tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208956123896644161.post7314535670161658403..comments2023-10-19T02:28:03.930-07:00Comments on Federation HOTLINE: Reject bill to require licensure for CPS workers, Local 1400 member testifiesWFSEc28http://www.blogger.com/profile/15286404548494355562noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208956123896644161.post-92081161270723676892011-02-11T05:42:28.538-08:002011-02-11T05:42:28.538-08:00To blacklabcrafts, Evidently CPS caseworker's ...To blacklabcrafts, Evidently CPS caseworker's NEED an extensive amount of training. In order to be practicing Social Work, they most definitely need a Degree.<br />Also,you state "the job of every social worker in Children's Administration is to reunite families, not break them up." Yes, I'm sure reunification is the job they were hired for. Then why isn't it practiced? unhappygrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533694926276373256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208956123896644161.post-53095732398495924612011-02-10T13:38:56.544-08:002011-02-10T13:38:56.544-08:00I want to correct an error. I stated it takes 2-3 ...I want to correct an error. I stated it takes 2-3 years and around $30,000 to get an MSW. Licensing would take another 6 years if you are already working and cost at least $5000.<br />As for Mr. McCloud's comments, all of those trainings are required except a full 10 hours of domestic violence training (it's less). Plus there is a long probation period for CPS social workers and some are blacklabcraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215162199703517874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208956123896644161.post-52434690684303536712011-02-10T08:03:31.395-08:002011-02-10T08:03:31.395-08:00Patterson has a point on the masters however Roach...Patterson has a point on the masters however Roach is going in the right direction an amendment would be wise recommending:<br /><br />“That DHHS require each state to have a licensing of social workers and in addition to the education cited” require an additional two (2) years of education including but not limited to:<br /><br />***10 hours a week working in domestic violence cases from Daniel McCloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09173213224022112654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208956123896644161.post-83048244634563035522011-02-10T07:23:50.878-08:002011-02-10T07:23:50.878-08:00Child Protection Services is nothing but fraud. Ab...Child Protection Services is nothing but fraud. Abolish them and end the war on families.<br /><br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaXINizSj7ELovingfitfatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645906151008326856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208956123896644161.post-81037052850476427932011-02-10T06:52:08.937-08:002011-02-10T06:52:08.937-08:00Licensing doesn't stop corruption. People stop...Licensing doesn't stop corruption. People stop corruption.<br />It just makes people less inclined to lose their job.<br /><br />In Nova Scotia, you are required to have a mere two year degree in Social Work. Regardless of if it is to create a Parental Capacity Assessment or seize children. <br /><br />I am an American Citizen residing in Canada. My children have been seized by one of these Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631687430793274175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208956123896644161.post-32355774524020603242011-02-09T16:41:08.281-08:002011-02-09T16:41:08.281-08:00Do you honestly think it's fair to have a CPS ...Do you honestly think it's fair to have a CPS Caseworker, unlicensed and without needed knowledge of Social Work to have the responsibility of choosing who should keep their children and whose children should be removed? Many of the caseworker's are very young and don't even have families of their own. Without Social Worker Licenses, what makes caseworker's any better than the unhappygrammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533694926276373256noreply@blogger.com