CWEL Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest Graded A+ (2023/2024)

Who needs a license? - Answer In Illinois, DCFS and private agency staff who work as caseworkers, investigators, licensing workers or supervisors of any of these positions are required to have CWEL licensure "Orphan Train" movement - Answer placed as many as 150,000 orphans and children from poor families in eastern cities with midwest farm families, many were only valued in terms of the labor they could provide Freedman's Bureau - Answer assisted newly emancipated African American families of the south after the Civil War with educational and health services, direct cash relief, and employment opportunities DCFS mission statement - Answer protect children who are reported to be abused or neglected and to increase their families' capacity to safely care for them, provide for the well-being of children in our care, provide adequate, permanent families as quickly as possible for those children who cannot safely return home, support early intervention and child abuse prevention activities, and work in partnership with communities to fulfill this mission dual mandate - Answer protecting children and supporting families statutes - Answer legislative mandates that prescribe the manner in which government will use its powers case law - Answer based on court decisions and interpretations, doesn't include statutory provisions- in any specific case, the court will interpret statutes, define terminology, and review compliance with statutorily prescribed procedures Social Security Act Title IV-B - Answer establishes requirements to receive federal funding for family support services, time-limited family reunification services, adoption promotion, and support services; it also creates funds for general child welfare services Social Security Act Title IV-E - Answer receive foster care reimbursement to achieve permanent living arrangements, written case plans, periodic review of progress by an independent third party Indian Child Welfare Act - Answer identified federal requirements regarding the removal and placement of Indian children in foster or adoptive homes and allows the child's tribe to intervene, intent is to "protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families" Inter-Ethnic Placement Act - Answer prohibits any consideration of children's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent placement will be in their best interest Adoption and Safe Families Act - Answer requires reasonable efforts to move children to permanency while providing that "a child's health and safety shall be the paramount concern" Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Answer extends assistance for foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and kinship guardianship programs to eligible youth age 18 up to age 21 Children and Family Services Act - Answer specifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (ANCRA) - Answer guides the day-to-day work of child professionals in Illinois, requires the department to receive reports of abused and neglected children, to investigate these reports, and to provide services necessary to prevent further harm to children Juvenile Court Act - Answer establishes the authority of Juvenile Court to intervene in the lives of children and families, all children in foster care fall under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court Act Adoption Act - Answer specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures for governing adoption of children Child Care Act - Answer establishes the licensing regulations governing child welfare agencies, foster family homes, group homes, child care institutions, day care agencies, and individual day care providers Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children - Answer governs the provision of care for children in foster care from one state to another Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance - Answer governs the provision of medical care to children who are adopted in one state and move to another state Emancipation of Mature Minors Act - Answer provides a means by which mature minors who have demonstrated the ability and capacity to manage their own affairs and to live wholly or partially independent of their parents or guardian may obtain the legal status of an emancipated person with the power to enter into valid legal contracts Foster Parent Law - Answer foster parent rights and responsibilities Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act - Answer "safe haven law", allows an infant no more than 30 days old to be relinquished to a hospital, police station, or emergency medical facility without question or consequence to the parent Illinois Domestic Violence Act - Answer allows individuals to request orders of protection against individuals who are inflicting physical abuse or neglect, or exploiting family/household members or high-risk adults Probate Act - Answer governs guardianship of minors and adults The following are not reasons for children to be considered abused or neglected - Answer parents or responsible caregivers leave the children in the care of an adult relative for any period, parents or responsible caregivers depend on spiritual means or through prayer alone for the treatment or cure of disease, and children not attending school permanency initiative - Answer children's health and safety is the main concern, diligent searches for missing parents or other family members must be made, a court permanency hearing must occur for each child no later than 12 months after the date the child has entered foster care, and a permanency hearing must occur no less than every 6 months as long as a child is in foster care; the court must select a permanency goal for the child at the permanency hearing and reasonable efforts are not required to unify children with parents when aggravating circumstances exist Aristotle P V. McDonald - Answer requires DCFS to make a diligent search to locate joint