Aboriginal child protection

From the first English arrivals in Australia, the Aboriginal people have lived in the shadow in their own country, with many issues that have not been resolved yet. Noel Pearson is one of the country´s most respected Aboriginal leaders and impressive intellects and powerful orators in Australia. He is a popular defender for Aboriginal rights, especially Aboriginal land. He has changed the approach to welfare, child abuse, child protection, education and economic development. In 2007, together with the Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough, he launched a new welfare scheme for the Aboriginal people at Hope Vale. This scheme offers funds to help the Aboriginal community for home improvements, and low interest loans for home ownership (Cape…

Introduction The history of Canada is one that not many like to talk about. Between taking land, killings, residential schools, and high foster care rates there is a lot of intergenerational trauma that needs healing still. For this essay I picked Scenario number two, a story about an eight-year-old boy named Jackson. Jackson lives in Victoria, a city on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From his story a Child and Youth Care practitioner can learn what inter-generational impact the children go…

The tenets of the EFP are consistent with the Aboriginal belief that children are not only raised by their parents, but they are raised by their aunts, uncles and grandparents. Plecas (2015) reports that “in 1992, a team of Ministry staff, contractors and panel members toured the province in what was described as the largest public consultation exercise to date on child welfare issues, and comprehensive new child welfare legislation was introduced in the Legislature in 1994, and came into…

social worker has too much on their plate, or are overlooking the neglect, something needs to be done. There is such a high demand for homes that almost anyone can get through the various tests to become a foster parent. With thousands of homes, there are going to be families who are in no way fit to take in kids with emotional problems. The troublesome fact is that even when a kid is removed from corrupt home, another vulnerable kid is often placed right back in. A victim of abuse in the…

in the population, while males with prior child welfare placements have entry rates into CYA that are only five times higher than males in the general population” (Jonson-Reid et Barth 500). The evidence demonstrates that the children in foster care are more likely to enter prison because of the instability found within their lives. There could be no strong role models who advocate for strong morals in their lives. The lack of morals would lead to higher rates of prison and prolonging the…

One of the most frequent questions asked in regards to being a foster parent is how much do they make per child. Sadly some people only consider being a foster parent because they are looking at it as a means of a having a consistent source of income versus the wellbeing of the child. The money you are given monthly is not meant to be considered a payment for services. The money given is intended to help with any extra expenses that may come about while caring for the child or children on a…

works, and the requirements to become a foster care parent. Functions and responsibilities Foster care case workers work with the states and courts to place children that have been abused, neglected or abandoned into temporary foster homes. Placing the child into a foster home helps prepare them to return home or move to a permanent placement. One of the…

Parenting a Hurt Child Nationally, there are approximately 397,000 children who enter the foster care system by 2012. After entering the system some of the children’s parents were being terminated from their parent’s rights, these could be due to to their addiction, poverty, abusiveness or parent’s mental illness, which leave these kids parentless and scared. A Large number of children who came into the system have been a victims of violence at home. Most of these children later result from show…

Parenting a Hurt Child Nationally, there are approximately 397,000 children who enter the foster care system by 2012. After entering the system some of the children’s parents were being terminated from their parent’s rights, these could be due to the facts of their addiction, poverty, or parent’s mental illness, leaving these kids parentless. About one-quarter of these children in foster care live with their relatives. However, the rest live with non-relative’s foster family. These lost children…

Eggleston Family Services is able to work effectively with other agencies to ensure the well being of the minors. Eggleston is able to refer clients to outside agencies for many different services. 5. Eggleston is a non-profit agency that receives its fund from the State. The federal government provides funds to states to administer child welfare programs including foster care. Eggleston also receives funding from private donations. 6. The limitation Eggleston has include not having he…