...Child Protective Services: The Social Worker Introduction Family, many would agree, is the one of the most important values in an individual’s life. For most, their families are their backbone constantly supporting, teaching, and accepting them since they were children. However, not all families provide the ideal setting for children to be raised, and sometimes these families endanger the child. This is where a social worker from child protective services steps in protecting children from neglect and abuse to provide a safe nurturing environment that children have a right to. A social worker from child protective services not only has to meet current and specific requirements, but, fulfills certain roles in regards to the clients and...
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...Kathleen works for is called Court Appointed Special Advocate. Kathleen has a bachelor’s degree in social work and is the CASA coordinator. The three competencies I will be relating the information she shared with us are, competency 3, 6, and 7. Competency 3 is to advance human rights and social and economic justice. Competency 6 is to engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Competency 7 is to assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. A lot of the information overlaps all three of these competencies. For competency 3, Kathleen shared how their organization works...
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...the ice you see however, the larger portion is hidden. Most individuals know that the forms of abuse range from the medically neglected and physical abuse to abandonment and mental abuse. Typically, children will finally come forward after someone outside the family notices a change in the child’s demeanor or sees marks that do not appear to be from everyday playing. The government has several programs today in place to attempt to help children and their parents. Today we will discuss one program in the state of Louisiana, Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana or PCAL. We will discuss the history of the locally funded program, whether they are effective as a group, and see if the help they do give will guide children in the right direction for the future. Neglect, physical, mental, and even sexual are the types of abuse seen every day. Physical abuse is the most visible form of abuse seen in children. This can be defined as any type of injury caused by punching, smacking, burning or any sort of harm done to a child. Parents can inadvertently do this to their child when their anger just the best of the situation. Most parents would not take their anger out like this, however in some cases, such as when drugs and alcohol are involved, they may not see what there are doing until it is too late. Sometimes you cannot rightly see the signs of the abuse however noticing that the child is...
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...Child Advocacy in Colorado The Importance of a Case Manager As defined; child advocacy refers to a range of individuals, professionals and advocacy organizations who promote the optimal development of children. An individual or organization engaging in advocacy typically volunteer to protect children’s rights which may be abridged or abused in a number of areas. (Weinzweig, 2004) A child advocate not only provides a child with a safe haven, they also provide a voice when the child is not loud enough. Child Advocacy services can usually be sought after through the help of a case manager. In Colorado, when a child is placed in foster care, a service that is provided through the state is case management. One of the services that case manager’s offers their clients when in foster care due to abusive situations is resources to child advocacy. Case managers not only find a child advocacy program for individuals in need, they ensure that the services provided are correct for that client. They want to make sure that the client is comfortable with the advocacy process. It is the job of the case manager to be the contact person between the foster family and advocacy program, because although they are dealing with children, some of the matters can be confidential. At times the child can be intimidated to inform the foster parents as to what is going on and the case manger can give general updates to the foster family as to what the child is experiencing. Child abuse is reported on an...
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...Child Abuse 1 RUNNING HEAD: Child Abuse Advocate for Child Abuse Mike Gavaldon California State Los Angeles Child Abuse 2 There is a popular saying within the realm of individuals who deal with child abuse on a daily basis “Child abuse is more than bruises and broken bones”. As easy as the breakdown of that sentence is, the meaning of it has been well researched and simplified to scars of child abuse are not only physical but mental as well. Physical abuse at most times is not the most noticeable sign, there are a couple other types of abuse that are as scarring as the others, child neglect is one, emotional abuse being the other also the ability to leave profound, long lasting scars. There are numerous signs of child abuse, some of them are more subtle than others but by being aware and learning the different types of abuse and how you can help would make an enormous difference in someone’s life. The younger children are that get help after being abused; it creates a better chance for them to deal with their frustrations, feelings, anxieties and allows them a greater chance to deal with their form of abuse. Another facet of early help might be the most important is dealing with their issue so they don’t grow up and perpetuate the cycle. The principal part of being an advocate for ‘abused children’ would be to help inform, teach and make sure people learn the symptoms...
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...Partners Program is not designed to support any one “event.” Our Community Partners are our closest allies in the fight against child abuse. As a partner in the NCAC Community Partners Program your company will join the National Children's Advocacy Center in our efforts to end child abuse all year round. With your help, we can stop child abuse…one child at a time. Community Partner- $5,000 * As a Community Partner, your company logo will listed on the NCAC website which receives approximately 3,900 hits per day and 6,500 visitors per month * Company logo to be included on all email blasts that are sent to over 1,000 email addresses per month * Recognition as Community Partner at all NCAC events * Company logo on Community Partners master banner for use at all events held throughout the year * Community Partners will be recognized in a full page advertisement in the Huntsville Times a minimum of one time per year * Your company will be recognized on the NCAC Campus Donor Wall. * Your company will be recognized in the NCAC Annual report that is distributed to approximately 5,000 people per year. * Your company will be featured in a special newsletter section for Community Partners mailed twice a year to over 7,000 people * The National Children's Advocacy Center will serve as a resource for your company for child abuse issues, including training, guidance and input from the trained professionals on staff at the NCAC. * We are excited and...
