The challenges in working with families and children in a welfare setting are limitless. Just like many other things in social work it all depends on the family and the environment. One challenge can be as simple as getting clients to forget about the stigma of social workers and concentrate on the situation. Sadly there is a big stigma about social workers, which is that the only thing that social workers do is to take away children from families. Some families become fearful of whenever they find out social workers are involved. Another challenge would be to explain to the family about why they couldn’t receive a service; most families feel entitled
The challenges in working with families and children in a welfare setting are limitless. Just like many other things in social work it all depends on the family and the environment. One challenge can be as simple as getting clients to forget about the stigma of social workers and concentrate on the situation. Sadly there is a big stigma about social workers, which is that the only thing that social workers do is to take away children from families. Some families become fearful of whenever they find out social workers are involved. Another challenge would be to explain to the family about why they couldn’t receive a service; most families feel entitled