Laurie was informed about the two complaints that the GAO received from the Turkington family. Discrimination and how the CW is handling Derrick case, they believe that the CW Hood River Office is breaking the law and rules. Regarding the discrimination complaint, Laurie stated the problem is that Mr Alan Turkington Sr is using Marijuana and has anger temper. The CW workers were not able to determine how safe those two issue would be for the child. Mr. Turkington Sr is not cooperating with assessments.…
Some children cannot live with their parents because of abuse or neglect, or because their parents might be unable to care for them. They are placed with relatives as well as kinship care, especially for Indigenous children, foster parents, in residential care or independent living arrangements. The decision to remove a child is not an easy one and DoCS must have sufficient evidence to satisfy the court and be acting in the best interests of the child. As well as working to ensure children can remain safely with their families, DoCS is responding to this increase by expanding out-of-home care.…
I called the constituent, she asked how to report an harassment made by a CW supervisor to her granddaughter. She said that she is the maternal grandmother of Amanda Davis (11) who is under her temporary custody and attends to a small school in Christmas Valley, Lake County. Amanda's good friend and classmate is a little girl, Faith McCoy (11). Faith had told Amanda that a CW supervisor, Charley Tracy, had asked her to tape record Amanda because the CW supervisor wants to have information about Amanda's father, Jeremiah because CW supervisor believes he is a bad person.…
WYP Ngo and WCC Isais drove to the youth’s home to confirm if he was home. WCC Isais discussed with the guardian about the youth whereabouts. The guardian contacted the school, but the youth was not there. WYP Ngo and WCC drove back to school and waited for the youth. The youth was not present for the meeting.…
In my role as a Guardian ad litem I acted as a liaison between children, families and the court. In order to, protect the interests of minor children in the Department of Social Services (DSS) custody. This, was not an easy task because this required the removal of children (ages 0-17) from the home who have been abused or neglected. This, sometimes meant a child would be separated from his or her siblings and placed into foster care until a permanent placement was obtained rather it be a parent completing a case plan or a child gaining out of the system. As a Guardian ad litem I was required to treat everyone with dignity and respect and to established a positive rapport, between clients, family members and the community.…
Question: Question 8 Answer: Protecting and safeguarding children is one of the most important roles professionals working with children and families will have, Children are people who have the same rights as adults to the protection law and police services. A child or young person can be harmed emotionally, physically, sexually or through neglect of their basic needs. The effects on a child of any of these types of harm can be severe and last into adulthood. It is essential that any abuse of a child is noticed and action is taken to prevent further harm.…
Part Two The CYPF Act 1989 recognises a power imbalance between young people and the professionals in the criminal justice system. The professionals have an advantage of familiarity and understanding of the legal system where children are most likely to be unaware of this or will have a difficulty to understand the proceedings. To solve this imbalance, the Act states that the Judge must communicate the decisions they make in a manner that is understandable for the young persons, as well as encouraging them to participate in the proceedings. The CYPF Act also requires the involvement of the young offenders in the decision making process that will affect their life by expressing their viewpoints and taking these into account (Ministry of Justice,…
A serious case review in the England is under taken if a child was/is to die as a direct result or is suspected of dying as a result of abuse and/ or neglect. A serious case review is brought into action, where a child sustains a potentially life-threatening injury, through abuse and or neglect, the child has been involved in serious sexual abuse, a child who has been taken in to custody dies, or a child is thought to have committed suicide. If the case of the child gives reasonably concern about inter-agency working to protect a child from harm, this may also trigger a serious case review. Serious case reviews are performed by the Local Safeguarding Childrenâ€TMs boards (LSCB), where all the organisations that are involved within the case are brought together by the LSCB, and are then subject to an independent inquiry into their management of the case and all recommendations for…
The founder of Taking Positive Steps and Associates (TPS), Claudine Duberry has worked in the social work field since 1992 covering various children services in several local authorities, for example mother and baby units, children homes, leaving care and the youth offending teams. Claudine has also worked in the voluntary sector as a criminal justice manager and the manager of a baby and family assessment unit Enthusiastic about education, Claudine holds various qualifications inclusive of; a BA in criminology and social policies and an MA in Youth Crime, Probation and Applied Criminology. Claudine has also studied MA in Social work, holds a PTTLS (preparing to teach for lifelong learning) and has undertaken further studies in Child Protection…
Recently, students assigned to SWRK 630 were given the task to select a current piece of proposed KY legislation that is of interest to the field of study and the social work profession. Students were also told to use the information from Schneider and Jansson’s books, choose pertinent information from reliable sources and develop a fact sheet on the positive effects of this proposed legislation on rural Kentuckians. Subsequently, this assignment revealed the effects of the legislation process on rural Kentuckians. Throughout the practicum, students are repeatedly reminded about the significance of policy and how it relates to social services and the population it serves. Policy Practice aids practicum students/social workers with practice…
CPS made a follow up visit to the shelter in an attempt to see the family. Upon knocking at the door the child Elijah answered. CPS asked the child if his mom was home. The child reported yes and allowed CPS into the home. When CPS enters the mother was lying on the bed and the child Mariyah was also on her bed.…
Results of Spline Modeling It is possible that WTP for coastal adaptation outcomes may not be a linear function of the measure(s) of length of residency. That is, the impact of length of residency on the WTP for a particular attribute may increase or decrease as the level of length of residency changes. For example, the negative marginal change in the WTP for Homes associated with length of residency (as suggested by some of the previous results) might change, or even cease to exist beyond a specific threshold (or between specific thresholds) in the measure(s) of length of residency. Beyond a given break point, the marginal change in the WTP to protect homes may be positive and higher for longtime residents, who are more likely to have experienced…
Case Management in the shelter system is a demanding job. One opportunity that I met this family that has been in the shelter for two years. I will provide a brief description of one of my difficult cases that I have exhausted all my resources, knowledge, hope even patient with this particular family. As a Case Manager is a requirement that families meet with me bi-weekly or weekly depending of the family situation. We meet for an ILP (Independent Living Plan), this meeting is to develop a plan to reach goals step by step, from seeking employment to bring children to school.…
The Australian administrative body has realized the fact that there are certain parental responsibilities which are supposed to be performed by the parents, caregivers to the children as the necessities of life, and include – financial support, food, clothing, accommodation, healthcare and access to education. The children who are included under this provision are usually up to the age of 16 years; children of older age are also included under certain special circumstances like disabilities. The duties also include the protection of the children from any kind of harm which may affect them severely as a result of abuse and neglect. In Australia, the failure by a parent to provide the basic needs that a child is required, or to protect from any harm which is a consequence of abuse or neglect, amounts to an offence under the general law of land. The child protection law is strict enough to expose the abusive and neglecting parents or care givers to criminal proceedings as the consequences of the criminal conviction.…
What are National Initiatives and Why Do we have them National Initiatives, also known as Acts or Laws are legislations and code set by the government outlining how people should act or behave in situations they are faced with. They are in place to ensure that Care and Service providers are acting and behaving in ways that promote and encourage service users to live a happy and fulfilling life whilst being cared for in an adequate, safe and fair manner. The reason we have National Initiatives is to ensure people are protected. National Initiatives and Health Care Professional’s Council Codes National Initiatives include legislation such as The Equality Act 2010, The Children and Families Act 2014, The Care Act 2014, The Mental…