Rick Zavala Case Study

“I just knew the phone would ring some day and Joshua would be dead,” stated social worker Ann Kemmeter regarding Joshua DeShaney and the ongoing abuse he endured from his father. Joshua’s father brutally and repeatedly abused his four-year-old son Joshua (Wichenbach). The State of Wisconsin was aware of this abuse, but still did nothing to intervene and stop the mistreatment of this child (Wichenbach). The State’s inaction led to the Supreme Court case DeShaney v. Winnebago Department of Social Services, in which Joshua’s mother, Melody, sued the Winnebago Department of Social Services claiming, “the social worker deprived Joshua of his liberty without due process of law” (Alexander). In order to fully understand the DeShaney case, one must conduct thorough background research, delve into the court case itself, and analyze the impact the case has yet today.

I think it was the best decision that CPS took Lia away from her parents. I believe it was the right decision because Lia needed to correct way to be taken care of, not what her parents belief with false pride. I don 't think there was any other solution.

“Guardianship may be necessary to protect a person with mental disorders who lacks the capacity to care for himself but it may potentially abuse the person's civil rights and autonomy and should therefore be implemented only as a last resource.” (Melamed, Y., Doron, I., & Shnitt, D. 2007)This was a baby, who had no voice, had no one to fight for him, the people who were supposed to stand up for him literally gave up on him the moment he was born. The hospital obviously saw that they were not acting in the best interest of the child. They could have sought out social workers or legal counsel in order to fight for the baby. As healthcare managers, you have to take risks and make these hard decisions and no one did this for Baby Boy Doe. I would have rathered fought for the child within the legal system, sought out other family members and social workers, rather than sit back and watch him through a long and painful

When children come into the custody of DCFS and are placed into Foster Care they are scared, confused, lonely, and usually conditioned not to tell when they are being mistreated. Most of the children that come into “the system” have learned to accept abuse as normal or natural and are unaware that they are even being mistreated. Therefore, when they are placed in homes where this is occurring it is not in their nature to speak up. Once they are removed from their parents, they are solely reliant on the department for their protection and it is the department’s responsibility to provide that protection which has not always been fulfilled by the department or the foster care agencies. The department should be making reasonable efforts to provide proper services

A report was received on 06/05/2017 alleging that the mother (Hermionne) left Ashante (C-V 17) with a non-relative since 02/2017 without any legal rights. According to the report, the mother refuses to take her child back home and will not engage with Ms. Aarons (caretaker) to provide legal documentation for the child to be enroll in school and taken to a Primary Care Physician. Ashante has not been is school for the past 4 months and are unable to enroll in school without paperwork. According to the report, Ashante self mutilates her arms, and the mother refuses to get counseling. The report indicates Ashante was to follow-up with a Cardiologist for a chest pain and the mother refuses to take her to the doctor.

In Attorney General v. Sheriff of Suffolk County, 394 Mass. 624 (1985); Guardianship of Anthony, 402 Mass. 723 (1988), “The Court cannot exercise the function of the executive branch of the government by ordering the agency to fulfill certain obligations in a specific manner”. However, if an agency has failed to act in accordance with applicable statutory and regulatory imperatives, the court may find that said agency has abused its discretion, as measured by the arbitrary or capricious test. Care and Protection of Isaac, 419 Mass. 602, 614 (1985). The most important and apparent DCF’s abuses of discretion in this case is by removing the child away from her best comfort place, where she has been nursed by her natural mother. DCF possessed the legal custody of the child in this case, and decided to entrust the child to be housed at the prison facility, where the child’s mother is also housed. DCF considered that, according to its rules, regulation and professional practices, it was its best decision, best placement and best interest of the child.

