The family has come to the attention of DCFS due to 8 separate prior referrals as early as 2000, for allegations/ issues of domestic violence between the parents, substance abuse by the parents, child abduction by the father and allegations physicall abuse, emotional abuse, and generall neglect of the children perpatrated by both parents.…
In the case Alicia and Montford these are two young children who are living at the New Horizons homeless shelter they have been there for a year. The family’s stay at the shelter will end at the end of the month. Both children are performing poorly in school as well as showing a wide range of anti-social behaviors. The children are not performing well in school both children have issues reading as well in their math classes. Montford has violent tendencies he also does not return homework as well as papers his teacher sends home. Montford violent activities range from hitting other students to yelling at his teachers. Alicia attempts to fade into the background she also has anti-social behaviors in which she does not communicate with her class as well as starting and laying her head on her desk. During recess, she resides in a corner by herself if she is forced to play other children she runs and cries. The teachers are concerned about the children’s scores the standardized testing is in a month. The school is already on probation because of the regulations that are within the school system. The family will need assistance to help them through both the mental problems as well other problems within the home.…
Child Protective Services, law enforcement, and the courts can be more effective in supporting children who have been maltreated by adopting a comprehensive approach that influences all levels of the social ecology, neighborhood involvement, relationships amongst families, and individual behaviors. Hirschy & Wilkinson (2010), “When child abuse has occurrd and is reported, many different groups take steps to investigate the allegations” (p. 86). The focus should be placed on the modification of the practices, policies, and societal norms to create safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. For examples: The strategy is to economically strengthen and support the families that are not financially stabilized, and provide quality care…
My recommendation/solution to this case would be to report the case to the authority, for the main reason that a child was abuse. I would get the law enforcement involved as well as child protective service too. My solution is not get the child taken away from both parents, but an investigation should occur, to make sure this wasn’t the first time that this incident has happen. I want to make sure the mother isn’t keeping any information from us, because mothers will sometime protect the father over their own children and if so then the child might need to be in better environment than with her parent’s. “All states now require mental health professionals and school personnel to report incidents of child abuse, or suspected child abuse.” After hearing about this law, it’s makes perfect sense that all states have to report because child abuse have to stop, and being suspicious of child abuse…
It is my belief that intervening effectively in the lives of these children and their families is not the sole responsibility of a single agency or professional group, but rather it’s a shared community concern. To protect children from harm, Child Protective Services rely on community members to report child maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, and physical abuse. Domestic violence is a devastating social…
We try to view our client 's for what they have done right considering their strenuous circumstances rather than dwelling on their negative behaviours. Their behaviours must be acknowledged in order to ensure the safety of the children involved, but with a strength-based perspective we go into the client 's lives with the purpose of helping them, not punishing them. In saying this, I think Child Welfare workers hold the same values. Referring to this specific case, I believe the strengths lay where the Ministry gave the parents many options to help them confront their problems in order to get their child back. This case proves that Child Welfare workers are attempting to use differential response when reporting abuse or neglect in a home (Schene, 2001). Differential response means treating each family according to their circumstances, not according to what the standard reporting paradigm says. This type of treatment is reflected in this case when the family and social worker came together through mediation to make a specific plan to help them get their child…
Threats to arrest members of the family or to cut off welfare assistance from them…
