Verrazzano Session 1 Journal

A woman, named Dellena, was involved in sex trafficking business. She made a documentary titled, “Human Trafficking Survivor Story: Dellena, California,” where she shares her experience as a victim. As a little girl, her mother was very negative and always put her down. Her parents were divorced when Dellena was just a child. Not before long her mother remarried. Dellena’s new stepfather molested her and her sister at the age of seven. Soon after her parents remarried, she was put in the foster care system for five years and her mother never once came to see her. One day her mother showed up and told Dellena she was going home. Dellena said, “The reason my mother wanted me home was because my stepfather wanted me home because he liked twelve-year-old girls. That was the perfect age for him” (“Human Trafficking Survivor Story: Dellena, California”). After being molested again, she ran away from her home. On the streets she met a 21-year old, who took her

In the case of Bruce and Douglas [2014] FamCA80, proceedings relate to parenting arrangements for the child L Douglas, between the applicant Ms Bruce, who is the child’s mother, and the respondent Mr Douglas, who is the child’s father. The child, aged two and a half years at the time of the hearing, has lived with her mother since her birth in April 2011, and has spent very limited time with her father. The mother seeks orders that the child

Rita Price, writer for The Columbus Dispatch, recounts a horrific story about siblings who suffered numerous accounts of abuse. After being beaten with baseball bats, burned with irons, starved, and forced to drink their own urine, the Ferguson children were finally able to come forward and testify against their adoptive parents in order to send them to prison. The children did not believe they had a voice, and the abuse went unnoticed for years. The Ferguson children, along with many others in similar situations, do not feel they have anyone to turn to. After going through foster care systems and the adoption process, the children had already experienced large amounts of change and stress, only to be left with negligent parents. In

In recent times safeguarding of children has once again come under spotlight with cases such as Madline McKan and the horrific murders of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells. Prior to this the Children’s act of 1984 and updated 2004 version highlighted that all professionals have an obligation to report suspected abuse. There was a public inquiry in 2000 to address the failure of the law which was not upholding the protection of vulnerable children. There was changes to the legislation and the government set up The Every Child Maters (ECM) initiative. This works in line with current legislation Working Together to Safeguard Children 2006 Act. This Act authorised guidance on how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. All organisations must have the succeeding policies and procedures:

This is a reason that shows full handed that the system is corrupt. A man named Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu who was a foster father to 140 boys was charged with sexual abusing five of the boys. “Thomas J. Spota, the county’s district attorney,

The current legislation is the result of the children’s Act 1989, which is used to ensure that all people who work with children are working together and are clear about their responsibilities and know how to act if allegations of child abuse are made. The children’s act 2004 is a legal framework for “Every Child Matters” and is a direct result of the Laming Report following the death of the Victoria Climbie case in the year 2000. Hereafter an independent inquiry highlighted so many problems with how the reports of neglect and child abuse was dealt with and that vulnerable people in society were not being properly safeguarded. The main points of the 2004 Children’s Act were that every local authority has a director of children’s services who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that children are safeguarded.

Neglect and abuse towards children still occurs in society today as it did in pre-industrial times. Adult control over children can take the extreme form of physical neglect, or physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. Some may say due to figures from charities such as Child Line rising there is a ‘dark side’ to family life, where children are victims. This shows in some cases the status of children hasn’t changed over time.

Establish what lessons are to be learnt from the case about the way in which local professionals and organisations work individually and together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children;

The case I found was Burris v. Dep’t. of Children And Fam. Serv. And Erwin McEwen, Ill. App. LEXIS 690 (June 29, 2011). This case talks about the agency of the Department of Children and Family Services trying to put Plaintiff on the central register list to be unfit to care for her children. Plaintiff’s first kid was found to be abused and neglected by the Plaintiff. The agency got a call regarding the concerns for Plaintiff’s second child and his safety. The agency put the second child in protective custody. The Plaintiff filed a complaint to have administrative review on the director of DCFS decision that denied the Plaintiff of her request to remove the report of neglected based on the child being put in an “environment that was injurious

Giovanni de Verrazano is the first explorer the area that is now called New York in 1524 and later by Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain in the early 1600's. At first it was settled by the Dutch in 1613. They named the colony New Netherland. During the next ten years, Dutch settlers established small colonies at Albany and other along the Hudson River.

In this assignment I will underpin how the multi agency team can help safeguarding children’s rights linking in to practise, with past, present and future legislation including policies and procedures which have protected children and families and also safeguarding incidents that have changed our practice. The assignment will discuss safeguarding across the board from settings, local and national policies and procedures, what they

Cassandra, we believe that this is one important point and it is what is causing most of the confusion. Just few days after the incident that prompted to remove your children from you, a court order from a judge in Washington was issued ordering that your children will be in Jeanine’s house. At that point, the Dallas Child Welfare workers no longer had jurisdiction on your case, that is why the Dallas Child Welfare workers and including the GAO recommended you to work with your Child Welfare in Washington case manager and with your attorney. That court order override everything done in your case here in Oregon. Just to clarify, the court ordered was issued when your children still were in your cousin’s

As a Business Manager for Heinz, I sold our products in the foodservice industry which included organizations that helped people and served food to those people. I called on a customer who housed women and their children who were victims of sex trafficking. Being from up north, I hadn’t heard much about sex trafficking unless it was in a movie. This organization took the women in and allowed them to bring their children. They educated them and help them learn a trade so they could get back on their feet. I was moved to tears when the director explained to me about the facility and its purpose which moved me to tears. As a woman and one that has two daughters, my heart was broken for these women. I did sell them products at the best

The role of different agencies and professionals within the process of safeguarding children and young people are the police which failed during this case because they did not share information with any agency to protect and safeguard Daniel Pelka and that the domestic violence was a risk to

Violence against children is a phenomenon happening worldwide, in forms of physical, psychological violence. Children are deprived of care, basic social services, health care and education, child abuse, neglect, exploitation, forced to beg, trafficked. Children are still one of the social groups at risk, facing many problems that remain unresolved. Although the consequences may vary according to the type and severity of the violence, the short and long-term consequences for children are very often serious and destructive and are costly. The laws that protect children’s rights are often not effective.