Child Abuse In Safe Families Essay

The National Center for Biotechnology Information(NCBI) did a study of 155 female children between the ages of four to seventeen who were in foster care. They found sexual abuse was reported by eighty-one percent of them, and sixty-eight percent were sexually abused by more than one individual (Girls). It is a social workers job to find out about mistreatment like this, and with such high percentages of sexual abuse, there is an obvious problem in the system. Whether the social worker has too much on their plate, or are overlooking the neglect, something needs to be done.
There is such a high demand for homes that almost anyone can get through the various tests to become a foster parent. With thousands of homes, there are going to be families who are in no way fit to take in kids with emotional problems. The troublesome fact is that even when a kid is removed from corrupt home, another vulnerable kid is often placed right back in.
A victim of abuse in the foster system shares, “I continued to experience rape and molestation in many different homes. This is the most common occurrence in the system and happens ALL the time. When the system discovers that a home does this, they take the child out, and then just place a different child there. I …show more content…
I know this from personal experience. Last year, my family took in a four year old little girl named Alexa. Her mother was on the streets struggling with drug abuse, depression, and her lifelong bipolar disorder. She was practically raised by her grandparents, who have a spacious home and love her more than anything. We became very near dear friends with her grandparents and Alexa would visit them regularly. Over time she became part of our family and everyday routine. Everyday, I looked forward to seeing her run off the bus and tell me all about her day and vice