The Ethical Dilemma Of Child Abuse

The article is stimulating to know that others states take action quickly to shield children from further abuse in their homes. The Indiana's Child Protective Services (CPS), offers a service to prevent out-home placement, and assistance to rejoin children with their families in situations where the children can return home (Indiana, 2015). This service is good, if the parents are able to resume the responsibility of taking care of their children.

In American society today we fail to address several issues that need to be addressed. Unfortunately, child abuse is one of the major issues that our country is plagued with, yet we neglect to bring this to the attention of the entire nation. It is often over looked because everyone has a different view of what exactly defines child abuse. The International Child Abuse Network (ICAN) uses four basis catigories to docunment the child abuse cases. They are: emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. I will be describing the first three.

Failure to report Ms. Robinson's actions concerning Alison to child protective services represents more than an ethical dilemma. If Ms. Robinson 's social worker does not report the information she has learned impending civil and criminal liabilities will be the result. Legal accountability could result in loss of license to practice and/or criminal charges (NASW Press, 2014). For example, if Ms. Robinson does something to harm baby Alison while under the influence of marijuana the social worker could be criminally charged in the matter for failing to report the abuse initially. The creation of mandated reporting laws supported by federal and state governments speaks to the level of importance society places on advocating for children who are victims of abuse/neglect.

This assignment involves a case study where Ralph, a fourteen year old boy, is currently in foster care because his mother; Kerry, felt she was unable to control him due to his behaviour. However, Kerry has now expressed that she is unhappy with this foster placement and has requested that her son be returned to live with her and his two younger brothers. The scenario becomes more complex owing to the fact that Ralph has disclosed that his mother had regularly hit him with a walking stick. In this essay I will seek to consider the main practice issues raised by the scenario of the case study. Using the materials provided within the course along with my own professional experience, I will outline relevant legislation

Child abuse is epidemic in many countries as well as the United States. It is estimated that every thirteen seconds a child is abused in some manner: physically, sexually, emotionally or by neglect (Friedman). Each year, there are over 3 million reports of child abuse in the United States involving more than 6 million children. Child abuse can be reduced with proper education of the parents and with greater public awareness.

Ethical dilemmas happen frequently in the social work and how one handles them could be the difference on how a clinician keeps their license or not. The problem is there is no way to prepare a person from knowing what situations will arise. Scenarios arise all the time and new ways to handle them is constantly changing. The ethical dilemma can happen anywhere and at any time with anyone, it could be a client, co-worker, and even supervisors. No social worker is safe from them. One however can practice with scenarios and be aware of personal biases. A social worker needs to evaluate each dilemma with the different frameworks and principals to determine which one applies best, anticipate what possible outcomes could happen, and what interventions a social worker would implement.

Throughout history there has been many ethical dilemmas that have resulted in change, and many that have still not been resolve. These dilemmas often result in controversial issues arising, and both sides of the spectrum arguing as to which proposed idea is the morally correct one. Today, there is an enormous controversy in the ethical dilemma involving child care. This issue revolves around whether the views of the parents should be upheld when their child is in danger medically. To further assess the impact of this ethical dilemmas, a case study involving the treatment implemented on a child by a physician while opposing the views and wishes held by the parents will be analyzed in terms of the ethics of the situation, the stakeholders, values,

I am the health mental health worker and I have a dilemma. To figure out the right course of action I looked at two standards in the NASW Code of Ethics. The two standards I chose are 1.01, which is in the best interest of the client, and 1.07 c, which is; keep information told to me in the file since it is confidential. Standard 1.01 is linked to the context because if I follow this standard I will be helping the client because he can be reunited with his son. 1.07c is linked to this dilemma because what is told to me in confidence needs to stay confidential. The action to follow 1.01 tells the child protection worker because it is in the best interest of the client. For standard 1.07c the action to follow would be that I cannot tell because

Foster care is defined as an out of home placement outside of the biological family. Individuals are placed in foster care due to some form of child maltreatment, rather it be sexual abuse, neglect, and/or physical abuse. Adolescents who age out of the foster care system are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years old who are still in the child welfare system and have not been adopted. Aging out of the foster care systems means that adolescents currently in the child welfare system who have reached the age of eighteen and do not plan to continue in an educational setting has reached the age to where the state can no longer provide for them. Those adolescents who remain in foster care past their eighteenth birthday have to be in some type of educational setting, but at their twenty first birthday that individual is forced out of the system and into adulthood.

This case study concerns our client Mrs DiBendetto. Her two young children were removed from her care due to child neglect. Mrs DiBendetto has cooperated fully with our requests and we are now approaching the six-month court review to determine whether or not the children should be returned to her care. There is an ongoing criminal investigation against Mrs DiBendetto, because of this there is uncertainty on whether reunification should be recommended, this alleged activity does not place the children in direct risk of harm. This has resulted in an ethical dilemma.

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

Child abuse is a rising topic of discussion in sociological debates across the nation due to the increased awareness concerned professionals are bringing to it. The issue has long been diagnosed as generational and cyclic in nature, where children who receive abuse grow up and replicate the process on their own offspring, and so on and so forth. This analysis attempts to illuminate possible connections between various factors within the parent’s lives that may correlate to child abuse in the home. Connections between the reproductive process (birth control, reproductive freedom, and population policies), economic stresses, character-based traits, and occupational stressors will be presented, analyzed, and then correlated

When there is a possibility that a child is being abused or being maltreated, there are certain procedures that should be followed to ensure the safety of the child/young person. In a social care setting where there are young children, such as in schools and nurseries, there are specific codes of conducts that all workers must abide by. If the care worker does not abide by these rules, there is a possibility that the care worker can be abusing the child. Organizations have strict policies, where they require staff to read and confirm that they will abide by the codes of conducts. There are specific rules to ensure the safety of young people from members of staff and visitors from harm within settings.

A social worker should refer to the ethics model of decision making that guides one into making ethically acceptable decisions effectively (Congress, 1999). The ethics model involves the following five steps. Firstly, one should examine the personal, societal, agency, client and professional values affected by the decision. Secondly, one should think about what ethical standards of the National Association of Social Workers code of ethics apply as well as relevant laws and case decisions. Thirdly, hypothesize about possible consequences of different decisions. Fourthly, identify who will benefit and who gets harmed given social works commitment to the most vulnerable. Lastly, consult with supervisor and colleagues about the most ethical

These are activities that are targeted at members of the community and general population with the aim to raise awareness about the problems of child abuse. It involves an approach that targets helping families and children before child abuse occurs and not intervening after the harm has been done. This is very essential as every child deserves to grow up and be nurtured in an environment that is safe and stable which helps in the child’s total development such as the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components. These strategies can be via a myriad of programs such as educational programs via public awareness programs, public service announcements, parent education groups, child educational programs, family support and strengthening programs.