Child Abuse Case Study Michelleman

I was asked to read a file of a client to understand her situation and help her locate court ordered services. The client is a mother of two children, a seven-year-old girl, and a ten-year-old boy. The children were removed from their household due to negligence and emotional abuse. DCFS was contacted by a neighbor that reported child neglect. She heard the eleven-year-old child talk to other children about his mother “being drunk” and “passing out”. The neighbor also reported that some days the children will not go to school because the mother is hungover and tired. DCFS made an unannounced visit to the home. The children were not present, the mother allowed the social worker to come into the household. The social worker observed several big

Claireece P. Jones is female, African American. She is 16 years old. She was born and raised in Harlem, New York. She lived in low income housing with her mother. She has been sexually abused by father starting when she was 3 years old. Client’s father impregnated her at the age of 13. The client gave birth to a baby girl who has Down Syndrome. The bay i snow three and has been raised by client’s grandmother since birth. At 16 the client became impregnated again by father. Gave birth to a baby boy that has no known medical concerns in January 2017. Client moved into halfway house 4 days after giving birth. She has been living at the halfway home since she left her abusive mother. Client’s mother has attempted to

Jadira Jackson is a 23 year old African American mother of two children, both female and ages 6 and 6 months. Currently, Jadira’s oldest child resides with her father in Maryland. Jadira first came to the attention of Richmond City Child Protective Services when it was reported by an in-home agency that her 6 year old daughter was the victim of severe mental abuse because she is biracial. Jadira’s second referral to Richmond City Child Protective Services was due to a domestic dispute between her and her now 6 month old daughter’s father. During the incident, it was reported that Jadira dropped her 6 month old daughter, Jasaya. Since starting services with the family, it has been discovered that Jadira has severe mental health issues that impact

Case manager has been working with Ms. Tabitha, who has one child by the name of Michelle, currently 25 years of age, and two deceased twin daughters, as well. Tabitha was diagnosed with having an anxiety disorder, and is taking medication’s to help with her anxiety. Recently, Tabitha failed her housekeeping inspection, and has six months to improve her housekeeping situation, and if she doesn’t, will be evicted from the premises. Tabitha sought help for her situation; is receiving counseling, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and she’s removing the clutter from her home, while learning new skills. The

Miesha is a 26-year-old African American female. She grew up in a single parent household in Collins, MS with her younger brother. Miesha’s mother worked two jobs and slept most of the time when she was at home. Miesha does know her biological father, however, he has been in and out of her life. Until the age of eighteen, Miesha regularly attended Our Kingdom Come Baptist Church, while living with her mother. Miesha is a high school graduate and is currently unemployed. She receives Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, Section 8 and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Miesha has two children, a son age 10 and a daughter age 5 by two different men. Miesha is not married; she is currently cohabitating with a man she has been dating for the past year. Miesha’s live in boy-friend sells drugs out of her home. Miesha states that he is mentally, verbally and physically abusive to her and has recently started being physically abusive towards her children.

The service user I chose to assess is a 17-year-old Hispanic male whose modified name is Ricardo Sanchez. I provided casework services to Ricardo for two years in my previous role as a Therapeutic Caseworker at my current workplace, the Children’s Village, a foster care agency. Ricardo was placed in foster care after he was removed from his father’s care due to verbal and physical abuse. Ricardo’s father assumed his custody after Ricardo’s mother passed over a drug overdose when he was 15. This was Ricardo’s second time in foster care. Ricardo’s first foster care experience happened when he was 10 years-old as a result of alleged physical abuse by his mother, who at the time had full custody of Ricardo. The report was made by Ricardo’s third grade teacher after noticing bruises on Ricardo’s arms. At the time, Ricardo was only in foster care for two months as

She no longer works, but says she is receiving unemployment. She was not able to provide proof of being in hospital. There has been positive screenings, she either doesn’t attend visits or comes an hour late. Mother says she is focused on her health (heart) because she needs surgery. Advised mother to get support from known children’s fathers. Older kids have been moved because of behavior. New group home is at least 2.5 hours away. Mother will maintain visits and they will be on weekends. In home counseling will begin instead of out of home. I believe that this case is from environment patterns. In the file it says where the mother herself was in foster care twice and the cycle is still going with her children as well. Things to be brought to her attention in a very blunt way. Unfortunately, we sometimes have to be truthful and as honest as we can without jeopardizing the rapport but getting and understanding on both ends. So that goals can be met in a decent time frame and progress is moving forward not backwards. I can clearly read between the lines and see that the mother needs to be told what is what and this is that. The mother is very inclined to not having hand- outs or asking for help. A lot of times people are reaching out for you and want you to read between the lines and pick up on the fact that they require a little more guidance

