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| Arizona Lawmakers Push Bill Raising Qualifications Of Child Welfare Director |
| By kjzz.org- Alexandra Olgin |
| Published: 02/11/2016 |
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Several Democratic lawmakers want to raise the qualifications necessary to run Arizona’s child welfare agency. The proposal lays out what experience a director would need for the job. The legislation is being backed by 19 Democratic lawmakers. It would require the director of the Department of Child Safety to have a graduate degree in social work or a closely related field and minimum levels of child welfare management experience. According to current law, the director must have qualifications and training to manage the department. Also, the director must have administrative experience in family support services. Tim Schmaltz is president of the Arizona chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Last month the group called for new leadership at DCS. Schmaltz said he hopes the law is changed so that "in the future we won’t have a leadership team like this that is learning on the job." Read More. |
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