title: An educational model for child welfare practice with English-speaking Caribbean families.
abstract: Implemented in New York City, the Child Welfare Fellowship Project is an international collaboration between social work educators in the United States and Jamaica, the West Indies, the public child welfare agency, and selected community-based agencies. This model educational program prepared selected Masters of Social Work (MSW) Fellowship students for exemplary child welfare practice with English-speaking Caribbean families by providing enhanced programs designed to support culturally competent skill development and a preventive approach to child welfare practice. These educational enhancements, combined with academic course work, increased professionalism, self-efficacy, and culturally competent skill development among participants and averted foster care placement for families seen over the duration of the project.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Alma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carten
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000208:ethnology*; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009519:New York City; D011640:Public Policy; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*