How to Handle a Child Abuse Case: Volunteer Training Workshop

The Support Center for Child Advocates (Child Advocates) provides legal assistance and social service advocacy for abused and neglected children in Philadelphia County. Child Advocates is one of the most successful volunteer models serving children in the country. Since its founding in 1977, Child Advocates has trained more than 10,000 attorneys who contribute pro bono services valued at more than $5 million annually. Child Advocates seeks to protect children by securing social services, advocating for permanent homes and helping them testify in court. For all of our child clients, we work to ensure safety, health, education, family permanency and access to justice. Systemically, we promote collaborative, multi-disciplinary casework and solutions to recurrent problems. For the community, we provide educational programs to increase awareness about the problems of and ways to prevent child abuse. Whenever possible, Child Advocates seeks to maintain children and families in their own homes. Respected for diligent and effective advocacy throughout more than 40 years of service, Child Advocates attorneys and social workers move public systems to deliver entitled services and private providers to open their doors to needy children and their families.