...PERSUASIVE PAPER PART 1: A PROBLEM EXIST 2 Child welfare regulations need some improvements done. Child welfare has become a major topic with everybody. Child welfare will help families who is in poverty, families who are unemployed. When it comes down to a family who has a family member who is sick and the other one has to work they will not help them all that much. The other problem with child welfare is that when both parents have to work there is no extra help to cover the cost of daycare or another person to babysit for the child. Many states will not give out extra money for care of the child when both parents have to work. It is hard to raise a family on medium wage. That is why the government needs to regulate the laws on child welfare. A family who gets minimum wage pay they don’t have enough money to feed their children. That is why the regulation needs to be changed to help out the families who need food, medical treatment and other ways to meet their needs. When it comes down for a family to apply for help they get denied because the agent tells them that they are able to work and nothing is wrong with them. Which I think is wrong. Social Security as used with reference to the Social Security Act in the United States also encompasses some of what we call “welfare” or “needs” or “assistance” programs (Altmeyer, Arthur). When a family goes to get Social Security for their family because they need help they don’t get it because they are not...
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...------------------------------------------------- Persuasive Piece – Child Welfare ------------------------------------------------- By Alicia McVea ------------------------------------------------- Social justice means that all citizens are entitled to the same rights and services. Foster children, who depend on societies generosity, go largely unseen. These are children, they don’t fund any political campaigns, lobby an elected representatives for an opportunity to be heard, or organize any marches to advocate for better services. They have no voice if we don’t speak for them. Child welfare is a controversial issue all over the world. Young children as young as 3 years old are getting fostered out to families of different cultures and expected to work like slaves. These children need to be able to live a long and happy life. Be able to get a job they love and an education that they deserve. Justice for these young children seems to far away, but it only takes one person to stand up for them, cause an issue in the system and then these children get the life they so lawfully deserve. While we are country of people who profess to love their children, there were three million reports of child maltreatment in 2004. Experts believe this represents only one third of actual incidents. More than 800,000 reports were found indicating a rate of 2.9 per 1,000 children. That’s not surprising, considering how staunchly we defend our right to physically discipline our children...
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...Child abuse is something that the world knows about but it really needs more attention than it deserves. According to Zoe Marie, a 2004 study done by the US Department of Health and Human Services stated that just over four children die every day as a result of child abuse, which is terrible. That means that every six hours, a child dies because of some form of maltreatment (Marie 1). The four main types of child abuse are psychological, neglect, physical and sexual. The most frequently encountered type of abuse is neglect. In 2004, 62.8 of abused children in the United States were neglected, according to Prevent Child Abuse New York. The issue of child abuse and neglect is serious, controversial, and is escalating in today’s society. Many people are not aware, but child abuse is rampant in our society. Many child abuse and neglect cases go unreported because a person may not know the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect or perhaps the person or person may feel that this is an private issue and needs to be handle with in the home and no outsiders should be involved. Without the proper awareness of child abuse and neglect and the involvement of everyone this issue will continue to raise our eyebrows. I recently did an interview with Sarah Johnston, an counselor with protected services. Mrs. Johnston started off by saying about that there are over 3 million cases of child abuse in America each year. These are some of the questions I asked Mrs. Johnston about about child...
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...guidance that are being continually amended, updated and revoked. Child welfare policies and initiatives target the care, health, and wellbeing of children, with the goal of improving child health with the public health sector. These policies and initiatives aim to protect children from the harmful effects of poverty, family and parenting problems, child abuse and neglect, and inadequate resources All adults working alongside children have a responsibility to keep them safe. As a teaching assistant, ¬initial training will be given outlining your role and any other particular areas which your employer would like you to focus on to improve...
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...Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is a powerful coalition of hundreds of private and public agencies that since 1920 has worked to serve children and families who are vulnerable. Our expertise, leadership and innovation on policies, programs, and practices help improve the lives of millions of children across the country. Our impact is felt worldwide. However, their mission is to chiefs and involves its network of public and private agencies and partners to advance policies, best practices and collaborative strategies that result in better outcomes for children, youth and families that are vulnerable. Their main focus is children and youth who may have experienced abuse, neglect, family disruption or a range of other factors that jeopardize...
