Introduction
Child welfare is facing rapid transitions and changes both in Ontario and in Canada at large. The arena is currently in need of developing a healthy relationship between the worker, the client, family and the community the client belongs to (Platt, 2008). In social work with children, especially in the child welfare setting, client engagement is one of the crucial challenges. In all social work, practice based on a relationship is considered important (Howe, 2009). When interacting with the client, the manner of engagement and its dynamics focusing an alteration is vital because the outcome is the welfare of the child (Gladstone, Dumbrill, Leslie, Koster, Young, & Ismaila 2012). As discussed by Dawson & Berry(2002), in the helping …show more content…
I debate that the perception of the family towards the social work practitioner and the relationship with the client is affecting the shaping of opinions of the child protection system and the interventions and procedures (Dumbrill, 2006a). Analyzing the convolutions of the client handling, current child safety policies as well as the social work practitioner’s role in child protection with an anti-oppressive stream is the intention of this paper.
Child Welfare and Client Engagement - A Synopsis
Studies in child welfare prove the significance of the client-worker bond in initiating better results for the beneficiaries and families in child welfare services (Lee & Ayon, 2004; Trotter, 2002; Verge, 2005). Most of the parents view the child protection work as a constructive one in many cases (Dumbrill, 2006a). Child protection is defined as the process of confirming the security and welfare of a child where the support of the family …show more content…
It also evident that in some cases the prejudice possessed by the worker about the root concern forbids from finding out the opportunity of exploring the issue and working out a sustainable action plan, this sometimes is fuelled by the power relation played by the family against the worker (Dumbrill, 2006a). Any types of biases carried by the worker also affect both the assessment as well as the engagement plans. Dumbrill (2006a) explored in a study that the workers in child protection services play power relationships with service users, and this consequently results in the ineffectiveness of constructive action plans and ultimately fails in involving the family in the helping process. He also points out that the dominant attitudes of the professional together with the biases he or she possess will hinder the spontaneous and impartial decision-making in the process of the
Child welfare is facing rapid transitions and changes both in Ontario and in Canada at large. The arena is currently in need of developing a healthy relationship between the worker, the client, family and the community the client belongs to (Platt, 2008). In social work with children, especially in the child welfare setting, client engagement is one of the crucial challenges. In all social work, practice based on a relationship is considered important (Howe, 2009). When interacting with the client, the manner of engagement and its dynamics focusing an alteration is vital because the outcome is the welfare of the child (Gladstone, Dumbrill, Leslie, Koster, Young, & Ismaila 2012). As discussed by Dawson & Berry(2002), in the helping …show more content…
I debate that the perception of the family towards the social work practitioner and the relationship with the client is affecting the shaping of opinions of the child protection system and the interventions and procedures (Dumbrill, 2006a). Analyzing the convolutions of the client handling, current child safety policies as well as the social work practitioner’s role in child protection with an anti-oppressive stream is the intention of this paper.
Child Welfare and Client Engagement - A Synopsis
Studies in child welfare prove the significance of the client-worker bond in initiating better results for the beneficiaries and families in child welfare services (Lee & Ayon, 2004; Trotter, 2002; Verge, 2005). Most of the parents view the child protection work as a constructive one in many cases (Dumbrill, 2006a). Child protection is defined as the process of confirming the security and welfare of a child where the support of the family …show more content…
It also evident that in some cases the prejudice possessed by the worker about the root concern forbids from finding out the opportunity of exploring the issue and working out a sustainable action plan, this sometimes is fuelled by the power relation played by the family against the worker (Dumbrill, 2006a). Any types of biases carried by the worker also affect both the assessment as well as the engagement plans. Dumbrill (2006a) explored in a study that the workers in child protection services play power relationships with service users, and this consequently results in the ineffectiveness of constructive action plans and ultimately fails in involving the family in the helping process. He also points out that the dominant attitudes of the professional together with the biases he or she possess will hinder the spontaneous and impartial decision-making in the process of the