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…
Childcare Act 2006. This act provides the EYFS which all settings must follow. The act affects the adult to child ratio, the qualifications that all members need to have and the types of snacks and drinks that should be available to children within the setting.…
Helping Families in Crisis with Mental Health and Addiction Services; the preceding is the tag line for the MG, Inc. not-for-profit organization. The company prides itself on services provided to the Manatee County community in an effort prevent addictions, educate its citizens, and to help those in need to utilize specialty services such as child welfare, rape crisis, and community outreach.…
1. There are many different legislations that can be related to children’s welfare, I will be talking about 6 main legislations.…
Picture this: you’re riding in a cold and wet train car with only a small understanding of where you’re going. You have no money, only the clothes on your back and the almost completely deteriorated shoes you are wearing. Your only goal is to try and make it to the place where your parents are, the land of opportunity, the United States of America. You’re traveling with a few other people who have the same goal as you, and you know that if you slip up and fall behind even the littlest bit or if you fall ill or get injured, they won’t think twice about leaving you behind. Your heart is racing because you’re trying to be as stealthy as possible so you won’t get caught and be sent back to where you came from. You’re unsure how the future will…
1.1 Identify the current legislations, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e- safety.…
In an early years setting, it is essential that a practitioner supports the children’s play, learning and development because this will then enable certain learning goals to be achieved in relation to the early year’s foundation stage framework for development. These learning goals that the practitioner will help to support the children develop will have an overall effect on how they are able to learn and behave later in life. Also, by the practitioner helping to support each child, any disabilities (physical or mental) will be noticed and supported much earlier on in the child’s life which will make things easier for them as they will have a stronger support system put in place.…
The child welfare system in the United States has change in the last several hundred years due to urbanization, industrialization, immigration, mass life-threatening illness, changes within the family system, government financial assistance for those in need and much more. Orphan kids and low income families had no type of help. Children as young as six years old living on the streets, with no food to eat, families with nothing to provide to their children, police mistreatment. Children had no federal laws to protect them, therefore they would suffer sexual abuse, physical abuse, and various other forms of maltreatment such as neglect (physical and emotional). It was not easy being a kid during the 1700s and 1800s. Child labor in Colonial…
Child protective services (CPS) generally a division within the child welfare agency that administers a more narrow set of services, such as receiving and responding to child abuse and neglect allegations and providing initial services to stabilize a family.…
| Every Child Matters is the predecessor to the Childrens Act 2004. Every Child Matters covers children and young adults up to the age of 19, or 24 for those with disabilities.Its main aims are for every child, whatever their background or circumstances, to have the support they need to:…
1. Explain the different forms of child abuse. Include Shaken Baby Syndrome in your response.…
What is foster care and why would kids be placed in it? Foster Care is where minors are placed in a temporary home with a foster parent or parents. The placement is run through the government or a social service agency. “Most kids go into foster care or go to a foster family because his or her mom or dad has a problem with drugs or alcohol.” (“Foster Care”).“Other children are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect and placed in Foster Care.” (“The Future of Children”). People need to understand what foster care is and why kids have to leave their homes, before judging who or what the kids have been through.…
Foster care is the home placement of children living in situations considered to be in an at risk environment. Abuse and neglect are usually the main causes for the removal of a child from the home. Change of home care is generally intended for temporary purposes to for the primary care giver to regain stability. Provisional interference is the initial intent when removing a child from the home but isn 't always the result depending on the severity of exposure to danger. The objective is positive, to remove children from hazardous circumstances, but has also been associated with the negative developmental consequences that place children at risk for behavioral, psychological, developmental, and academic…
Child abuse relates closely to human service due to the fact that this is a helping field which involves children and family. Human service works to improve the quality of life and well-being of individual. Human service offer services that works closely with counseling, therapy and social justice.…
Historically, Native American tribes have struggled to keep their unique culture identities. This is largely due to the actions made by the federal and state governments as a result of ethnocentrism and indifference. In order to maintain cultural identity, generational traditions must continue from parents to their children and their children’s children. It is the very essence of how culture lives on in families and generations (Basic, 2004). From the time of the 1800’s, the Boarding School Movement, backed by the Federal Government, began the attempted cultural annihilation of the Native…