The Department Of Children And Families

Child protective services (CPS) is a government agency located in many states across the United States that helps children stay away from harm and abuse. Child protective services and its agencies plays a big role in society. Children of all ages are assaulted and most of the times by a dearest loved one. Child abuse is defined as any type of neglect upon a child including mentally, physically, and sexually.

The next article that was reviewed was focused on a service that is provided for parents struggling with substance abuse. The service is called Family Drug Court and is also referred to as FDC. The FDC is a child welfare court that specifically deals with parental substance abuse cases. This court system helps the parents quickly receive drug treatment that is needed, offers a more structured system for the parents and child, and also holds the parents to higher accountability for recovery. According to Margaret Lloyd, "Testa and Smith (2009) rigorously reviewed the literature and found that substance abuse is reported in 11-14% of investigated child welfare cases and in 50-79% of cases where the child is removed and placed in out-of-home care." The goal of the FDC is to

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

The intervention that was implemented was the invitation for the father to participate in the therapeutic sessions with his son and ex-wife. I explained the client’s recent behavior and the subsequent admittance to my agency. I clarified that the client’s behavior worsens after their divorce which is evidenced by the increased disciplinary infractions he received at school. The client also became more combatant and argumentative with his mother and siblings as reported by them. I proposed the idea of meeting for a family therapy session to uncover the cognitive reasons behind the

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the primary agency responsible for administering human services throughout the United States for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable. It makes healthcare insurance more affordable through the Affordable Care act (ACA), Medicaid, Medicare, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Implement and enforce public health safety, provide education and training, research, protect health care rights, and social services. It has a total of ten organizations that falls under its umbrella and offices and agencies that establish policies related to health care and legislation. It is instrumental in implementing laws and enforcing regulations that congress and executive branch mandates it to do.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the mission of enhancing the health and well being of all Americans. HHS is the U.S. government’s principal agency for protecting the health of Americans and is responsible for providing essential human services for all and especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Department manages programs that cover all spectrums of activities that impact health care, patient safety, and public health. HHS, though its programs and partnerships, provide health cover to more than 100 million people through Medicare and Medicaid, promote patient safety and health care quality in health care settings, protects vulnerable individuals and communities from poor health treatment, and leverages health information technology to improve the quality of care for all (HHS, 2015). Though it’s programming and other activities, HHS works closely with state, local, and federal agencies to strengthen health care, advance scientific knowledge, advance health care and safety, and ensure transparency, accountability and effectiveness of all HHS programs. HHS’s overall mission is to help American’s live healthy lives by providing millions of children, families, and seniors with access to high quality health care, affordable child care, and by pushing the boundaries of how we diagnose and treat disease.

History tells us that child abuse and neglect have been present in the United States since its origination. In an attempt to help prevent this from happening and supply aid to those in need, the federal government created The Office of Child Protective Services. The Office of Child Protective Services provides several functions for the Family Services Division of the Department of Human Resources. The child protective services includes maintaining the Central Registry on Child Abuse and Neglect, applying for and monitoring grants for protective services projects and providing case consultation services. The social work intern provided assistance to a case worker that received a case that was reported by The University of South Alabama’s Children’s and Women’s Hospital. The report stated that an African American 16 year old male was admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis with hypotension due to severe dehydration. The client was admitted to The University of South Alabama’s Children’s and Women’s Hospital eight times within this year. The client and his mother were noncompliant with medication and treatment. The client’s doctor stated that the client would not survive if noncompliance continues. The client’s primary system that this report disclosed was that the client is in danger because he is not taking care of himself by not taking his medication.

The analysis of risk assessment controls are an important aspect of a system, as they are used as a basis for identifying and selecting appropriate and cost-effective measures.

The foster care system in the U.S was created with the purpose of providing a safe temporary place for those children under the age of 18 who could not remain with their biological parents because the parents are unable, unwilling or unfit to care for the child and guarantee. Sometimes the child is able to return to their parents, however, many times the child is not and a new permanent home has to be found to guarantee the safety of the child. Many years ago this would have been done informally by a neighbor, a close friend of the family, a family member, a church, or an orphanage. However, due to the development of larger urban societies with more complex social problems, the U.S

The reasonable grounds these children are need of protection are S.13 (1)(c), S.13 (1)(d), S.13 (1) (e), S.13 (1) (f), and S.13 (1) (h). For example, Cindy’s sexual abuse disclosure and Jim’s injury provide a likelihood of harm under S.13 (1)(c), S.13 (1)(e) and S.13(1)(f). Also, there is no further less disruptive measures. Both Betty Rogers and Joe Black have discontinued their previous Support Service Agreement with MCFD. For instance, Betty Rogers and Joe Black discontinued their relationship, parent counselling and harm reduction programs for their drug addiction.

The organization Department of Children and Family of Florida or DCF, is very important in getting individuals and families the help that they need. The organization while helpful, can be seen going through some tough times and needs to find ways it can improve itself, so that it can help their core demographic and the rest of the community. The organization has been helping people using old methods, which have worked in the past, but now they need to find new ways in which they can provide not only a better service, but a more efficient one as well. DCF need to join the 21st century in the ways in which they interact and do business with their consumers. While evidence is limited at the current time, what we are convinced that by implementing new techniques like video conferencing, better cloud computing, and a better customer relationship management into our business plan, the organization can better server its consumers and will greatly benefit the organization in the near future and beyond.

This paper reveals the facts about Department for Children and Families. It deciphers the role of investigator in saving the children from abuse and the constraints and external pressures catered by him during the entire process. It also reveals the facts about the powerful role of law in impelementing the measures to prevent child abuse of any form.

Morgan is a 30 year old married mother of two. She has a history of drug addiction with her husband. She was diagnosed as a child with ADHD. She voluntarily admitted herself into the ABC program with a drug of choice being prescription painkillers. She has been clean from all substances for 10 months and has been in the program for 3 months at the time of this report. Due to her DCS case her children are placed in the custody of a cousin with limited visitation with Morgan only and not with their father. She has a 4 month old and a 4 year old daughter.

Addicted parents spend a significant amount of time searching for drugs or alcohol and must spend time to obtain money to pay for their “fixes” whether by illegal or legal means. They have to have time to recover from hangovers or withdrawal symptoms. This constant cycle of obtaining, using and coming down from drugs leaves little time left over for their children. Social systems are overwhelmed by the number of children which need care from someone other than their addicted parents. Approximately, eighty percent of the children who enter foster care come from homes of addicted parents (Taylor 2011). Their stay in foster care is lengthened by the need for their parents to meet judicial rehabilitation requirements before being returned to their homes. In addition, these children having come from non-supportive and abusive environments require foster parents who are able to cope with issues of behavioral

Some parents neglects their children for drugs. A mother was given 51 years in prison, for allowing her drug dealer to rape and abuse her daughter for some heroin. The daughter was forces to have consensual sex with a 40-year-old man. The mother plead guilty to multiple counts of complicity to rape, human trafficking and child endangerment. The mother had a special routine after her daughter was brutalized by her drug dealer. As a “reward”, she gave her daughter heroin, the court was told. The daughter vomited each time her mother gave her the drug. It happened four times between February and June 2014. They say before the mother got hooked on heroin, she was a very loving and attentive parent. (Miami Herald)