a. What specific social conditions, needs, or problems does your practicum agency address? What criteria or measures are used to document the seriousness of the problem or conditions?
The main focus of Family Focus is to address child abuse and neglect by providing home-based homemaker, casework, and therapy services to at risk families. These services include, but are not limited to parenting education, improving the safety and condition of the home, teaching life skills, administering assessments, assisting the family with building coping skills, and building communication skills in the family. Beyond addressing child abuse and neglect Family Focus addresses an array of additional social conditions, needs, and problems as staff works hand …show more content…
The more immediate strains of child abuse include the cost of medical and mental health treatment for children that have experienced abuse and neglect. The cost of placing children in foster care when they are removed from their families also places financial strain on communities. If these economic strains continue communities will have be required to find additional funding to pay for such services to provide for the children that have experienced abuse and neglect. Equally important are the social strains that child abuse and neglect have on communities such as children that are abused or neglected have lower academic achievement, adult criminality, and lifelong mental health problems (Child Welfare Information Gateway, n.d.). If child abuse and neglect continue or grow communities will face an increased number of adults with lower education, higher crime rates, and more individuals suffering from mental health issues. Child abuse and neglect are also considered to be generational so as child abuse and neglect becomes more frequent today it is likely to be even more frequent in the future costing communities even more. “Research suggests about one-third of all individuals who were abused or neglected as children will subject their children to maltreatment …show more content…
Families often times feel most comfortable in their own homes, staff is able to see the family in their environment, and is the most efficient and effective way to address child abuse and neglect. Trauma informed care is a newer concept that has been adopted by the Department of Child Services then by Family Focus to explain the problems, conditions, and needs families have regarding child abuse and neglect. “Trauma affects the individual, families, and communities by disrupting healthy development, adversely affecting relationships, and contributing to mental health issues including substance abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse. Becoming “trauma-informed” means recognizing that people often have different types of trauma in their lives” (Friends, 2016). Family Focus provided each staff member trauma informed care training to assist staff in recognizing the needs of families based on the different forms of trauma that they have and are currently
The main focus of Family Focus is to address child abuse and neglect by providing home-based homemaker, casework, and therapy services to at risk families. These services include, but are not limited to parenting education, improving the safety and condition of the home, teaching life skills, administering assessments, assisting the family with building coping skills, and building communication skills in the family. Beyond addressing child abuse and neglect Family Focus addresses an array of additional social conditions, needs, and problems as staff works hand …show more content…
The more immediate strains of child abuse include the cost of medical and mental health treatment for children that have experienced abuse and neglect. The cost of placing children in foster care when they are removed from their families also places financial strain on communities. If these economic strains continue communities will have be required to find additional funding to pay for such services to provide for the children that have experienced abuse and neglect. Equally important are the social strains that child abuse and neglect have on communities such as children that are abused or neglected have lower academic achievement, adult criminality, and lifelong mental health problems (Child Welfare Information Gateway, n.d.). If child abuse and neglect continue or grow communities will face an increased number of adults with lower education, higher crime rates, and more individuals suffering from mental health issues. Child abuse and neglect are also considered to be generational so as child abuse and neglect becomes more frequent today it is likely to be even more frequent in the future costing communities even more. “Research suggests about one-third of all individuals who were abused or neglected as children will subject their children to maltreatment …show more content…
Families often times feel most comfortable in their own homes, staff is able to see the family in their environment, and is the most efficient and effective way to address child abuse and neglect. Trauma informed care is a newer concept that has been adopted by the Department of Child Services then by Family Focus to explain the problems, conditions, and needs families have regarding child abuse and neglect. “Trauma affects the individual, families, and communities by disrupting healthy development, adversely affecting relationships, and contributing to mental health issues including substance abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse. Becoming “trauma-informed” means recognizing that people often have different types of trauma in their lives” (Friends, 2016). Family Focus provided each staff member trauma informed care training to assist staff in recognizing the needs of families based on the different forms of trauma that they have and are currently