Child Protective Services (CPS) is a complex system of assessments, investigations, and conclusions. CPS is the central agency in each communities child abuse and neglect service system. It is responsible for ensuring that preventative, investigative, and treatment services are available to children and families endangered by child abuse and neglect. As a result, CPS workers must perform a variety of functions when responding to situations of child maltreatment and play a variety of roles throughout their involvement with child protective clients. Reporting a suspective case of child maltreatment to the local CPS agency (or a family member’s own request for help with the problem) initiates the CPS response process. Once the intake is completed, an investigative process is done, and then the initial assessments and services planning processes are completed. Then the stage is set for implementation of ongoing services(Schene)(1). This description of the process of child protective services sounds acceptable and workable. However, an increasing number of child abuse and neglect cases have presented themselves in recent years. According to Jane Waldfogel, a writer for Child Welfare, about three million children were reported to the CPS in 1997, a more than fourfold increase over the number reported just 20 years earlier. In our society today, with increased violence and agitation the number has risen dramatically again. SHE ALSO…
Child abuse and maltreatment is not limited to a particular age and can occur in the infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age years. Choose one of the four age groups (infant, toddler, preschool, or school age) and discuss the types of abuse that are most often seen in this age. Discuss warning signs and physical and emotional assessment findings the nurse may see that could indicate child abuse. Discuss cultural variations of health practices that can be misidentified as child abuse. Describe the reporting mechanism in your state and nurse responsibilities related to the reporting of suspected child abuse. Include in-text citations and references for each of the scholarly sources used. Respond to other learners' posts in a manner that initiates or contributes to discussion.…
"Sybil" is the true story of a woman named Shirley Mason; whose life was documented in a movie and a book. Shirley was treated for Dissociative Identity Disorder, which was earlier named, Multiple Personality Disorder. Shirley is said to have had up to sixteen personalities two of whom were male, and is known for being the most famous psychiatric patient in history.…
Two of the very knowledgeable people who are experts in the community and the problems I am addressing are the executive director of Family Promise and a social worker/counselor from Gloucester County Special Services who advocates for these families and their children. Family Promise is a homeless sheltering program located in Glassboro, New Jersey providing resources for struggling families with children. The program hosts up to four families at a time. The children are picked up at the center and dropped off…
The documentary “Broken Child” explored the lives of people, both children to adults, that have been impacted by drug and alcohol abuse, it also showed children who’ve been affected by violence and neglect. Both types of children have one thing in common, a high likelihood to repeat the mistakes of their parents. Whether they’ve grown up living with one or both parents, are adopted, or live in foster care they are at risk. Factors that impact a child’s life are whether their mother abused drugs or alcohol while pregnant, and if they’ve grown up in difficult living situations, but there are some solutions offered by this documentary.…
Even though, people stereotypically think of CPS as a selfless agency rescuing innocent children from horrendous conditions and situations. In reality, CPS workers across the country do this routinely and have untold horrifying stories to tell you about. At the same time, the agency seems to be continually stained by a steady tapping of nightmare stories about CPS coming from the very families CPS is supposed to serve. The stereotypical norm everyone believes is that every child is from a broken drug infested home, which is never clean and parental mistreatment and is noticeable as soon as you inter that home. Although some of this may be true, the chronic neglect cases that you see and are challenged are where families are repeatedly reported with marginal viable change resulting from multiple interventions and become very challenging for the traditional practice of a child protection agency to try and work with. What differentiates chronic neglect from situational neglect or random neglect is the ineffectiveness of working with chronic families in a normal, problem solving way. The conventional folk norms you hear or see are a lack of protecting capabilities in these families and often an indicator of underlying, serious parental damages such as alcohol or drug abuse, psychological illness, or low cognitive functioning, all of which will evade to a stereotypical replica of what you experience and see throughout Child protective services. Making this a stereotypical norm that is very hard or increasingly hard to…
"The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act" states ' that "child abuse is the leading cause of death in children under the age of eighteen." Child abuse occurs when adults inflict violence and cruelty upon children. Abuse is any willful act that results in physical, mental, or sexual injury that causes or is likely to cause the child to be physically, mental, or emotionally impaired. Abuse happens to children of any age, sex, race, religion, and social status.…
Children who get abused will have psychological effects such as isolation and fear, where these emotional effects will be transferred through their lifelong, leading to a more harmful effects such as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, suicide, and relationship difficulties. Other psychological disorders associated with child abuse are panic, dissociative, attention-deficit, hyperactivity, post-traumatic stress…