A5029140966- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Community Health and Development
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Ethics in medical practice
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Advanced Graph Theory Research
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Graph theory and applications
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
- Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Coding theory and cryptography
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
University of Denver
2016-2023
Notre Dame High School
2023
Boston College
2021
University of Southern California
2013-2017
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
2017
Recent efforts to identify and promote a distinct science for the discipline of social work have led an ongoing debate regarding nature function such science. Central this is lack consensus as how operationalize Drawing from field implementation its application in reducing gap between research practice child welfare mental health, article examines role research–practice partnerships creating advancing Through exercise cultural exchanges among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, other...
Turnover is problematic for child welfare agencies and clients. To better understand the role of peer support in retention among caseworkers, this study explored whether staff perceive distinct types (operational social-emotional) examined extent to which differs by demographic organizational factors predicting intent stay. Results from 1,703 caseworkers indicated that they both support; are associated with job satisfaction, climate, Strategies bolster opportunities future research discussed.
Child welfare (CW) workers, who play a critical role in the delivery of services to children and families, have fundamental right workplace well-being opportunities develop their job-re...
Objective: Many studies view factors related to caseworker burnout as unchanging throughout a caseworker's career. This assumption may be unfounded, there is considerable variation in levels of expertise and need for support among caseworkers over the course To that end, we used Copenhagen job demands-resources models examine how associated with client- work-related vary by length employment. Method: We divided sample 1,823 into 4 length-of-tenure cohorts. then conducted multivariate linear...
Abstract Child welfare (CW) professionals who provide direct services to families, referred as ‘caseworkers’ in the USA, often have act ways that are inconsistent with their professional values, leading feelings of guilt, anxiety and self-blame, moral distress. The conceptual basis for distress primarily comes from nursing literature, leaving a theoretical gap how CW workers experience Hence, this study used qualitative system dynamics modelling develop dynamic theory amongst US caseworkers...
Use of administrative data from child welfare (CW) and mental health systems in Los Angeles County provided a unique opportunity to more closely examine needs children dually served by these systems. This study examined the presence disorders correlates receipt services diagnostic classification this population.Data were obtained for 3,191 receiving County's Department Children Family Services Mental Health (DMH) between July 2011 2012. Multivariate linear logistic regression models...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and because of critical essential nature child welfare work, this workforce moved out agency settings remote work. Drawing from theory large systems change, study explored caseworkers' perspectives on how organizational changes due affected them as workers their recommendations for sustained change in welfare. This narrative analysis secondary data collected May 2020 about needs related (N = 783). Regarding impact COVID-19, three themes emerged: (a) job (no...
Objective: Workplace discrimination takes many different forms, with staff members who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) more likely to be targeted experience negative well-being consequences. Worker is crucial in human services fields where professionals interact diverse individuals family-serving systems. This study examined the experiences everyday workplace among child welfare workers, particularly BIPOC staff. Method: Using a psychological stressor–strain...