As a social worker you strive to keep families together and provide interventions to ensure this as necessary. Sometimes, however, it is necessary to remove, long or short term, a child from their family but this involves risk and causes problems. It is important to make clear the reason for removal and an approximate length. Judge every case as individual; some family problems will be far more complex and ongoing than others.
For a child to be away from family and its home will no doubt have beneficial factors for all concerned but I believe the risks will outweigh these:
• Feeling of rejection – especially if other siblings remain in the family home.
• Jealousy.
• Location – near or far?
• Schooling/education.
• Friends.
• Wont’ help already strained relationships between family members.
• Anxiety. …show more content…
• Rebellion.
• General health.
• Finding appropriate placement/accommodation.
• Emotional attachments.
The effects of some of the above can be long term and be very hard to overcome and that’s why it is always better to try and keep families together and work with as a whole
For a child to be away from family and its home will no doubt have beneficial factors for all concerned but I believe the risks will outweigh these:
• Feeling of rejection – especially if other siblings remain in the family home.
• Jealousy.
• Location – near or far?
• Schooling/education.
• Friends.
• Wont’ help already strained relationships between family members.
• Anxiety. …show more content…
• Rebellion.
• General health.
• Finding appropriate placement/accommodation.
• Emotional attachments.
The effects of some of the above can be long term and be very hard to overcome and that’s why it is always better to try and keep families together and work with as a whole