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Child Protection and Referral Processes

   

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CHCCSM007 Introduction to undertaking case management in a child protection framework Q2 You are required to develop an assessment plan for a 7 year old child who you suspect is being neglected. It has been alleged that her parents leave her at home when they go out at night. She exhibits signs of malnourishment and developmental delay.1.List 5 people or groups you would seek information from to contribute to your assessment plan.2.List 4 signs/ indicators of neglect in the child and 5 signs/indicators in the parents.3.What is the legal definition of abuse?4.What key factors need to be considered when determining the likelihood and probability of cumulative harm occurring?5.During the assessment you interview the parents and they tell you the child has a fast metabolism and was always “a bit slow”. Can you categorically state that the child is being neglected in this example?Answer:1. The five people or groups who could contribute in the development of the assessment plan are as follows:A pediatrician who conducts a physical examination of the childA speech pathologist who tests the receptive and expressive abilities of the childA psychologist who analyses the level of cognitive functioningAn occupational therapist to test the motor skills in the child such as jumping,throwing, drawingThe parents of the child who spend maximum time with the children 2. The four signs of neglect in the child are as follows:The child being underweight for his /her age groupPoor hygiene standardsLonging for or seeking adult affectionThe child showing violent behaviour such as head bangingThe five signs of neglect depicted by the parents are:Leaving the child alone without much supervisionUnable to provide psychological nurturingLevies the pressure of unrealistic expectations on the childUnable to comprehend the requirements of the child Abuse is an act which hampers the virtue of trust within a relationship and is ofteninitiated by someone close to the person.
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3. Abuse is a breach of trust within a relationship where the human rights of an individual arebreached. In most of the cases, the abuse is inflicted upon an individual by someone close or known. 4. The factors which results in the likelihood and probability of cumulative harm occurring are as follows:Past history of abuses within the child’ s familyThe nature of seriousness of the harm has been escalated manifold timesPresence of alcoholic parents or the ones addicted to drug abuseHistory of avoidance of statutory child protection Act by the family5. No. In that case the child has to refer to a general physician or more specifically apaediatrician who would conduct a full health check up of the child to identify the existingproblem.Q6 child has disclosed to you that they are being abused by an uncle on a regular basis. The accusation has been substantiated and an intervention plan has been put in place. As the child’s parents were not provided with the opportunity to take part in the decision making process they have now made a complaint. Please elaborate on the steps for making a formal complaint linked to policies and procedures1.What is the best way to handle the complaint?A: one of the possible methods to handle complaints is to be transparent about the effectof these changes or the interventions and the impact of these on the future life of the childand their respective families. As mentioned by Moore et al. (2015), the clients need to beprovided with sufficient opportunity to rise a question regarding a particular interventionpolicy or approaches and their query should be satisfactorily answered.The complaints could be redressed in a number of ways such as –Designing a problem oriented frameworkDefining the problemGeneration of alternate solutions for the redressal of the problem situationInculcation of the family members of the child within the decision making processTrial and verification of the solution before implementationConstant monitoring of the application of the solutions2.What is the process to resolve a complaint?A: The process of resolving the complaint of the client could be divided into step wise procedure as follows:Use of open question to comprehend the level of client’s understanding – asking the client to paraphrase the information in his own words- asking the client’s to summarize the entire situation- provision of justified explanation to the clients.
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