The intent of the CWEB and CWEL initiatives is to provide programs which will make undergraduate and graduate social work education available to qualified, prospective public child welfare workers and current county child welfare agency employees throughout Pennsylvania.
These programs address the recruitment and retention problems, as well as encourage prospective and current practitioners to pursue academic degrees that will prepare them for the best child welfare practice in Pennsylvania.
It also increases the number of trained staff in many of the child welfare agencies; provides a critical mass of professional staff to set the tone and standards for good and effective practice; contributes a major ingredient necessary to provide a career ladder so essential to staff retention; and provides a reservoir of personnel from which to draw future supervisors and administrators.
The CWEB and CWEL programs make professional social work education accessible throughout Pennsylvania by utilizing seventeen (17) of Pennsylvania’s accredited social work schools, departments and programs.
CWEB/CWEL Project Descriptions and Implementation: Project year 2023-2024