The client displays frustration as soon as the social worker asked the client to fill out an application for services provided through Family Services because the client has filled out numerous applications with various agencies. The client expressed that the agencies should be able to get the information from other agencies. Due to the policies that surround the social welfare agencies, there are confidentiality practices that the agencies are obligated to implement and follow. Granted, collaboration between social welfare agencies is increasing, in contrast the confidentiality of client information must be protected and honored. Additionally, the client appeared overwhelmed and stressed regarding not having the ability to pay her rent, utilities, and provide food for her child. There are agencies and policies that assist people in meeting their needs such as, TANF, SNAP, and other programs that will assist the client with meeting the basic needs of her family. However, the assistance is based on the income a policy establishes and a family

On 5/12/17 the worker visited with Kim, Jaoy and Zie Williams at the safety plan or foster home of Mrs. Terry Miller home. The children were happy or reserved when they saw the caseworker. However the children or child appeared to healthy and healthy or sad with and scratches on his or body. The home was clean, neat and appropriate for the child/children. The case worker spoke with Kim on-one- on. She reported doing well in school. She also informed worker of…… Worker ask Kim is she missed her parents.. Kim said no or yes and she wanted or did not wanted to go back home. The home had adequate food, toys and books for the children or child. Worker spoke with caregiver regarding the children. According to Mrs William…. The children are

I did not have contact with Ms Stephanie Loeks (51), Case – 221865. The person who called us was Mr Efrain Fred Lopez (52) who is no longer in living in the same house. He was extremely upset and raising his voice he cursed the CW caseworker saying that his family has been harassed by the CW caseworker based on false accusations made by the mother of his daughter, Ms. Stephanie Loek.

The rediscovery of child abuse can be largely contributed to the news media for highlighting the inhumane treatment of children by parents and guardians. Many children were being viciously punished by parents and guardians as a form of corrective training. The harsh punishment and beating would have resulted in severe injuries to the child and their wellbeing. The disturbing circumstances reported by the media drew strong condemnation from people and organization around the nation. The highlighted problem by the media helped mobilize a very strong social movement to deal with the problems and issues relating to child abuse. The movement then quickly highlighted some very important aspect of child abuse such as sexual exploitation, incest, gross

Corey (14) was referred by his mother to a child guidance clinic due to fighting at home and school. Corey and his two brothers live with mother Brenda and her live-in boyfriend, Carl. Carl moved in 18 months ago, six months after Corey’s father died. Corey’s father was abusive to him and his mother, but his death was sudden and Corey has been withdrawn and sullen since the death. He is verbally abusive to his mother and violent to his younger brothers. He likes Carl, but when Carl intervenes to stop Corey’s violence and verbal aggression, their relationship becomes strained. His mother has very little power to discipline Corey.

Mary is the perpetrator or the abuser in this scenario. She is outwardly displaying anger and intimidation techniques by standing over James yelling and swearing at him. While not physically touching him, the psychological abuse she is subjecting James to could potentially be just as damaging. Her body language being right up in his face, has potential to escalate very quickly as well as provoking a reaction by James to remove her from his personal space. These factors, combined with her highly agitated, irrational state and ease of access to a weapon create a very dangerous situation for all involved.

Children will make mistakes, it’s apart of growing up and learning lessons, no one is perfect. We need to teach children that it is okay to mess up, it helps us learn from our mistakes. The last thing we want is having our own children afraid their parents. They should be able to trust their parents and know that they will care for them and love them. Physically punishing children makes it harder for kids to trust their parents, and it sends their stress levels through the roof knowing that they have to try and be perfect or else there will be a punishment. Children can be a blessing, but sometimes they can be a little too much to handle. When parents take the physical charge to hurt their children, people don’t know if they took it too far