Child Protective Services, Misconceptions, and Documentation (1 ML)
- Education:
- All Education
- CEC Category:
- Medicolegal
- Duration:
- 59 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
Description
Speaker: Leah VanVels, BAA
Description: In this presentation, I will discuss some of the misconceptions of Child Protective Services (CPS), provide information to debunk some of the misconceptions, and answer common questions. I will provide information about what CPS does on a regular basis, what a CPS investigation looks like, what happens after there has been a substantiation of abuse/neglect, and how CPS coordinates with other agencies during investigations and post-substantiation. I will discuss the importance of documentation on the CPS side of things and how documentation in other agencies (hospitals and police reports, for example) can affect the decisions made in a CPS investigation. I will also provide information related to being a mandated reporter and how to go about reporting abuse and neglect of children.
Handouts
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Speaker
Leah VanVels, BAA Related Seminars and Products
Child Protective Services
State of Michigan
Leah VanVels worked as a Child Protective Services specialist from January 2017 until December 2021. She has worked in both Ottawa and Kent Counties doing investigations and ongoing CPS case management. During her time as a CPS worker, she worked in both rural and urban areas. She received a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Central Michigan University in 2015 with majors in Family Studies and Spanish. Due to being fluent in Spanish, she often would receive cases where the investigation or ongoing case would have to be completed solely in Spanish. Ms. VanVels has held previous roles doing home-based case management with CPS involved families in Saginaw, MI, with Wellspring Lutheran Services as well as worked in a non-secure detention home for youth near Mount Pleasant, MI. She is currently working on her Master of Science in Criminal Justice through Bowling Green State University and is working as a Family Independence Specialist with the State of Michigan as she finishes the program.