This is possibly the hardest assignment I’ve had to do to date. It’s difficult to examine how much this little boy had to suffer at the hands of his father. The crimes that took place here were more than abuse. I believe that the case worker is culpable for refusing to protect the child and should have been disciplined if not charged with a crime. The mother deserved a more severe sentence for allowing this abuse to go on for so long and should have been charged as an accessory to the crime. This case did lead to outrage and sweeping legislation in the state of Washington was enacted. Most of the legislation was aimed at allowing and even mandating that child protective services make protecting the child a higher priority than keeping the family together.

United States can be analyzed to support the charge. The case involved Shirley Green who was not the legal guardian of a child that failed to provide food and medicine for the child resulting in his death. She was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but it was reversed because there was no finding of legal duty CITE218. Legal duty is a critical element is cases and since Mrs. Kones has a legal duty for the care of John Jr. she can be charged with this crime. Within the text it explains that someone ca be held criminally liable when there is a statute that imposes a duty. Next, when someone has a certain relationship to another. When someone accepts a contractually duty to care for someone. Finally, when someone voluntarily assumes the responsibility to care for another CITE 218. The next individual that can fall under this category is the defendant’s husband, Charley Kones, despite not being the biological father of the child, upon marrying Cynthia he assumed responsibility for her offspring. This can be supported by the case of People v. Carroll were a stepmother was charged with child endangerment for failing to stop he husband from killing his daughter CITE229. The New York Court of Appeals concluded that the stepmother had a duty to care for her husband’s children because “a person who acts as the functional equivalent of a parent in a familial or household setting is … legally responsible for a child’s care” CITE229. The husband

CPSW received a call from Ms. Sadia stating some concerns with her children's father Trevor Ombuna. On 6-17-16 Mahadi and Zayon was picked up by Vicky ombuna (Trevor Ombuna sister) from Sadia’s home to stay with their maternity grandmother on the weekend. Mom mentioned that she requested from Vicky that if Trevor Ombuna shows up he needs to be supervised all time while he is with children. Mom reported that she found out that Trevor Ombuna stayed with children without any supervision from maternity grandmother or Vicky Ombuna. Mom stated that she does not feel comfortable her children staying with their father without any supervision. Mom stated that Mr. Trevor is physically and verbally aggressive toward their children. Mom stated that

“National advocacy organization Children’s Rights, the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center and Matthew T. Richardson, partner at the South Carolina law firm Wyche P.A. … filed suit against Governor Nikki Haley and Acting State Director of the Department of Social Services (DSS) Susan Alford” (Children’s Rights). Children’s Rights and the South Carolina Appleseed legal j filed this lawsuit with concerns of children getting the proper care they need when they are placed in the hands of the state. the lawsuit targeted many issues such as caseworkers and DSS workers having an extreme amount on their caseload, children having to sleep in offices overnight waiting on placement, and the providing of basic health care. Each of those issues are very important to have attention

Citing a "lapse in judgment," for which "there can be no acceptable excuse," Bausch & Lomb's board announced that Chief Executive Ronald Zarrella would forfeit a $1.1 million bonus this year because he misrepresented his academic credentials on an official biography for years.

53 years old builder with a bakground in farming/agriculture. Pressel started his own small business and has turned it into a priemer homebuilding company. Current president of the Indiana Builders Association.

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Socrates, when questioned about children and families in the just state, asserts that women and children will not belong to one man or family, but to everyone. In other words, women will not be tied down to their husband or their family, while the children will have no particular parents. Socrates is not concerned with how such a system will come about, instead he chooses to operate under the assumption that the system is already in place. This way, Socrates clarifies, he could focus on explaining how the system works. Indeed, he explains that this system will be implemented by ‘guardians,’ a group of the best men and women in the city.

Advancement in technology has led to adoption of new working methods that are characterized by efficiency and effectiveness. Despite this advancement, some organizations are still using their traditional ways and are quite resistant to any proposed change. This paper uses Rick’s New Job Case Analysis to explain the aforementioned situation. As such, theories such as reinforcement theory and social learning theory are used to explain why Rick was let go and how he would have gone about the issue of introducing change respectively. Additionally the paper discusses about resistance to change and proposes a method of designing a management training program.