Child Maltreatment Paper

While it is always necessary to report suspected child abuse. The Department of Human Services (DHS) does not always do the best at ensuring that the children are in the best place for their own well being. After DHS receives the call that a child may be being abused they send out Child Protective Services (CPS) to evaluate wheiter or not a child is being abuse, treat the children if they are injured, and prevent the cycle of abuse and neglect from happening again. CPS and DHS do try and keep the families together if they can but if that is not possible the child is taken out of the custody of the parents and placed into the DHS custody and eventually introduced to foster parents. Children can receive a recommendation

When a child is suspected of being abused, neglected or placed at imminent risk of serious harm by a member of the staff of a private or public school or an institution that cares for the child, the person in charge of the school or facility must notify the child’s parent or other person responsible for the child’s care that a report has been made. The state’s department of child abuse responsibility is to notify the head of a facility, school or establishment that a report has been made.

My field placement will be at Child protective services in El Paso TX. The department of child Protective Services withholds a wide range of services and responsibilities that include, investigating reports of abuse and neglect of children, provide services to children and families in their homes, providing services to help youth in foster care successfully transition to adulthood and helping children find adoption. There are many subdivisions within the department itself which offers different amenities during an open case with CPS, although these services solely justify the department, there is a unit known as Family Based Services or also FBSS which focuses on resources that will strengthen the family’s privation in order to ensure child safety and wellbeing. The Department predominantly benefits from task groups rather than treatment groups, because the department is on deadlines with each individual case, a treatment group would not benefit for the departments ultimate value which is Family Reunification. If the department is involved with a family for too long this may cause emotional distress on the children as well as the family. Every year in the United States, more than one out of every hundred children are victims of substantiated child abuse and neglect. For instance, in 2006, 3.6 million cases of child maltreatment were investigated, which is a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 children. In that year, nearly 1 million maltreatment claims were substantiated

“Local departments of social services are responsible for receiving reports of abuse and neglect; conducting investigations to determine the validity of the CPS reports; and providing services that enhance child safety and prevent further abuse and neglect to families and children” (“Child Protective Services.” N.D.). As a result of the laws and services that are in every state, child abuse has decreased through the years. Even with them, child abuse still goes around the world, and children are still suffering from this social illness.

For my fourth state, I looked at Delaware. In Delaware, professionals who are required to make a report are physicians, interns, residents, nurses, medical examiners, anyone in the healing arts, school employees, socials workers, psychologists, hospital and health-care institutions, the Medical School of Delaware, and also law enforcement agencies. Any person who is aware of abuse, or in good faith believe abuse or neglect is going on, are required to report the abuse. Also, although the reports can be made anonymously, the Division of Family Service can request the name as well as the address of anyone making the report.

What I would have done differently in this case is report the abuse of the child protective services. Since, I have been living in the state of Texas and will be practicing counseling in Texas. The state of Texas has different laws from other states and the law here requires the that a professional must report child

As a public child welfare social worker, our interest is the safety and well-being of a child. In this case, we are dealing with a 10 year old boy, named Eddie who is allegedly a victim of child abuse. It is reported that Eddie is being mistreated by his father for receiving bad grades. Once a home visit was conducted, the mother informed us that her husband is in fact physically abusing their son for receiving bad grades. Since, the father has an assault record and is physically abusing the child it is clearly evident that Eddie is not safe in this household. As a child welfare social worker, we must conduct our own research to ensure that the other two children aren’t in any danger or being neglected.

The article discusses the importance of reporting child abuse and neglect as soon as it is recognized. Educators, medical professionals, and psychologist have a responsibility to report abuse. The article discusses the liability provisions in every state and how the court systems. The article shows how many court systems are reluctant to pursue criminal liability when there is a failure to report abuse.

Mandatory Reporting of Abuse and Neglect The Arizona Child Abuse Information Center provides on-line training for mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. The training provides the investigation protocol to identify when it’s necessary to report, what qualifies as abuse and neglect, and what processes to follow when abuse and neglect are identified. As mandated reporters, social workers must be knowledgeable regarding all processes of abuse and neglect reporting in order to adequately protect those who are most vulnerable. When to Report It is important to know when it is necessary to report abuse and neglect.

Childhood sexual abuse is a traumatic experience, and changing the child forever. according to statistics 7 % to 36 % of women and 3% to 29% of men report childhood sexual abuse (CSA) (Springer, Sheridan, Kuo, Carnes, 2003). The amount abused is staggering beyond the immediate effects of CSA there are numerous long-term health issues that stem form CSA, yet there is hope for recovery from CSA for victims.

During the reporting of abuse, a child can be interviewed over a dozen of times by many different actors in the criminal justice system such as the prosecutor’s staff, defense investigator and attorneys and social workers. Although child protective services are the first to get involved in suspected child abuse cases, the first point of contact is usually made by law enforcement officers who have been ill-equipped at times to

Of the 3.3 million child maltreatment reports, 2 million were screened in for an in-person response by social workers in Child Protective Services Agencies (CPS) or were further assessed for an alternative response, and 1.3 million were evaluated out and received no response (Porter, 2013). Based on the number of reports that were screened in for investigation (2 million), 22% of the child maltreatment allegations were substantiated, and 63.5% were unsubstantiated (inconclusive or unfounded), 9.7% received an alternative response (thus there was no disposition), and 4.8% were unknown with insufficient information to warrant an investigation (Porter, 2013). More than 3.3 million reports of suspected child maltreatment were made in 2011; more than 55 percent were from professional reporters. Most professional reporters are mandated by law to report suspicions of child maltreatment. Educational personnel, including school social workers, are mandated reporters in all states (Krase, 2015). Mandated reporters of varying professional roles have different access to children and families, providing diverse opportunities to observe signs of maltreatment. These differences may affect the type of maltreatment reported; the characteristics of child and families reported to Child Protective services (CPS) and the quality

In the sixth scenario case, a volunteer doctor at clinic finds a twelve year old girl to be preganant. In the case, the girl is crying when I, the CPS worker, arrive. Once the doctor talks to the girl about sexual abuse and if she was abused, the girl becomes agitated. Also, when the girl is asked about her home life, she says that she lives along with her father and that her mother is dead. As a CPS worker, or any individual, its strange to hear from the girl that her father calls her his “lady.” Calling her this term adds suspician as a father normally does not give his daughter that title. Even though her father denies sexual contact with the girl, he claims to have a buddy that often helps out and watches his daughter when the father is working an extra shift for more money.

Duty to report legislation aims to protect children and reduce the impacts of neglect and abuse. Walters (1995) states that the ?actual behavior of reporting must be carefully managed in order that it maintain the ethical principles outlined in the C.P.A. Code of Ethics? (p. 179). The client in reference to her father has disclosed child abuse. Regardless of Sally?s wishes to wait until her father moves out, the family will remain at risk while in contact with the abusive family member. It is essential that a call to a caseworker be made while being mindful of the relationship with Sally and attempts to salvage it.

It is a social workers job to ensure that children are safe and protected, especially in their own homes. This means that a social worker must be responsible for inspecting a child’s safety when visiting a home. Last week’s reading by Ferguson, the group article by Cesaroni & Peterson-Badali, along with the class lectures and Fifth Estate documentary provided an excessive amount of information and examples of how social workers need to protect the rights of children.