That was an impactful question, because I think that the social worker wants her client to realize what was
That was an impactful question, because I think that the social worker wants her client to realize what was
It was not that long ago that what transpired at home was considered a secretive, a personal matter and was not looked at by the public. Within the last few years, there has been an rise in awareness of the importance of child abuse and negligence, spouse/partner mistreatment, and elder cruelty not only as serious societal problems but also as crimes. The PEACE Domestic Violence Agency was step up to help individuals break through the barriers.…
The first thing that comes to my mind after seeing the appearance of my client is that knowing that treating domestic violence victims requires specialized training even though many people believe that short term counseling and advocacy are what is necessary to successfully treat domestic violence victims, many times a long term approach needs to be taken in an effort to work through the abuse and to help victims to not get into future relationships that are abusive. These factors are essential in beginning sessions, most all victims of abuse have experienced emotional trauma as a result of being in an abusive relationship. Dealing with these issues takes time, and cannot be worked through in just a few sessions. After these issues have been…
Victims may misinterpret a social worker’s intentions and easily blame the social worker for reporting…
The number of cases of domestic violence is staggering. When people think about the word domestic violence they only think about the people that are directly involved in the altercation. The “silent victims” in domestic violence are the kids that witness the violence and have lasting effects from it (Child Welfare Information Gateway2009). We will review some studies that go over just some of the impacts that domestic violence has on the children in the household. For the remainder of this study review when you see you will see DV in place of domestic violence. Children that have been exposed to DV can…
In Joseph’s vignette, one has to ask: “What is the social worker trying to accomplish?” According to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics, the task of the social worker is to augment human well-being and focus on meeting the client’s basic needs, while empowering him/her (p.2). It is ironic though because in the vignette this is breached. Since the supervisor already suspects abuse, I as the social worker, am given a preconceived notion of my client. I am given the responsibility to gather more information about the suspected abuse. I am going to have to be very careful of how I engage with my client.…
The PEACE Domestic Violence program strides to help the public through education. In order to do this the program needs to be developed. The process of developing a program should include program evaluation. The determination of staff and funding is vital to the programs. It is also important to look at the area that is in need of the help, the benefits that arise from the program, and the outcome the program strides to accomplish.…
Domestic violence is an age old dilemma which has only begun to be seriously addressed and treated in the field of psychotherapy. A knowledge of the history of such issues can assist in the understanding of how violence has evolved into its present state, and also expands the understanding of legal involvement. The preponderance of domestic violence throughout history has been inflicted by males upon females, however the reverse circumstance has entered into public awareness in recent years. Domestic violence is frequently featured in mainstream media, which has assisted…
They are as followed; implement social changes, educate both yourself and clients on policies, and options, provide professional help to individuals and groups, improve quality of life for clients, and improve social welfare services. Many social workers reach their goals and make positive changes in people’s lives. For example, nine year old girl, Marie Rose Surprenant was brutally abused by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend at the age of eight months. She had been rushed to a local hospital with life threatening injuries disabling her from walking, along with burns on her body and fourteen bone fractures. After questions were raised about the lack of care from her mother and boyfriend, Marie was put into the care of doctors, which from there was adopted by the social worker who had been assigned to her case. Marie wrote a letter of gratitude addressing the doctors, detectives, and the social workers that had been involved in her case. The letter reads “I want to thank you for making me happy by giving me a new warm and safe environment. Now I have a home that is nice and I have three nice meals a day. When I was little I got hurt and wasn’t going to walk at all…” “They (doctors, detectives, social workers) asked how I got hurt in the ER but he (mother’s boyfriend) lied and said that I feel out of the bed. That’s when you got involved and solved…
Overall, domestic violence can change families into single parents, trying to cope with the stress of a new way of life, as well as dealing with physical and emotional issues, can be difficult. However, through all that, clients will be able to rely on professionals to collaborate with agencies that provide services to meet their needs and help to foster their…
The name of the social worker was Mary James who is the managing director the organization that houses the children in question. Her responsibility is to oversee the day to day running of the home. She is supposed to prepare policies, standards and other guiding principles in the organization so that there can be cultural competency among the employees. Given that the employees deal with a family of diverse children who comes from different cultural and ethnical background there is need for cultural competency to be enhanced. Peaceful consistency among these children as well as handling them in a manner that bring equality is a task that requires Mary to be careful. She is supposed to ensure that the children live as a family despite their cultural and ethnical differences.…
The health needs for victims of Domestic Violence are mainly for two reasons medical health needs and mental health needs. Most victims reported needing medical treatment at least once because of physical abuse from his or her partner. Some victims also need mental health treatment and may have received counseling because of post trauma stress.…
Dr Corsini interviewed Linda Williams and Michell Duncan concerning the topic of domestic violence. (Corsini, 2015) Both mentioned empathy as important trait to have in order to work with a difficult population. Linda Williams took it a step further in saying that a unique…
The article to be critically appraised is called “Engaging with children’s and parents’ perspectives on domestic violence” (Stanley,Miller and Richardson-Foster,2012). It considers the views of families that have experienced domestic violence and their perspectives of how effective professionals, in particular social workers, have been to help facilitate services and support. The article suggests exposure to domestic violence can impact on a child’s health and development however Stanley et al (2011a) suggests domestic violence as a form of significant harm is not on its own sufficient to ensure families receive support from social services despite clarification from the Adoption and Children Act (2002) and Lord Laming (2009) recommending automatic referrals where domestic violence may put a child at risk of abuse. A report from the domestic violence sub-group (Department of Health (DOH),2009) suggests the need for professionals to work in partnership in order to promote the exchange of information, to increase awareness of what support services are available and which professionals were involved.…
Observing skills involve “ locking in” what is conveyed (Hermansson.1998.p.57), and this help to improve understanding and frame the social worker’s responses.…
Domestic violence is defined as the aggressive behavior in the household, usually practiced to a spouse. Most domestic violence cases are men acting on women. Today domestic violence is considered a federal crime, it is the causes of thirty percent of female murder. Women still work in discriminatory conditions, the socio-economic and cultural factors that increased inequality made women even more vulnerable violence and injustice. The impact on women’s health include physical psychological effects and much more. Gender inequality and discrimination are the roots of domestic violence. I am going to discuss domestic violence today illustrate the broader of social and economic inequalities related to gender and how until today it is embedded in our society.…