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...New Jersey Child Welfare Data Map - Variable Definitions The New Jersey Child Welfare Data Map provides a user-friendly interface for individuals to explore many aspects of child welfare programs in the State of New Jersey, and provides other useful information such as: the estimated population under 18, the estimated population under 5, the number of substance abuse admissions, the number of domestic violence clients served, the number of home visiting families served, and the unemployment rate. In an effort to ensure our users understand data presented, we have provided definitions for clarification purposes. Please click on the variable title for an in-depth description of the variable. Child Population Under 18 Years The Child Population...
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...overuse of the foster care system and the lack of training of child-welfare workers the State Legislatures enacted the Child Welfare Reform Act in 1979. The program will provide preventive and rehabilitative services that focus on strengthening family relationships and to place the children back with their families as quickly as possible. If all of these services fail and the families dynamic is detrimental to the child the Act provide adoptive placement as well, so foster care will not be a common option for a temporary home of children. In response to the lack of training of staff who make decisions that can disruptive the child and families life the Child Welfare Reform Act also require workers to have adequate training of the complexing of problem related to children remove from the families, cultural backgrounds, and the legal procedures of foster care. This act is for the sole purpose of enabling...
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...Mother Blaming: How Welfare Systems Reinforce Institutionalized Oppression Critical Response Paper Mother Blaming: How Welfare Systems Reinforce Institutionalized Oppression Introduction States have established several entities to ensure the safety and well being of their citizens; of particular importance is protecting the welfare of vulnerable populations, such as the disabled, minor children, and the elderly. Social welfare policies and programs also serve to afford equal and/or equitable opportunities for vulnerable populations, to level the playing field and minimize the effects that years of oppression tends to have on members of the non-dominant culture. Although welfare systems aim to improve the lives of our nation’s vulnerable populations, institutional oppression has also permeated this system, influencing the research, practices, and policies of professionals in their respective fields. Consequently, a system that was established to protect and assure the well being of vulnerable populations has also served to re/victimize and reinforces the oppression of the lives of those involved with these systems. The manifestation of gender bias and institutional oppression in the welfare systems are social justice issues with vast implications for vulnerable populations; according to the NASW Code of Ethics, as professional social workers, we have an ethical responsibility to challenge social injustice and pursue social change, particularly on behalf of vulnerable...
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...One of the many aspects social workers deal within child welfare is foster care. Social workers dealing with foster care youth are to participate in bringing that child to permanency by the time they become eighteen. The child welfare system hopes to rejoin children with their families. Unfortunately, this is not a choice and the social worker must help the youth in transforming to adulthood and teach youth the skills needed toward emancipation. Developing skills to help foster youth prepare for adulthood and be independent once they leave care is now the responsibility of the social worker. Mainly, social workers want to transition the youth out of foster care by equipping them with the educational skills needed for their future (Jones,...
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...Human Service Professionals and Helping Skills Sara Ouellette BSHS/305 May 23, 2016 Cassidy Hawf Human Service Professionals and Helping Skills In our society today there is a great need for helping professionals being able to work with individuals as well as their families and communities. The dysfunction that starts in a single family can spread to affect many people throughout a geographical area. Helping just the one individual sometimes is not the answer because without correcting their surroundings, what you do to help them will be in vain. Once reintroduced to the situation that they had been removed from for treatment or help they will revert to their old ways and behaviors that brought them to you in the first place and thus a vicious cycle will begin. It is important to know your client base and what helping services will work best to get positive results. The Helping Process There are infinite ways of helping people. There are however set practices that all helping professionals learn and will use in their day to day interactions with their clients. There are five stages of the helping process that can be applied to every client: 1. Physical setting and review – Before your client ever arrives you should make sure that your space is inviting and comfortable. It should put your client at ease and make it easier to talk to them. You also will have gone over any files that have been provided to you so that you have a back ground on your client...
