Why Is It Important To Understand Child Maltreatment

It is important to understand child maltreatment so that one is aware of when to report. It is also important so that child welfare knows how to respond and what services to provide to each child and for each family. In the United States, once a child has been reported and identified as a victim of some kind of child maltreatment, child protective services responds to make sure that the child is at a total well-being. State, federal and local governments all play a significant role to assure that each child gets their needs met as a matter of fact they spend about 8 billion dollars a year on child welfare. In the film from place to place there were three different cases where three youth experienced some type of foster care. In regards to Raif’s case he had eight different placements in a time period of four years. He expressed how all he wanted was for someone to accept him and love him …show more content…
They can also make a great impact if they make sure that each child and their families are receiving adequate services that fit their problems. Some studies show that families are receiving services that they are not benefiting from therefore it makes no sense to spend time and money on programs that they are not using. One other thing a social worker can do to make sure that the family is doing better is to have follow ups in the home even after the child seems to be doing well. This is important just to make sure that all of our children are in a secured and safe environment. One of the most important things I think the government and human services workers should try to focus on is to help children find long term placements, placements that will last until they reach adulthood. I believe that this will help our children emotionally and psychologically and they will eventually be at a better