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...Child Abuse will the Cycle End The Crime: Florida State Statute Chapter 827 being the format of child abuse with the definitions and basic crimes, child abuse is a much deeper subject. The criminal side of child abuse in basic definition states, intentional infliction of physical or mental injury upon a child. The statute goes further to define the act or encouragement of someone to perform it is the same. Advising that in a malicious state in which the acts caused the child unjustified pain or injury. Also, what need to be addressed is that abuse can be that of mental injury to the intellectual and/or psychological capacity of the child, which would affect the child's normal range of performance. Now that a basic understanding of what the legal side advises is child abuse let’s look at possible causes. Possible Causes: With child abuse it can be a learned behavior, pasted from generation to generation. I do not always continue in the same conduction as it was on the offender, who at one point was the victim. Abuse will modify from behavior in many different ways, such as more or could be less violent. Abuse can also turn away from the physical side and become more of a mental abuse. This can also vary from child to child. It is a chain, but it can be broken, with help and a willingness to change. With families today being more from broken, single parent homes, some with low income and experiencing financial difficulty with the economy. Addition pressures cause...
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...what she thinks she would bring to helping that would benefit this specific population. Special populations include groups of people who may face vulnerabilities because of circumstances. People within these populations are cannot advocate for themselves and depend on others for support and services. People who fall into the category of vulnerable populations are children, the elderly, the disabled, and the mentally disabled. Populations Reviewed For the purposes of this paper, I looked into two different special populations. The first group I reviewed was the elderly. The elderly often face ridicule and stereotyping and this can lead to abuse and neglect. In fact, many elderly people function independently in society but for others, aging cause problems with their ability to make sound decisions, care for their own physical and financial needs, and several other issues. This is why many of the elderly need the assistance of support services. The second special population I reviewed was children. Children can be put at risk in a number of different ways. Because of the breakdown of the natural family, substance abuse in the home, and even the death of a parent or parents, children are often exposed to or the recipient of violence, neglect, and abuse that may come in many forms. Young children in these types of situations become completely dependent on others for the support and nurturing that will help them safely grow into adulthood. Selection of Population I have chosen...
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...her. Below is a comparative table detailing these failings and the institutions. Social Services Ealing Council Brent CouncilHaringey CouncilEnfield Council | The role of social workers in child protection is to support service users through difficult periods and to ensure vulnerable children are protected from harm. Social workers who work in child protection build and maintain professional relationships designed to facilitate the needs of service users. They act as advocates for service users and will have to use their professional judgement when making decisions, some of which may be difficult for service users and their families to accept.Social workers are different form child protection Police Officers because they look to protect children by investigating criminal activity that may be responsible for child abuse. Nurses, especially paediatric nurses in hospitals look after children who are unwell or injured. Their responsibility is to report any suspicious illnesses or injuries that may be a result of child abuse. This also applies to GP surgeries. Social groups and their leaders such as churches have a moral responsibility to alert responsible authorities when they suspect abuse. Child protection agencies designed to protect children such as the NSPCC have a role to investigate and report cases of child abuse.In Victoria Climbie(VC)’s case the social services of 4 local authorities failed to carry out their duties in protecting VC. The failings began from not providing...
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...Child Exposure to a Batterer’s Violence: A Proposal for Research Melanie Dowling & Sandra van den Bosse University of Minnesota - Duluth Advanced Research, SW 8102 Dennis Falk July 17, 2007 Introduction Although child exposure to domestic violence is quite prevalent, a review of academic literature reveals few studies focused on the experiences of children living with a batterer’s violence. The search did not reveal any studies that focus on how children experienced an intervention by the child welfare community. Further research is needed to provide a voice for the victims and fill the information gap that currently exists. This research study will focus on the lived experiences of children exposed to domestic violence and the interventions, if any, they received. The intervention might have come from a child protection worker, a teacher, or a shelter program advocate. Uncovering this information will provide useful considerations for current and future interventions. Ultimately, it can lead to determining best practices. An intervention should be “just right” for each specific child and reduce any further trauma. Additionally, the intervention should allow the child to have a better understanding of domestic violence, provide more safety, encourage resiliency, and strengthen the bond with the non-offending parent, who is a victim as well. By interviewing adults who were exposed to a batterer’s violence as a child, but later decided to enter the child welfare ...
