Child Protective Services Case Study

Children are an important piece of society, their presence should be values and protected as they grow and mature. Children are unable to self-protect and are in constant need of their caregivers to provide their needs. When children need are unable to be by their parents, guardian and caregivers, then it is up to the Department of Social Services to assure that these needs are met and that these most vulnerable of citizens are safe at all times. Child protective services caseworker work tirelessly to assure this task is carried out and with the right agency supports this task can be enjoyable, meaningful and stress to the caseworker can be reduced. We have all heard horror stories of child protective services caseworker’s caseloads being
so high that they are unable to maintain them. This has resulted in children being placed at undue harm and possibly killed. I feel that with an increased operating budget, proper training, and an overall program evaluation that seeks to provide caseworks the opportunities to provide feedback on policies then caseworker turnover can be lowered and children can be taken from unsafe homes.