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Child Protective Services: A Case Study

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The overarching goal of Child Protective Services (CPS) is to protect children from instances of future abuse or neglect. In general, CPS is responsible for investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect, to initiate child protective proceedings and place children into foster homes when needed, with each state taking a different approach in how their agency is structured and operated. In the state of New York, CPS “first obligation is to help the family with services to prevent its break-up or to reunite it if the child has already left home” (FindLaw, 2016). The protection of the child focuses “on the child in the context of the family, and recognizes the value of the family to the child” (NY Committee on Children and Families, 2001).
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The client, Chase Robinson, is a 5 year old African American male. The child’s family was referred to CPS after a family friend’s 2 year old son died while being supervised by Chase’s biological mother, Amber Robinson, father, Chance Robinson, and a live-in friend, Anthony Coleman. The case was then transferred to Child Protective Services On-going after Amber, Chance, and Anthony were arrested on first degree murder charges. Chase’s maternal aunt, Octavia Carter, now has temporary custody of Chase and his two younger siblings. Ms. Carter also has 5 children of her own, ranging from ages 5-10.

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It is the on-going social worker’s responsibility to provide professional child welfare social work services, through home visits, to the family. This is done by assessing the family’s strengths and needs, developing

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Have you ever seen a child being abused? Children today suffer many forms of child abuse by parents, other adults, and even other children. Many children seek refuge in other environments such as schools or other adults. Schools can be the only place these students feel safe and feel loved by someone. Out of all the 718 child abuse cases in berks county 144 indicated child abuse and required intervention by berks county children and youth services (reading eagle).

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At Adult Protective Services majority of our work involves investigation of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. At Adult Protective Services our job is to protect the vulnerable elderly population, as well as the population that have disabilities. “Only APS is statutorily authorized and responsible for investigating elder and vulnerable adult abuse and taking steps to protect the victims, and it is generally only APS that helps the most frail and incapacitated older persons”(Quin, 2012, p.68). When abuse is suspected, a case worker will reach out to all parties involved, such as the alleged victim, alleged perpetrator, and all collaterals. Unlike many other professions, case worker are not required to have any written consent to speak with

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The origins of child protection can be the late 1800s, when the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was established in the city of New York. This was at the onset of an incidence in which the treatment of a young child captured the attention of the public in 1875, resulted in the formation of this organization to fight for the rights of the children in the state of New York (Horwath, 2007). Subsequently, other states in the U.S. followed suit, with the notable creation of the very first juvenile court in 1899 to address issues relating to delinquency, neglect and dependence in the state of Chicago (CWLA, 2012). Throughout the subsequent decades, other federal and state regulations and laws were drafted to encompass the protection

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A number of families, where CPS workers intervened several times, were subject to child maltreatment and/or neglect, which eventually caused something fatal and/or tragic to occur in either their biological and/or foster care home (Arizona Republic, 2008; The Associated Press, 2015; Bauer, 2012). If CPS workers “[lose] track of [these families]” (Roberts, 2008), which were reported to be an unsafe environment for a child, the child could potentially endure something fatal, such as his/her “remains [washing] up on the… shoreline” (The Associated Press, 2015), being “punched in the face until [he/she passes] out” (Roberts, 2008), being a victim of shaken-baby syndrome, “in which shaking an infant or young child inflicts brain and neck injuries” (Berk, 2012), being “starved, suffocated, burned”(The Denver Post, 2013), etc. If CPS workers miss crucial signs of neglect and/or maltreatment, by performing “drive-by social work” (The Associated Press, 2015), it can lead to tragedies and fatalities amongst children. For example, in New York City it is “the [city’s]…duty to protect [a child] when a Family Court judge [orders] caseworkers to visit [him/her] every two weeks and monitor [their parents-rearing]” (McKinley Jr., 2014); therefore, protecting the child from unsafe environments becomes the job of the city and/or state, which is the employer of

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According to a Child Protective Investigation, there are approximately half a million children in the U.S. foster care system, otherwise known as congregate care (group homes and institutions). Children are placed in congregate care when they are found to be in an unsafe environment. Usually children of abuse or maltreatment are placed first (Font, 2015). Out-of-home-care causes increased problems of attachment, behavioral, and psychological disorders in the developing child. Child safety is the primary goal of out-of-home-care; however, maltreatment investigations are still reported in those institutions.

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In working with families affected by abuse, CPS workers can use intervention to help meet the families while promoting safety, durability, and welfare of the family. Case management is one that CPS is unitizing to help families reach a better outcome. Case management emphasizes decision-making management and provision of services. The caseworker collects and analyze information, arrive at the decisions at all stages of the process, organize services from other professional, and directly provide supportive services. The caseworker is select responsible providers and arranges the appropriate services; They also measure progress toward achievement of the outcome goals and maintain records to document client progress and ensure accountability

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This is done by ensuring children and young people are raised in a positive environment where they are kept safe and cared for. If parents or carers fail to provide protection or a caring environment for their children, they could be taken to court and result in the child being removed from the family home and placed into care. Wider forms of safeguarding can

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However, the history of child welfare in the United States have shift between family preservation and child safety. In the early 1970s, is when they saw a chance to reduce children’s time in foster care and expedite paths to permanency. By 1997 the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) (P.L.105-89) marked the first time related to permanency were explicitly stated in legislation, which was an opportunity in changing the landscape of child welfare practice. Therefore, the law begins to connect safety and permanency by substantiation how both factor was necessary to how they achieve the overall child well-being.

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I remember the first time when I had to called Child Protective Services to file a report for child abuse. One of the questions that I was asked by the case worker taking the report was, is there anything related to the family's culture that will be important to consider? At first, it got me confused since according to me abuse is abuse regardless of the cultural background. But you see,  I gained more experience identifying cases in which a report was necessary and the question became more relevant then. There were numerous cases in which a report was made immediately because there was evidence either physically, psychologically or emotionally that the child was enduring abuse.

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Children’s bodies and minds act differently from an adult’s; thus they deserve to be treated accordingly . But mothers and sometimes fathers tend to abuse their children’s youth in order to win the crown or to even participate. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act as amended by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, defines child abuse and neglect as, at minimum: •"Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation.” Stress, deception, anxiety, eating disorders, sexualizing the kids and bad perception for the future are all signs the kids exploitation and abuse.

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Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010 This is a guide to how organisations must work with other services and individually to fulfil their duties to safeguard children and promote their welfare. Children Act 2004 After the death of 8-year-old Victoria Climbie at the hands of her carers, an independent inquiry led to Every Child Matters policy which led to the Children Act 2004. This act includes: • A duty for key agencies to safeguard children. • The local authority to set up a Local Safeguarding Children’s

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However, child abuse and neglect is a complicated and nuanced issue where we must balance safety with long term outcomes for children. Where we are trying hard to protect children with the information and tools that we have been given to do so. And, it takes many players to make a team that creates a safety net for those that cannot protect themselves- from the individuals around a child, the systems that are tasked with caring for children, and the legislative actions taken to make laws and provide resources to do so.

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One of, if not the most important issue regarding child welfare is the role parents play in their children’s lives. A major issue facing the protection of children is lack of proper parenting education. According to research by the National Children’s Alliance “More than 3 million American children are investigated for child maltreatment each year. " The site also states that “Nearly 700,000 children are abused in the U.S annually" and even more alarming statics is that “In 2016, an estimated 1,750 children died from abuse and neglect in the United States.” A major part of this issue stems from parents who overwhelmed or are underprepared to be parents lacking the proper resources and parental knowledge to take care of their children.

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