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Understanding Substance Abuse and Facilitating Recovery: A Guide for Child Welfare Workers
(Beginning Level)
This publication was prepared by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW). Elizabeth M. Breshears, M.S.W., M.Ed., developed the document with assistance from Shaila Yeh M.S.W., and Nancy K. Young, Ph.D. Sharon Amatetti, M.P.H., served as the government project officer from SAMHSA (CSAT); Irene Bocella, M.S.W., served as the project officer from ACF.
It was prepared as a Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP). Treatment Improvement Protocols are best practice guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders.
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This manual was developed specifically for child welfare workers. One of the major reasons children are removed from the home is parental drug and alcohol abuse; therefore, child welfare workers frequently need to partner with local alcohol and drug abuse professionals and programs in order to help. An effective partnership between the child welfare and the alcohol and drug treatment systems can help parents with substance use disorders retain or regain a parental role in their child's life, while not putting the child at risk of harm. Thus, the child welfare-alcohol and drug services partnership becomes a cornerstone for long-term child protection, a key issue for child welfare workers.
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
- Understand the relationship of alcohol and drugs to child welfare, and recognize when substance use is a factor in cases.
- Learn how to support and facilitate treatment and recovery in child welfare cases.
- Enhance collaboration with substance abuse treatment partners.
- Improve outcomes for children of parents with substance use disorders.
- Be able to identify when children may be at risk due to parental substance abuse.
- Understand the alcohol and drug use continuum.
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