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...Overrepresentation in Child Welfare In Child Welfare, there is an overrepresentation of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) in child welfare. Children of color are more likely to be removed from their home, more likely to be investigated by social workers, and more likely to be screened for abuse or neglect in medical settings. Overrepresentation of children in child welfare means that there is a disproportionate number of children of a certain racial or ethnic identity involved in child welfare compared to the total racial or ethnic identity in a community or national population. More specifically, Native American children are overrepresented in Child Welfare. Native children make up around 1% of the entire United States population,...
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...On May 31, 2017 Governor of Texas Gregg Abbott signed four bills aiming to reform child protection services. Over the last two years there have been lot of debates and discussion in the Texas legislature about the impact of the Children welfare system. Major Components of the bill were: 1. The Texas government allocates about $350 per month to families caring for abused and neglected children who are related to them. 2. House Bill 5, which makes the Department of Family and Protective Services a standalone agency outside of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission 3. House Bill 7, which changes how courts work with the state's child welfare agency 4. Senate Bill 11, which lets the state create a "community-based care" model, contracting...
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...Child Welfare System Article BSHS/302 October 8, 2012 Joe Spalding Child Welfare System Article This article examines the characteristics of child welfare caseworkers, their views of the child welfare system, their clients, their agency of employment, and child welfare policies, and whether these views vary according to caseworkers' characteristics. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyze in-depth interviews conducted with caseworkers in New York and Chicago. The major themes that emerged from the analysis indicate caseworkers believed that the child welfare system does not meet the needs of the children in care, lacks the resources to appropriately serve clients, and often establishes goals that cannot be attained by the biological parents. Caseworkers held negative views of the biological parents and, although most described their organization as well equipped, almost as many reported that their organization lacked technical, administrative, and personnel resources. Caseworkers' views of child welfare policies emphasized the need for reforming the system and reevaluating funding priorities.( Zell, M. C. (2006). Child welfare workers: Who they are and how they view the child welfare system. Child Welfare, 85(1), 83-103.) Response This article shows results among two cities Chicago and New York on the child welfare system. The results for the article show the interest of the case workers and how they can affect the individual they serve as clients...
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...History of Minority Population in the Child Welfare La'Trice Moore BSHS/ Introduction to Human Service October 10, 2011 Anie Sklar History of Minority Population in the Child Welfare (Dettlaff & Rycraft, Nov/) Authors of this journal paint a very vivid picture for the child welfare system. Due to the recent increase in the Latino population the issue of maltreatment has also risen. Maltreatment in the Latino Population has risen from 10% in 1995 to 17.4% in 2005 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Service [USDHHS], 1997, 2000, 2007). Originators here focused on the need for child welfare agencies to provide the appropriate services for these families. Studies showed that it was “imperative for child welfare workers to understand the impact of immigration and acculturation in order to implement competent, community based service for this population”. In an attempt to inform child welfare workers, many networks customized a plan in order to educate workers on how to assist in an effective manner with this population. Findings were positive. Workers admitted to having known little about the cultural background of Latino clients. However after educating child welfare workers culturally, this allowed for worker to better understand the Latino population, as well as how to implement a treatment that will be effective for this population. (Lundgren, Schilling, & Peloquin, 2005) Authors here are evaluating the use MM as an effective treatment with parent(s)...
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...Some have argued that social welfare should be about promoting recipient wellbeing. However, others have argued that in recent times welfare programs are more about controlling the behaviour of welfare recipients. This essay will examine the history of welfare programs to women since the initiation of the post-war welfare state under Labour Prime Minister Chifley to ascertain whether recent development in these programs are more about providing for recipient’s wellbeing or rather about trying to make them comply with certain standards of accepted behaviour. Chifley argued that it was the “duty and responsibility of the community, and particularly those more fortunately placed, to see that our less fortunate fellow citizens are protected from those shafts of fate which leave them helpless and without hope”. He continued the labour movement would fight to ensure a future “free from want, insecurity and misery” (Chifley, quoted in Beilharz, 1994). Chifley was stating that those in need should be the recipients of welfare without them having to comply with any requirements to perform to certain behavioural standards. This approach set the scene for the expansion of the welfare state from the post-war period through its expansion in the Whitlam years until its principles were challenged by the Howard Government in the 1990s. During this time welfare benefits grew and were extended to new groups of people considered in need. The labour party supported the notion of deservedness...
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