Brandford, C., English, D. and Coghlan, L. (2000), states that data in child welfare agencies can be difficult and beneficial. Frontline social workers find information that will help them with job performance and identify resources for the families they serve more useful. While supervisors and administrators look at the development of program and policy (Brandford, C., English, D., and Coghlan, L., 2000). They state that no matter how data is collected it should provide beneficial and…
are swept under the rug. The one I have chosen to evaluate is absent fathers in poverty stricken areas. These environments are mostly low-income and are known for high-crime rates, which can be looked at as a hostile or wicked environment to raise a child in. This environment is hostile because anything goes, including gangs recruiting kids to sell drugs and commit acts of violence. Most gang members are people who come from dysfunctional households (Muller, 2013). When people join gangs, it is…
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…
P1- My client is innocent because she was giving Mae Mobley, daughter of Elizabeth Leefolt, her basics rights that any child should receive from someone who loves them. The basic rights that a child should receive include, that children need commitment, they need to bond with their parents and that children need to be encouraged as they grow to know that they belong. This is according to the ‘Open Home Foundation’, who is an expert Christian organisation that works towards all children,…
question brought to court with respect to the ‘upbringing of the child…the child’s welfare shall be the court’s paramount consideration’ . In order to preserve this consideration the courts have adopted an objective, common law ‘best interest’ test to resolve disputes between parties. This test is custom to a number of areas in law namely Medical Law (withholding/withdrawing LSA, immunisations), Family Law (Adoption, Custody and Child Protection) and Education Law. The ‘best interest’ test is a…
their home by Child Protective Services (CPS) and is devoted to the best interest of the child. When CASA is called by the courts, they become the legal guardian of the child and they assume the responsibilities of the parent until they find a suitable living arrangement for the child. In order to successfully accomplish this, they are privy to private information such as medical records, school records, and counseling sessions. It is their goal to find stable environment for the child while the…
Per.6 3-9-17 Have you ever seen bad parenting personally do you think, Why then read this essay. In today's society hundreds of children are in orphanages. And many parents raise their kids with one parent and the child grows up with only one. You should care because children are our future and they suffer for the parents fault. Parents should have licenses because orphanages have hundreds of kids in there,kids grow up with only one parent, and kids are not capable…
Children’s Protection Act 1993 (SA) – requires that organisations have procedures and policies in place to ensure that the acceptable authorities are notified of child neglect/abuse on understandable grounds that a child/young person under the age of 18 has been or is being neglected or abused and that this suspicion has become apparent under the person’s duties at voluntary or paid work by those who are deemed to be mandated notifiers.Changes to the Act (SA) – The Children’s Protection Act…
Child Neglect Induction Hoarding is having a difficult time discarding or parting with possession, regardless of their actual significance of the item. Hoarding will diminish the quality of life of the person living with in the environment. The lack of functional living space, unhealthy or dangerous conditions that hoarders. They often go without heat or other necessary comforts because they don’t want anyone in their home. The hoarder’s way of life could lead to separation or…
piled up in the garage. A couple of months ago, the reporter saw Jasmine, and she had a rash on her wrist and it looked like someone had burned half of her wrist off (around her fingers). Also, the child (Jasmine) had a rash on the side of her stomach. Two months ago, Turkesiah (mother) took the child to the doctor and she was seen by Dr. Jennifer Grayson (Pediatrician). The reporter said the rash on Jasmine’s wrist and on the side of her stomach…