Introduction My internship is at the Children’s Safety Center in Springdale Arkansas. The population that the center serves are children 18 and under in Washington county when there is allegation of abuse. They can also provide curtesy services for other counties if needed. There are four services provided at the Children’s Safety Center; advocacy, forensic interview, medical exam, and therapy. The center provides all of its services free of charge for the clients. The center is a nonprofit organization that relies on grants and donations to remain functioning.
Advocacy
Advocacy is what most of the social works at the center provide. There are several ways to provide advocacy. The most important part of advocacy is to provide support for …show more content…
The program director was trained in prevention education through Child First. She can now give the prevention training to organizations that would like to participate in the training. The Children’s Safety Center received a grant in order to educate organizations at free of cost. The training also counts towards continued education, for the organizations that require that. The program director reached out too many different organizations and several have showed interest. Even if the organization does not directly work with children it is beneficial so they can be on the watch for signs of child abuse. The training talks about key elements like signs of child abuse, way to make organizations more child safe, and what to do if there is suspected child abuse. Even the organizations that have staffed social workers said that the training had taught them many new things of how to keep children safe. The training has recorded people talking about how they were abused and how it affected their life, this adds a person touch to the training. Over all the training has had a good impact on those who have taken; and hopefully will have an impact on the way north west Arkansas handles child …show more content…
One of these organizations is the Child Abuse Hotline. The center only accepts referral for clients form the Hotline or law enforcement. It is a tedious process to make a report of abuse on the Hotline. It can take up to 30 minutes or more to even talk to a representative. Due to this it could deter a person form completing their report, or give them to talk themselves out of it. If this process was more painless more people might make a report. Self-care is extremely important in the Social Work world, especial when working with child abuse cases. The Children’s Safety Center has a policy in place for self-care, but there is always room for growth, this could be improved by making advocates take a test to evaluate their self-care levels and go from there. Overall the Children’s Safety Center does an amazing job with the resources that have been given to them. There will always be new way to improve each year, and they will have to make an effort to stay current, as they have so
Advocacy
Advocacy is what most of the social works at the center provide. There are several ways to provide advocacy. The most important part of advocacy is to provide support for …show more content…
The program director was trained in prevention education through Child First. She can now give the prevention training to organizations that would like to participate in the training. The Children’s Safety Center received a grant in order to educate organizations at free of cost. The training also counts towards continued education, for the organizations that require that. The program director reached out too many different organizations and several have showed interest. Even if the organization does not directly work with children it is beneficial so they can be on the watch for signs of child abuse. The training talks about key elements like signs of child abuse, way to make organizations more child safe, and what to do if there is suspected child abuse. Even the organizations that have staffed social workers said that the training had taught them many new things of how to keep children safe. The training has recorded people talking about how they were abused and how it affected their life, this adds a person touch to the training. Over all the training has had a good impact on those who have taken; and hopefully will have an impact on the way north west Arkansas handles child …show more content…
One of these organizations is the Child Abuse Hotline. The center only accepts referral for clients form the Hotline or law enforcement. It is a tedious process to make a report of abuse on the Hotline. It can take up to 30 minutes or more to even talk to a representative. Due to this it could deter a person form completing their report, or give them to talk themselves out of it. If this process was more painless more people might make a report. Self-care is extremely important in the Social Work world, especial when working with child abuse cases. The Children’s Safety Center has a policy in place for self-care, but there is always room for growth, this could be improved by making advocates take a test to evaluate their self-care levels and go from there. Overall the Children’s Safety Center does an amazing job with the resources that have been given to them. There will always be new way to improve each year, and they will have to make an effort to stay current, as they have so