Child protection

What You Help Us To Achieve Today and Every Day... At the time of this newsletter creation, Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc. (ACT) is housing 38 children and 38 adults in our three emergency safe shelters due to domestic violence. The following are responses to frequently asked questions we often receive about how we help victims of domestic violence heal. How do clients find out about ACT? ACT operates a community outreach division that proactively connects with health care…

Before I complete this sentence a child somewhere will be abused or neglected in some way. According to childhelp.org the United States has one of the worst records among industrialized nations- losing on average between four and seven children every day to child abuse and neglect in the United States. A report of child abuse occurs every ten seconds. Child abuse is a subject that has plagued the world for centuries. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1974 is one of the key…

Reason Case was accepted for investigation: On 11/18/17, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report of alleged physical abuse of Aryel by a family friend or caregiver Afshin. Per reporter Aryel shared that his mother’ family friend “Afshin” hit him in the face with a pair of scissors. Per reporter Aryel originally shared that Afshin hit him one time with his hand on Aryel’s face and put his hand over Aryel’s face. Per reporter unknown if Afshin hit Aryel with an open or closed hand. It…

Section: 1.2 Explain child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people:- The term safeguarding as used to be called child protection is part of the wider work to help to safeguarding and promoting the safety of all children & young people. It relates to the activities that is undertaken to help protect certain children who may be suffering from some sort of abuse or neglect. Children and young people will be able to achieve and reach their full potential if we…

Child abuse is an ongoing issue here in New Zealand, and it is our role as adults, as people, to help reduce this social justice issue. Child protection professionals particularly, have a huge role in directly working with children and families and it is important to fully understand the knowledge and skills they need to have in order to be effective. Child protection professionals are a vital part of protecting children, changing their lives and of intervention. According to Statistics New…

Firstly, child protection concerns must be assessed in a culturally appropriate way, in which indigenous communities should be involved in assessing child protection concerns in a culturally appropriate way, due to the fact that indigenous communities could identify where protection concerns stem from cultural differences and should not be read to indicate that a child is in need of protection. In creating a better future for Indigenous children requires acknowledging and addressing the impacts…

no repercussions were dealt to their abusers. This was what Howard Markel called, “ . . .the days when beasts of burden enjoyed more legal protection than children.” Luckily, today there are laws in place which punish those who abuse defenseless children and Mary Ellen’s Story, by Howard Markel chronicles the story that exposed this need for child protection laws worldwide, through its: structure, quality, and applicability of the information Markel…

newly qualified social worker chairing a core group at a health centre. The family were involved in a child protection process due to the father being prosecuted and placed on the sexual offenders register for having indecent images of children on his computer. He was alleged to have been grooming other children however no charges had been brought. The child who was the subject of child protection procedures was 3 months old. I had been asked to support and observe the social worker due to my…

Reason case was accepted for Investigation: On 3/01/17, Hennepin County child protection accepted a report alleged neglect. Per the reporter Cecile has been staying at Hope Street Shelter in Minneapolis since 2/14/17. Per the report, Mr. Torbor gave permission for Cecile to stay there the day she arrived, but has now stopped all communication with Cecile and the shelter. Outcome of Assessment: This worker went to interview Cecile Torbor at Merc School in Minneapolis. Cecile stated that she…

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…