care/resources/

In this episode Jenny Tessmer, a Minnesota LEND Fellow (Minnesota Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities), interviews former LEND Fellow DerJuan Strons (DJ) about the intersectionality of disabilities, social work and child welfare. Listen as they take a deep dive into how disabilities can impact parenting. DJ speaks on how his education in neurological disabilities has guided him in his work as a child protection worker. He also describes how Hennepin County aims to support families by providing resources, family-centered care and support with the goal of reunification.

RESOURCES:

https://lend.umn.edu/

https://www.pacer.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA1KiBBhCcARIsAPWqoSp6NT6nxdSO98Xo5oeO_4aOLHY6pZNYwiIAh6MzNgDZMfpIUEBXGMwaAtfxEALw_wcB

In this episode Dr. Liz Lightfoot, Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, interviews Dr. Sharyn DeZelar about the parent-centered planning model and its benefit to parents with disabilities involved in child welfare.

RESOURCES

https://acl.gov/about-acl/about-national-institute-disability-independent-living-and-rehabilitation-research

https://cascw.umn.edu/portfolio-items/parent-centered-planning-for-parents-with-disabilities-pn36/