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...Challenges of Being an Advocate and Neutral Facilitator Robert Black BSHS/442 June 20, 2011 Nicole Fogel Challenges of Being an Advocate and Neutral Facilitator In some circumstances an advocate or mediator may face the potential of a dual relationship in which said advocate or mediator most likely will face ethical, moral, and legal challenges. Dual relationships occur when professionals assume two roles simultaneously or sequentially with an individual seeking assistance (Guthmann, Heines, & Kolvitz, n.d.). Dual relationships include sexual intimacy with a client and (or) providing the service to a friend or relative. Within this paper an exploration of the ethical, moral, and legal challenges advocates and mediators may face regarding dual relationships will occur. A personal opinion concerning the integration of advocacy and mediation within the human services field will also be presented as well as a personal philosophy and approach to advocating and mediating within a child welfare agency setting. Challenges of Dual Relationships An advocate or mediator offering friendship or love to a client outside the purview of his or her duties, or if the exchanges goods or services with a client has occurred, indicates professional boundaries have been violated and a dual relationship has been formed (Mediation Council of Illinois, 1999). A Dual relationship is considered a conflict of interest and crosses the ethical boundaries issues set forth in most advocacy and...
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...prevention. The role of an educational intervention and child, family, peer and school level prediction on court reported juvenile delinquency. This paper will discuss the importance of early intervention and schooling factors in reducing delinquency and highlights the benefits of early intervention as one mechanism for delinquency prevention. Child parent centered preschools programs found long term benefits of an early childhood educational intervention on court reported measures of juvenile delinquency. The current strongest family factor associated with delinquency was child abuse and neglect between ages four and eleven. Child maltreatment was associated with juvenile delinquency; other family factors such as parental involvement in schools were not significantly associated with any delinquency outcome. Child maltreatment was associated with both delinquency and drug arrest. It incorporates the system approach because it shows that all systems are linked to juvenile delinquency whether it is good or bad. The family system plays the biggest role as well as the environment. The children have to have a positive relationship between all of the systems for them not to have a predicator that can cause delinquency. The three conclusions that that are in this article are that the child has to have a good home and family life has to have preschool education, and school and parent collaboration. The parents must be involved because they are the first person that the child trusts....
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...Domestic Violence Nursing March,05, 2012 Abstract Domestic violence is steadily becoming one of the most major menaces to women's health. Domestic abuse during pregnancy is a serious issue which affects not just the mother, but the unborn child as well. Domestic violence occurs across all racial and ethnic groups, affecting females who are most frequently the victims. Women with unintended or unwanted pregnancies are at a higher risk for experiencing physical abuse than women with planned pregnancies. Domestic violence does not discriminate across the lines of nationality, culture, gender or race. An alarming fact is that in the United States domestic abuse has been found to be the single most common precursor to children's death (Lomas & Fowler, 2010). Keywords: domestic violence, pregnancy, abuse, battery, assault Domestic Violence Introduction Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive, coercive, and threatening behavior that may include emotional, physical, sexual violence, isolation, economic, and coercion as well as intimidation (Newacheck & Halfon, 2007). It occurs in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships. Domestic violence especially violence against pregnant women, is still a shamed subject despite the fact that it is a severe public health issue that threatens both the unborn child and the mother's outcome. Women who are assaulted while pregnant are at a greater risk for putting off health care needs. Domestic violence allows the...
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...Healthy People 2020 labels substance abuse as one of the leading health indicators. This is a topic every nurse should be aware of because it continues to take a major toll on the health of individuals, families, and communities nationwide. According to Healthy People 2020, “In 2005, an estimated 22 million Americans struggled with a drug or alcohol problem.” This is a substantial amount of people who are struggling with substance abuse involving alcohol, drugs, or a combination of the two. This abuse is causing domestic violence, child abuse, and crime. In addition, it’s creating problems financially, “…the consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs make substance abuse one of the most complex public health issues. Estimates of the total overall...
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...Macro Systems Paper There are a lot of different areas that affect us as individuals, communities, and as families. There are expectations on how people believe things should be. As a human service professional it is important to understand the different areas of social systems and what roles we as professionals and the other things that will play a part in these areas. Throughout this paper we will discuss personal, interpersonal, and political empowerment, macro systems, individual involvement with the different social systems, and poverty. According to Lippincott and Wilkins, Inc. (2007), “The term empowerment has different meanings in different sociocultural and political contexts. Broadly speaking, empowerment refers to the expansion of assets and capabilities of poor people to participate in, negotiate with, influence, control, and hold accountable institutions that affect people’s lives.” (p. 120). With there being so many different definition’s and understandings of empowerment, we are only going to review three areas, personal, interpersonal, and political empowerment. Personal empowerment is something we all have experienced at a few different times in our lives. This is when an individual decides to make a positive improvement in their lives or within their community or neighborhood. They stand up for what they believe is right and worth fixing or fighting for, maybe not just for themselves, but for others. At an intimate level we may decide to change how...
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