We should be more vigilant about preventing child abuse, and understanding the stories of those
reports that social workers repeatedly visited the family's home in response to allegations of abuse, but the boy was left in the custody of his mother.” (par.3). People entrust Child protective services because they play a vital role in the community, but as soon as they fail to do their duty, people now do not have anyone to depend on to keep the children safe. There were seven prior referrals
The article "Personal Judgment in Reporting Abuse” by Rhonda Williams, discusses the role a school counselor plays in reporting abuse. Williams begins the article with a scenario in which a principal of a school would rather not report suspected child abuse and only wants the school counselor to report child abuse if he gives the okay. The principal thinks he is “protecting the school/parent relationship to better serve the children.” Child abuse is not uncommon. The article reports that in a 10 year study done in North Carolina, child abuse is not reported in six of ten incidents that result in death.
REPORTER: The reporter/Therapist (Vanessa) called to report physical abuse for the victim, Pedro. On today (10/21/2015), the child received a write-up and he was sent to the office; the child stated that “he wanted to kill himself”. The reporter said “there was no plan or intent” in place to follow through with it. The reporter said “a risk assessment” was conducted on the child (10/21/2015), and the child said “he was terrified of his father” (Pedro).
In the book No Crueler Tyrannies, Dorothy Rabinowitz builds the nature of her criticism upon false confessions extracted by leading questions and groundless ideas implanted into the minds of children to get a testimony by psychologists who are acting prejudiced under the influence of social hysteria, which was raised majorly by media in response to the Child Abuse Reporting Act that terrorized United States starting in mid 70’s. With Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which was enacted in 1974, people started to wake up to possible abuses happening around them and began to report any kind of suspicious demeanor. Every report regardless of its reliability was drummed up by the media and contributed to a moral panic situation in 80’s.
While working within the child welfare system, it is important to recognise the trauma-informed care should explore further into psychological safety of children to benefit their long-term welfare. One of the first focuses a social worker should take when working with this family would be to: maximise physical and psychological safety for the children and family. Workers should have an open dialogue with the family to fully understand what support they need. Through this action, a second one of creating a safety plan may be of benefit to maintain everyone safety. This plan should incorporate protecting the children from their mother and any of her current or previous partners, include everyone’s perspective and what fears they may have (Child Welfare Foundation Training, 2015).
I completed the mandated reporter training for the state of Virginia. Being a mandated reporter means knowing what needs to be reported and how to identify signs or key phrases to look out for. The online training goes over different types of child abuse and neglect and provides information to become aware of signs pertaining to abuse or neglect. A mandated reporter would be required to report to Child Protective Services (CPS) and potentially the police, any suspicions that child abuse may have occurred or may be occurring. “All 50 states have statutes making it mandatory for professionals to report suspected or known child abuse” (Hepworth, 2013).
A very controversial topic surges over the United States in an argument if Child Protective Services really does its job. What even is the Child Welfare system? An official government source describes Child Protective Sources as, “The child welfare system is a group of services designed to promote the well-being of children by ensuring safety, achieving permanency, and strengthening families.” Are we really protecting the children from abusive homes, or are we tearing families that may or may not be dysfunctional apart? Through close examination of statistics and studies we can conclude that Child Protective Services does both harm and help many children across the country.
Annotated Bibliography American Academy of Pediatrics. "Child Abuse and Neglect: the section of child abuse and neglect (SOCAN). " n.d. A. aap Organizaton Website. Print. 22 November 2016.
Aishah Abdul-matin Mr. J. Partin English 112-FON07 04/01/18 Annotated Bibliography Peled, Einat, et al. The meaning of running away for girls. Child abuse & neglect, vol. 33, no. 10, Oct. 2009, pp. 739-749 In this article, Einat Peled focuses on how run-away girls leave home and the meaning they attribute to it.
We must educate ourselves and our children about healthy relationships, consent, and conflict resolution. By fostering an open dialogue, we can empower individuals to recognize the signs of abuse, support survivors, and break the chains of silence. Our legal systems need to ensure swift and effective justice for victims. We must advocate for stricter laws, stringent enforcement, and comprehensive support services. It is imperative that survivors feel safe and supported when they come forward, knowing that their voices will be heard and justice will be served.
In this article the social justice issue that is being highlighted is Child Abuse, this article gears more towards emotional abuse. The right that are being violated in this article is the right of privacy. In this article it shows this right being violated by parents taking pictures and videos of their children while they are holding signs and while they have embarassing haircuts and putting them out onto the internet for others to see, they are blasting their children in order to shame them. By doing this they are violating the right of privacy and emotionally abusing their children. This article goes against one of the Gospel reading, “"If anyone causes one of these little ones--those who believe in me--to stumble, it would be better for
This author looks at the common sense belief that most children who are sexually abused are abused by strangers or childcare workers, and compares it to scientific studies on that subject. Social science research generally agrees that the above common sense assumption is false, and that children are in fact more likely to be abused by people close to them, their family, or their peers, as compared
A child protection worker is assigned. The person who reported the suspicion is interviewed. The child protection worker views CAS records for past or present contact with the child, family and/or the alleged abuser. The child protection worker sees the child to evaluate his/her immediate safety. The child’s parent/caregiver is interviewed by the child protection worker (with police, if suitable), unless the parent/caregiver is the alleged abuser.
Some of these children may not be old enough to have a voice or they just are too shy. By having those in society aware of the signs and symptoms of child abuse we are hoping to break down the cycle. Some parents may not even believe that what they are doing to their child is a sign of child abuse but it could be something that has been passed down from their parents. What parents have to remember is that there are many ways of parenting around the world, this does not mean that anything goes, as long as it’s “cultural”, parents must adapt to what is acceptable in the dominant culture around them (Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance website, 2016, para.
