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Child protection: a global problem

   

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Running head: PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONProtection of children and vulnerable personName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note

1PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONTable of ContentsIntroduction:....................................................................................................................................2Issues related to current practice in child protection:......................................................................2Reporting procedures for child abuse..............................................................................................5Issues related to interagency working and risk assessment.............................................................6Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................8

2PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONIntroduction:Child abuse and neglect is a global problem with serious lifelong consequences for theaffected child and their family members. Child maltreatment has been experienced by people inmany forms such as sexual abuse, negligence, exploitation, physical abuse and emotional illtreatment. WHO report has revealed that about 1in every 5 women and 1 in every 13 men havebeen sexually abuse as a child. One-fourth of all adults have been victim of physical abuse as achild (World Health Organization 2018). These figures give indication of the extent to whichchildren are vulnerable in the community. Maltreated children are at increased risk of behavioral,physical and mental health problems too. For this reason, many child protection policies andchild abuse prevention programs has come in different countries. Child abuse preventionprograms operate in different settings to make people aware of different signs of child abuse andthe take relevant action to protect children. Large number of resource has been directed toaddress the problem of social abuse (Eckenrode et al. 2017). This report particularly aims toexplore critical issues affecting practices in child protection. In addition to reporting procedurefor child abuse in Ireland, the report discusses about the issues faced by inter-agencies whileconducting risk assessment. Issues related to current practice in child protection:Child abuse and child protection has become a significant political and social agenda inIreland due to great publicity of high profile cases. High disclosure of child abuse by families,clergy and other person has brought attention to the serious problem of child abuse in Ireland.The revelations related to child abuse cases also increased after the implementation of theProtections For Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act, 1998. The Act provided civil protection to

3PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PERSONpersons reporting about child abuse and they were provided protection from penalization byemployers (Protections For Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 2018).In the presence ofChildren First legislation, local authorities have introduced many assessment frameworks andtools to assess needs of vulnerable children in Ireland. The main purpose of assessment tool is toconduct general assessment with vulnerable families, assess specifics risk and needs, determineeligibility for certain interventions and analyze level of support needed by children at differentstage of life (Luckock, Barlow and Brown 2017). However, the risk assessment process andidentification of vulnerable children is a challenging process because of many issues in the childprotection system in Ireland. The issue of child maltreatment has had major impact on law enforcement and judicialsystem of countries. Based on laws related to child protections, judicial systems of differentcountries have incurred huge cost for investigation, prosecution and confinement of perpetratorsof abuse. The possibility of collaboration with different multi-professional team has alsoincreased to provide ideal support needed by maltreated children and their family members.However, the complexity related to the reasoning process is one of the major issues in childprotection practices. For instance, in health care setting, the assessment of suspected childrenwith child abuse has become a dilemma for clinicians because of their biased view and attitudes.Hence, such beliefs and attitudes result in diagnostic uncertainty leading to circumspection andindecision. This may delay quick response process (White et al. 2015). Based on theidentification of this issue in child protection practices, it can be said that identification ofchildren at risk and sharing knowledge at the right time is a complex system and behavior ofprofessionals and agencies can be a source of safety and risk too.

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