Why is Child Abuse an Interruption in a Child’s Life?
A child is a young female and male between the ages of zero months to 18 years old. According to Mayo Clinic (2017), child abuse is defined as any act of intentional harm or maltreatment to a child under the age of 18 years old. Child abuse is classified under four types of abuse such as physical, emotional, sexual, medical, and neglect. There are many cases of child abuse that is caused by someone the child knows and trust. These perpetrators are parents, family members, and close family friends. Child abuse can negatively affect the normal developmental process of a child. There are numerous methods that are used to ensure the best outcome for children who are victims of abuse …show more content…
According to the Children’s Bureau of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (2015) there was over 683,000 children victims of abuse in the United States. In the State of Tennessee (TN), in there was 73,000 cases reported for child abuse and this number has increased from 2014. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) reported in 2015, there was roughly 3.4 million children were the center of at least one report. There was more than 83.9% were the alleged victims of a single report, 12.5% were the alleged victims of two reports, and 3.6% were alleged victims of more than three reports. According to NCANDS (2015),
• Children in their first year of life had the highest rate of victimization at 24.2 per 1,000 children of the same age in the national population.
• The majority of victims consisted of three races or ethnicities—White (43.2%), Hispanic (23.6%), and African-American …show more content…
Social Workers are mandatory reporters. Therefore, once a social worker has had a chance to review a child’s history and/or psychosocial this information is kept confidential unless it is a life threating event. The social worker should re-assure the child that everything is confidential. Social Workers should engage their clients; this led the client to open up during a session with the social worker. Normally, when a client is comfortable they will begin to give more information than expected. Once the client disclosed any type of child abuse, the social workers job is to report the abuse to the local Department of Children’s Services for a complete investigation. As a social worker, I would complete assessment tools on the child to make sure the child is not suicidal or
A child is a young female and male between the ages of zero months to 18 years old. According to Mayo Clinic (2017), child abuse is defined as any act of intentional harm or maltreatment to a child under the age of 18 years old. Child abuse is classified under four types of abuse such as physical, emotional, sexual, medical, and neglect. There are many cases of child abuse that is caused by someone the child knows and trust. These perpetrators are parents, family members, and close family friends. Child abuse can negatively affect the normal developmental process of a child. There are numerous methods that are used to ensure the best outcome for children who are victims of abuse …show more content…
According to the Children’s Bureau of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (2015) there was over 683,000 children victims of abuse in the United States. In the State of Tennessee (TN), in there was 73,000 cases reported for child abuse and this number has increased from 2014. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) reported in 2015, there was roughly 3.4 million children were the center of at least one report. There was more than 83.9% were the alleged victims of a single report, 12.5% were the alleged victims of two reports, and 3.6% were alleged victims of more than three reports. According to NCANDS (2015),
• Children in their first year of life had the highest rate of victimization at 24.2 per 1,000 children of the same age in the national population.
• The majority of victims consisted of three races or ethnicities—White (43.2%), Hispanic (23.6%), and African-American …show more content…
Social Workers are mandatory reporters. Therefore, once a social worker has had a chance to review a child’s history and/or psychosocial this information is kept confidential unless it is a life threating event. The social worker should re-assure the child that everything is confidential. Social Workers should engage their clients; this led the client to open up during a session with the social worker. Normally, when a client is comfortable they will begin to give more information than expected. Once the client disclosed any type of child abuse, the social workers job is to report the abuse to the local Department of Children’s Services for a complete investigation. As a social worker, I would complete assessment tools on the child to make sure the child is not suicidal or