Bilinguals Serving Latinx Families in Child Welfare.

MULTILINGUALISM; HISPANIC Americans; WORK; COMMUNICATION barriers; CROSS-sectional method; SOCIAL workers; FAMILIES; QUALITATIVE research; SPANISH language; CHILD welfare; SOCIAL worker attitudes; EXPERIENTIAL learning; QUALITY assurance; SOCIAL case work

Latinx families who become involved with the child welfare system are expected to engage with an unfamiliar government entity to avoid separation of their families. Unfortunately, many of these families struggle with receiving appropriate services due to their inability to fully understand English. This paper explores the experiences of bilingual child welfare social workers who serve Latinx families throughout California. The results of the study highlight the multiple areas that child welfare agencies need to address and develop to improve their existing strategies--and develop new ones--to mitigate language barriers with Latinx families who have limited English proficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]