The organization that I have chosen that is relevant to social work, and is aligned with social work values as articulated by the NASW Code of Ethics is The Department of Children Protection and Permanency (DCPP). The DCPP is New Jersey’s child protection and welfare agency, who assist children and their families who may be struggling. The DCPP provides safety, well-being and the success of children, adolescents, families, and communities. The DCPP helps parents get engaged with services that address the issues they may be facing that allowed for the division’s involvement. The DCPP is responsible for investigating any allegations of child abuse or neglect, and if it is necessary then arranging for the child’s protection, and the family’s treatment. …show more content…
The DCPP promotes social control by having contracts with many community-based agencies throughout the state that provides the necessary services for children and their families, which include counseling, parenting skills classes, substance abuse treatment, in-home services, foster care, and residential placement. If a child has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed then the DCPP asks the county family court remove the child from the home and place them in foster care. The ultimate goal is reunification in the case that the child had to be removed, but if a child cannot be safely returned to their home then the DCPP will begin adoption planning. In the power point, Macro-Systems Perspectives from Module nine it states, “This is the goal of social change: changing power relation within society as a whole,” (Module 9, Macro-Systems Perspectives, Slide 16). We promote social change by allowing the children to feel like they have power over in society as a whole by helping them to access their human rights. By helping all the families with their personal problems it allows for social change within the entire