Root Cause Analysis of the Sentinel Event: The Child Abduction Case

The organization under investigation is Child Protective Services, also referred to as CPS, which is an agency within the Department of Family and Protective Services. CPS is a governmental organization that has existed for years. The agency is designed to protect children from abuse and neglect. There are numerous cases that are called in on a daily basis in the state of Texas, and it is the duty of state employees to address all allegations in a timely manner. The positions held as a caseworker within the agency are either Investigator, Special Investigator, Family Based Safety Services Specialist, or Conservatorship Specialist. Due to the required work and deadlines involved with being a caseworker at CPS, the job can become very

Nancy is transferred to the Intermediate Care Unit after the MRI is completed. She has a 20 gauge saline lock in her right forearm and an 18 French indwelling (Foley) catheter. Gail is sitting by her mother's bed. The nurse asks Gail if there is anyone that can be called so she won't be alone. She informs the nurse that she is an only child and her father died years ago. Gail states, "I don't understand what a brain attack is. The healthcare provider told me my mother is in serious

Child Protective Services (CPS) is a complex system of assessments, investigations, and conclusions. CPS is the central agency in each communities child abuse and neglect service system. It is responsible for ensuring that preventative, investigative, and treatment services are available to children and families endangered by child abuse and neglect. As a result, CPS workers must perform a variety of functions when responding to situations of child maltreatment and play a variety of roles throughout their involvement with child protective clients. Reporting a suspective case of child maltreatment to the local CPS agency (or a family member’s own request for help with the problem) initiates

As I drank my coffee, I had to call the night nurse to get report. The night nurse reported to have an overall quiet night, although she did receive a call from Mrs. Patsy’s daughter at two AM. The family reported that she was no longer eating, drinking or

Mother arrived approximately 2.5 hours later to pick up patient and found that her daughter had been released 30 minutes prior to her arrival.

The responsibility of middle management within the Child Abuse Investigation team is enabling the organisation to achieve its goal in the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, protecting children from abuse and neglect, preventing impairment of their health and development, and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care which is undertaken so as to enable children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.  Child protection is a part of safeguarding and promoting

In the car the paramedic worker put a oxygen mask on her. Well he was checking her

This root cause analysis team is multidisciplinary, the members being members of the relevant departments, but not involved with the event. A facilitator from the legal office arranges meetings, keeps minutes and writes up the final report.

The police department failed to properly conduct interviews, process evidence, and follow all leads provided in Adam’s case. It is critical that all leads are followed in a missing child case; this allows the investigators to verify facts. (Joyce, 2012). As stated by Reve Walsh on page 276, it was sad that two broken heart parents had to fight to solve their son’s murder, but if they didn’t who was going to do it.

Writer called Constance to find out if she has heard from the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA). Constance said yes and that they scheduled to meet on the 9th of this month. Constance said she will be seeing her pain managing doctor on the 8th. Also Constance said Medicaid approved for her to use long term care. Care manager was glad to hear that. Constance promised to update care manager after the

This case has a lot the information that we as students had learned in the class. First, learning from chapter one in the book the types of violent crimes and learning that Adam Walsh’s crime is in the category of murdered children. According to the schoolbook, in 1996 almost 2000 children were murdered. Secondly learning the chapter of child abduction and exploitation where almost 58,200 children were victims of child abduction by a non-family member, according to the NISMART-2 (Sedlak, Finklehor, Hammer, & Schultz, 2002, p. 5). Watching the film has given me the opportunity to be able to use the knowledge learned from the class and the book based on how each victim in Adam Walsh’s movie has a role in being a victim of crime. Victimology

When Marc Parent first moved to New York City, he landed his first job as a counselor in a home with adults who had rich relatives with a lot of guilt. However, he soon got fired from the job and he was left wondering where he should head next. It was then that he received an offer from the Emergency Children Service Division to work as a field investigator even though he didn’t know anything about the job. It was not until his two-weeks training that Marc Parents realized that the goal of his job is to split between assessing the current risk to the child and the longer-term threats of the final destruction of the family. While Marc covered a lot of cases during his first three months at the Emergency Child Service, he didn’t receive any

cross into surgery with her, and the nurse confirmed that she could. The client’s anxiety appeared

“This approach focuses on the question, “How can the worker actually build partnerships with parents and children in situations of suspected or substantiated child abuse and still deal rigorously with the maltreatment issues?” This is a partnership and collaboration grounded, strengths-based, safety-organized approach to child protection work” ("Viv Hogg - Signs of

As forensic social workers become involved, they speak with the parents and other people in contact with the child, such as doctors, teachers, or child care providers. They also may speak with the child, alone or in the presence of caregivers, depending on the child's age and level of risk. Children who are believed to be in immediate danger may be moved to a shelter, a foster home, or a relative's home during the investigation and while court proceedings are pending. An investigator also engages the family, assessing strengths and needs and initiating connections to community resources and services.