placement for siblings, as well as place siblings together unless there are certain exceptions, encourages frequent contact between siblings by phone and mail and specifies visitation twice a month Bates V. McDonald - Answer requires DCFS to provide weekly parent-child visits for children in substitute care with a return home goal, arrange visits in parents' homes unless harmful to children, establish visitation plans within three days of nonemergency placement and ten days of emergency placement, visitation begins within first two weeks after DCFS assumes temporary custody BH V. McDonald - Answer requires DCFS to meet a standard of care that protects children in custody from foreseeable and preventable harm Burgos V. Suter - Answer requires DCFS to provide services in Spanish for Spanishspeaking clients, place Spanish speaking children of Spanish-speaking Hispanic clients with Spanish-speaking foster parents Hill V. Erickson - Answer requires DCFS to provide adequate placement and programming for DCFS wards who are pregnant/parenting, appoint full-time teen parent coordinators, and consult with quality assurance, ACR units, and training units In Re Lee/Wesley - Answer requires DCFS Guardianship Administrator to notify the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission within 24 hours of admission of a Cook County ward to a mental health or drug dependency facility Katie I. Et All V. Ted Kimbrough, The Chicago Board of Education Et All - Answer requires DCFS to notify the board of education when a ward is admitted to a shelter, provide the board of education with appropriate identification of DCFS wards in shelter care, enable enrollment in an educational program, and verify immunization records of wards in shelter care Norman V. Suter - Answer requires DCFS to not remove children or refuse to return children to their parents solely because of poverty or homelessness, make reasonable efforts to keep children in parents' custody in domestic violence situations unless danger is imminent Depuy v McEwen - Answer requires that DCFS provide due process for people who are accused of abuse or neglect of children Gomez V. Johnson - Answer DCFS and Department of Corrections must work together regarding wards in juvenile correction Who can take protective custody? - Answer local law enforcement agencies, DCFS Child Protection workers, or physicians treating the children may take temporary protective custody of the children without the caretakers' consent if they believe the children cannot be cared for at home without endangering the children's health or safety and there is no time to apply for a court order Four service goals - Answer family preservation, family reunification, youth development, and adoption or attaining permanent living arrangements family preservation - Answer services are directed toward the children's development, safety, and well-being in their parents' homes and toward preventing placement aware from families family reunification - Answer services are directed towards returning children to their parents' homes, the services help the children's parents achieve minimum parenting standards and ensure the children's safety and well-being upon being returned home youth development - Answer these services are directed towards helping youths live independently or assisting unmarried youths with planning for the birth or care of children adoption of attainment of permanent living arrangements - Answer when adoption is the goal, or when the children cannot return home to their legal families, services are directed at securing new legal status in permanent living situations for the children delegated authority - Answer child welfare professionals must publicly acknowledge their obligation to assume the professional responsibilities and ethical conduct accompanying their authority, they are expected to exercise their delegated authority appropriately and behave so that their clients and society perceive their use of authority as appropriate code of ethics - Answer identifies values and responsibilities, guides daily conduct, assists child welfare professionals with making consistent and objective ethical decisions, reinforced accountability to society and the individuals served, consult with peers and supervisors about ethical dilemmas fiduciary relationships - Answer based on trust and trustworthiness with clients, holding professional behavior to a higher standard than self-interest affirmative action - Answer goals are to create and maintain a workplace environment which discourages discrimination in any form confidentiality - Answer child welfare professionals should respect the confidentiality rights of children and families, use confidential information only for professional purposes, and inform the children and families of relevant confidentiality requirements administrative case review - Answer assists workers, supervisors, and families in recognizing practical case objectives, reviewing the implementation of service plans, documenting family progress and efforts to provide needed services, and planning permanency for children child protection - Answer provides a 24-hour abuse/neglect hotline (800-25-ABUSE), investigates allegations of child abuse and neglect, determines if credible evidence of harm to children exists, ensures the immediate safety of children through a safety plan or taking protective custody when necessary intact family services - Answer ensures the safety of children who remain in the care of their parents/guardians, helps families to resolve the issues that brought the children to the attention of DCFS, makes referrals to obtain community services for families clinical services - Answer provides access to specialized expertise, consultation and guidance for caseworkers to support their clinical judgments; provide resources related to domestic violence, alcohol and other drugs, developmental disabilities and lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered and questioning youth