Tag: Child Welfare Services

Child welfare services have a primary goal of protecting children from harm and promoting a child’s development to ensure a healthy transition towards adulthood. However, when considering the historical and contemporary disproportionality of children of color represented within the child welfare systems (i.e., foster care, juvenile justice, etc.), it is important to consider the role of social work in reinforcing or reforming the field of child welfare.

Discuss your understanding of the degree to which the etiology (meaning the cause of) and/or prevalence of the child abuse or neglect in question is a function of diversity issues, including disparities and oppression. Diversity can pertain to issues relating to race, gender, culture, sexual orientation, and poverty. Please be sure that you specify which area of abuse/neglect you are addressing regarding diversity issues.

Child welfare services have a primary goal of protecting children from harm and promoting a child’s development to ensure a healthy transition towards adulthood. However, when considering the historical and contemporary disproportionality of children of color represented within the child welfare systems (i.e., foster care, juvenile justice, etc.), it is important to consider the role of social work in reinforcing or reforming the field of child welfare.

Discuss your understanding of the degree to which the etiology (meaning the cause of) and/or prevalence of the child abuse or neglect in question is a function of diversity issues, including disparities and oppression. Diversity can pertain to issues relating to race, gender, culture, sexual orientation, and poverty. Please be sure that you specify which area of abuse/neglect you are addressing regarding diversity issues.

Write an in-depth response to each of the prompts numbered below. Number your response with the question. Each response needs to be at least four sentences in length. Refer to “Writing Rubric” (in the Getting Started Module and the syllabus) for content and grammar guidelines. If you research information outside of the textbook, document your reference after the cited information. Upload your file into the dropbox folder.

After reading Chapter 7, “Child Welfare: Working with Children and Their Families”, the Web sites entitled “Tennessee Department of Children Services” on the Readings page, and “Child Abuse Statistics” on the Resources page, and watched the videos,”Life As A Case Manager”, and “ReMoved”; write an in-depth response to each question.

From the textbook reading, summarize the child protective services by outlining and describing its key components; specifically addressing; foster care, permanency planning, and family preservation. You may refer also to the link provided under Resources entitled “Child Protective Services; A Guide for Case Workers”.
Order the steps involved in the intervention process for working with children and families explaining each step.

State the 3 key social work values/ethics that are identified in the text as primary in working with children and families. Explain what the social worker’s key role is for each one.