Child Protection: Types of Abuse, Protection Rights, and Case Scenarios

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Activities based upon the concept of child abuse and
the types of abuses children face in their homes and
certain case scenarios and also the protection rights
these children have is talked about in detail below.
Case
Study

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Activity 1
Question1:
The major factors that affect a child being sexually abused at home include:
1. The child being an unwanted responsibility for the young parents who are uneducated;
2. Foster children are much more prone to in house sexual abuse (World Health
Organization, 2019);
3. Vulnerable children in any form are quite prone to sexual abuse, especially little girls;
4. Race or ethnicities also play a vital role in children being abused (Darkness to
Light, 2017).
In the case of Bianca and her sister, both are quite young and vulnerable. As per the case
study, both the girls are adopted and the parents who take care of them are their step- father
and step -mother. Another aspect that is in direct relation with the case study of Bianca and
her sister is that both are unwanted responsibilities of their step –parents.
Question 2:
The child in such a case must be facing a lot of challenges internally. Bianca here must be
scared to tell anyone anything. Hence, first of all specific steps shall be taken so as to soothe
her mind and calm her down. In case she wants to talk, be there for her and inform her about
a guardian being appointed to her so that she can talk about whatever she wants. Making her
feel at ease and calm might do the trick and tending to her medical needs at that moment
would be the first priority. A child psychologist can be a huge help in this case, reassuring the
child that no harm is going to happen to her and her sister again. Only then there is a
possibility that she without being afraid talks about the abuse she went through in that house
in detail. Judiciary also can be a huge help passing an order for providing protection and
providing a legal guardian for such children
Question 3:
A care order shall be made by the court in the case where child abuse is done. The step father
can be restricted from the house as he poses a threat to both the children. As in this case, the
mother can also be restricted due to her brutal actions of feeding the child drugs that can
cause miscarriage. Another individual can be brought into the picture by the court which can

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be a relative or someone familiar to these children whom these children do trust. If no such
individual is present then a third responsible person can be appointed by the court so as to
take care of these children until there is a specific decision considering the kids future is
made.
Activity 2
Question1:
In order to take a legal action in this case, and protect the child from further abuse and find
the reason behind such abuse or whether it actually happened, TAO needs to be applied.
When a TAO is applied for, an investigation is initiated and a legal authority is provided in
relation with the health and safekeeping of the child in concern under CYFA’s Section 232 as
per the reported scenario revolving around the child. Following provisions need to be
definitely included in the Temporary Assessment Order so as to help Bianca and her sister in
every way possible:
1. Authorizing the secretary involved so as to look into the matters of the household
child is living in and enter the house without any restraint.
2. An appointment with a registered child psychologist or a registered medical
practitioner to be arranged and providing them the authority to conduct a detailed
psychological and medical examination of the child.
3. After the medical tests are done, authorising the secretary to go through them and
interview the parents related to it and other questions in relation with the child and
others as per the requirement as in relation with the privileges of a child being
protected under the section 234.
4. Any other actions in respect to the safety involved for the child or children in
question, enacting orders for the benefit of the child being passed to facilitate the
investigation (Victoria State Government, 2018).
Question 2:
In regular situation when a TAO has to be applied, it can be applied within 3 days of the
report and in cases when it is not possible to conduct the procedure related to the same then
an extension of one day is provided if there is an urgent need for protecting the child and a
CAO or Court Assessment Order or the DCPL or Director of Child Protection Litigation
needs to apply to the child’s case (Queensland Government, 2019).

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Question 3:
Bianca and her sister shall be communicated and informed about the changes that are going
to be made so that she and her sister do not have to live in the house where their step- parents
are living. And a proper person that has been appointed as the guardian will be the person
taking care of these children.
Though, not much information can be provided to both the step parents since they are the
culprits or the ones who have committed the crime, but a certain part related to the same shall
be provided to them that they shall be investigated thoroughly and the custody or
guardianship of both the girls can be given back to them only after the court approves the
same.
Activity 3
Question 1:
In order to build a relationship with Bianca so as to make her open up and tell the
investigation team requires patience and a technique to communicate. Apart from harassing
the kid for information, she needs to be tended to in every aspect, talked softly with and one
of the major things that need to be done here is to gain her trust so that she opens up on her
own. The only thing one needs to be precautious of here is that loud volume or threats will
not work on the child. If required a psychologist or a relative that both kids believe in or trust
can help out in such situation well.
Question 2:
Here the primary areas that need to be tended is the safety and medical aspects as far as both
the children are concerned and hence in order to ensure both the aspects are taken care of,
Bianca and her 10 year old sibling is sent to the governmental facility. In case of her mother,
proper counselling session needs to be conducted so that the act she committed does not
happen again. Intervention of the legal authorities is much required in this case. Since step –
mother also abused her in some manner. It is required for the legal officials get involved and
enquire about the scenario.
Question 3:
As per the norms provided by the WHO World Health Organization, the maximum data that
can be collected can be later helpful. Now the data can be accumulated through various