Social workers are professionals who possess a degree in social work from a school or program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (NASW, n.d). Social workers are individuals who truly care for people. While psychologist and psychiatrist focus on mental health of their clients; social workers are the actual foot soldiers who are fighting daily to help the less fortunate. There are many jobs in the field of social work, but this research is concerned with two occupations in particular; child welfare and international social work.
When someone first thinks about a social worker they think of individuals who work in the Department of Social Services, or in Children Protective Services. There are many jobs in which a social worker …show more content…
Traditional child welfare services are typically enacted in response to concerns about child maltreatment and signal significant family problems relating to neglect, child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, or other related family issues (2011). There are many programs directed towards providing a safe environment such as, foster care, and group homes. The primary goal is for the child welfare workers to ensure that the child has a safe and healthy environment. Child welfare social workers seek that the permanent home of the child, whether it be with biological parents or adoptive. In the short film A Home for Maisie, shows how children are affected is they are mistreated and abused (2011). Maisie is a nine year old girl, who is one of eight adopted children of parents Jim and Sue. She is having a hard trusting that her adoptive parents will not abuse her in the way her biological parents did. Maisie suffers from developmental delays and severe temper tantrums. She has been through ten foster homes and has been bouncing around the foster care system since she was a baby. Child welfare services are committed to protecting children and providing families in need with
When someone first thinks about a social worker they think of individuals who work in the Department of Social Services, or in Children Protective Services. There are many jobs in which a social worker …show more content…
Traditional child welfare services are typically enacted in response to concerns about child maltreatment and signal significant family problems relating to neglect, child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, or other related family issues (2011). There are many programs directed towards providing a safe environment such as, foster care, and group homes. The primary goal is for the child welfare workers to ensure that the child has a safe and healthy environment. Child welfare social workers seek that the permanent home of the child, whether it be with biological parents or adoptive. In the short film A Home for Maisie, shows how children are affected is they are mistreated and abused (2011). Maisie is a nine year old girl, who is one of eight adopted children of parents Jim and Sue. She is having a hard trusting that her adoptive parents will not abuse her in the way her biological parents did. Maisie suffers from developmental delays and severe temper tantrums. She has been through ten foster homes and has been bouncing around the foster care system since she was a baby. Child welfare services are committed to protecting children and providing families in need with