Child Abuse In Social Work

Understanding the role of a mandated reporter is crucial as a social worker. Social workers build relationships with clients through frequent meetings, some which may be at the client’s home. Because of this, social workers have the opportunity to observe and identify causes and concerns of abuse which often start in the

Paragraph 1: I am intrinsically motivated to (extend or persist in) my social work education due to my difficult upbringing and my moral obligation to my community. In my (early days), I saw a heavy deal of instability. While my parents were hardworking, they often were unable to manage their finances. Our household was (driven) from our household many times due to eviction and lived in hotels or temporarily settled with relatives. I was uprooted repeated and this directly affected my academic performance, my social skills, and my ability to trust others. As a child, I attended 5 different elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools.

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. The alleged offender is interviewed by police first. The child protection worker may, when fitting, interview the alleged abuser (Rimer, 2003).

Child abuse can be a once of instance or it can be a reoccurring situation. There are 4 different types of childe abuse:-

The cycle of violence is a pattern that a victim and abuser find themselves in. The cycle of violence has three phases; tension building, the blow up, and the honeymoon phase. According to Alle-Corliss, "The length of each phase and cycle varies with couples and circumstances" (pg.196). The first phase is called tension building. This tends to be the longest phase that has it 's own small phases. Firstly, the victim has a sense of walking on eggshells where minor battering occurs. After that the batter is afraid that the victim might tell someone and they keep the victim captive. Then the tension increases, anger escalates so the victim tries to keep phase two from coming. The batter continues to act possessively and brutality towards victim.

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.

Peled, Einat, et al. The meaning of running away for girls. Child abuse & neglect, vol. 33, no. 10, Oct. 2009, pp. 739-749

One form of abuse that adults may experience may be Physical abuse. Any physical contact can be seen as a form of physical abuse. This can include hitting, slapping, pushing, kicking, inappropriate punishment or any misuse of medication. Physical abuse might be carried out in a health and social care setting such as a hospital for example a care worker can lose their temper if a patient is not listening to them or not following instructions that the care worker gives which would make the care worker do something physically such as hit the patient to make them follow their orders.

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

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.

Child abuse and child maltreatment did not just happen, it was in the past and present with the same concerns , which is still the challenge of protecting children to ensure they grow into healthy productive adults. Too many of our children today are been abused, neglected, and killed under our watch. We depend on the system to handle this problem. one of the leading interrelationships among policymakers, public and private agencies is the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) . The CAPTA was to protection and serve the welfare of many children there are victims to abuse, neglect and death. This and many other act or regulation put into place for the protection of children is not saving many children. There are way too many death, abuse and neglecting children today. There are many program to setup for child welfare, but how many are truly affected? This paper will provide information and related to some of the reasons this maybe happening.

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). The child was trembling in fear and crying, while saying “No”, when the reporter told him she was going to call his father up to the school. The child reported that his father hits him; the reporter asked the child “how does he hit you”, “does he give you a spanking or is it more of a fist and

Child welfare is a very important topic in today's society. However, that has not always been the case. In the past, children have been viewed as property and were often taken advantage of. Many individuals that took action against this exploitation succeeded, and thus the child welfare system was created. The child welfare system has many functions, such as investigating neglect or abuse, providing protection and care, arranging safe homes, assisting with reunification or adoption, and much more (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2013) . Unfortunately, there are still a lot of areas within the child welfare system that face challenges. One of the biggest challenges is child sex trafficking and sexual abuse. There have been many policies introduced

Mentioned before at the beginning of this paper were some reasons why child abuse is important to the social work field. Child abuse is becoming a main career within the social work field. This type of work can range in importance from working with children and youth services, counseling and therapy, and a large amount of other ways. There are many factors that make child abuse so dangerous with the child being harmed, incidents going unreported, confidentiality purposes, and in some cases rights of privacy. These factors have their own controversies and they have their own views. There are many outlines rules and regulations for social workers to follow to maintain adequate care for children. Child abuse plays an important in social work for

Ethical issues surface in everyday social work and conducting research through a social work lens creates opportunity to experience ethical dilemmas. Rubin and Babbie (2007) suggest “values can influence any phase of the research process” (p. 118). Considering objectivity, we did not come into this project without a pre-formed opinion of restorative justice. Our topic was chosen based on our current interest, so we need to be aware of how this interest affects our research. In considering three ethical issues that may surface, we focused on ensuring parental consent if interviewing minor students, using trauma-informed care principles when gathering data, and increasing awareness of various levels of power between participants and researchers.