Social Work Law: A Case Study on Child Abuse and Neglect

SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT CASE
STUDY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
REPORT..........................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Social work law is basically refers to the legal aspects with regard to social work
practices through which one can understand general relationship among the justice system and
social work along with having complete knowledge about the rules and regulations that affects
an individual area of social work (Mathews and Collin-Vézina, 2019). This report is based upon
the case study which will illustrate certain aspects of social work law with the help of IRAC rule
in order to describe the concepts in detailed manner.
REPORT
According to the given case study, it has been identified that George Baxter who belongs
to African Caribbean which is a 12-year-old kid is suffering from learning disabilities. From last
few couples of weeks, George has facing certain growing concerns as he is not talking to other
children and also unable to concentrate within the classroom. He is also not feeling well as he
complained of feeling cold, looks very thin, dirty, dry skinned and having fresh bruises on his
inner thighs and buttocks. Hence, as a social worker, it is the responsibility of the nurse to
support him to their core in George's difficult situations and ensure him from any harmful
situations. Thus, she acted as an advocate or care taker of George and represent him in the court
in order to set out next steps that needs to be taken.
As a social worker, it has been evaluated by the nurse that this is a case of child abuse.
As per the Children Act 2004, abuses take various forms and child victims may experience it in
different ways. It is for both whether they are victim of violence or witnesses, even audibly, the
effects can lasts for lifetime. Living in continuous fear of being harmed can cause generalized
and severe anxiety among the children. Children of abuse may suffer from low self-esteem, act
out in school or react in the form of nightmares irritable or even sometimes feel depression. In
order to help such children s, the social workers are greatly helpful (Wangamati and et.al.,
2021). In the current case, the George has been handled by the social care worker or nurse by
taking certain significant steps in order to handle the situation and make him back towards the
normal.
 Creating safe spaces: The priority of social workers is to get the children to safety and
hence, for George, the nurse should create a place which is highly safe in nature. With
the help of community education coordinator, the nurse can use her empathy and cultural
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