child welfare agency

Thân thiện

A social worker from the child welfare agency visits a family at home.

Definition

Noun: An administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children. It is a government or private organization whose primary mission is to protect children from abuse and neglect, promote their well-being, and support families.

Usage

A child welfare agency is a formal organization. It is typically used in legal, social work, and community contexts. - It functions as the subject or object of a sentence. - It often appears with verbs like contact, report to, work for, investigate, or cooperate with.

Examples

• The child welfare agency intervened to ensure the child's safety.
• She decided to report the suspected neglect to the local child welfare agency.
• Caseworkers at the child welfare agency are responsible for family assessments.
• Funding for that child welfare agency comes from state and federal sources.

Advanced Usage

• "to be in the care/custody of a child welfare agency": This phrase describes a child who is under the legal guardianship or protective supervision of the agency.
  • After the court hearing, the children were placed in the care of a child welfare agency.
• Used in a broader societal context to discuss systems and policy.
  • Reforming the child welfare agency has become a major political issue.

Variants and Related Words

• Child protective services (CPS): A specific type of government child welfare agency that receives and investigates reports of child abuse and neglect. Often used synonymously in many jurisdictions.
• Social services agency: A more general term for an agency providing various forms of public assistance, which may include child welfare functions.
• Foster care agency: A type of child welfare agency specifically focused on placing children in foster homes.

Synonyms

• Children's services
• Child protection agency
• Family services agency (when the focus includes child welfare)

Related Phrases

• "A call to child welfare": A common phrase meaning a report made to the agency about a potential child safety issue.
  • The teacher was mandated to make a call to child welfare.
• "Child welfare system": Refers to the entire network of laws, services, and agencies designed to protect children.
  • Navigating the child welfare system can be challenging for families.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children

Từ đồng nghĩa

• child welfare service