Minimizing Child Abuse: Role of Social Workers in Australia

Children Abuse

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Childhood is considered to be essential time which are important for healthy
development and also attaining learning and also establishing the several relation blocks for their
coming well-being. According to studies, it has been considered as childhood is a also a time of
vulnerability, at the time of children's childhood they have multiple rights to live in a safety and
also be protected from any specific negative and harmful influence as well as child abuse.
(Spivak, 2019) It has been studied that affirmative beginning in children's life can help children
to reach out their full potential and capabilities, whereas a poor beginning can increase the
prospects of adverse outcomes along with wide as well as long reaching circumstances for a
children, society and also potential future generations. This essay underpins the ways in which
social workers can support in minimising the violence in child abuse and along side it may
underpins evidence theoretical aspects of the issue.
MAIN BODY
The studies conclude that there are number of abuse which can occur within domestic
sphere with children.(Fowler & Vallett, 2021) Within Australia, as per the authorities explanation
in respect to domestic violence as well as abuse, is an incident of controlling, coercive,
threatening, violence as well as behaviour, and addition to this, children who have age 16 or
more than 16, and have been, sexually active any individual or by their family member termed to
be child abuse. The abuse encompass but has not limited. (The Effects of Child Abuse and
Exposure to Domestic Violence on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviour
Problems, 2010) As per the data it has been determined that each and every year there are 3.3
million to 10 million children are termed to exposed to the domestic violence at their home.
(Abbas & Jabeen, 2020) It has investigated the occurrence of child abuse has been recorded as
900,000 children that re termed to be classified as being maltreated by their own parents and also
in some caretakers. (The Effects of Child Abuse and Exposure to Domestic Violence on
Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviour Problems, 2010) It has been considered
that there are various type of family violence that have directly encountered child abuse which
have been exposed to domestic violence and also child abuse. Several of studies have
demonstrated that children who have exposure of child abuse can face adverse effects on their
psychological as well as behavioural outcomes. (Yoon, 2020)

As per the research, child who encounter child abuse are termed to be subjected various
internalizing as well as externalizing behaviour problems. (Abbas & Jabeen, 2020) Such as
research represents that abused children can exhibits a various problem which are in context of
psychological issues which includes depression, anxieties and other internalizing risk factors. In
which the externalizing behaviour that can child shows are delinquency as well as violence
perpetration and so on. In addition to this, exposure of domestic violence can also involve linked
with risk factors which are associated low self-esteem, social withdrawal, depression and also
anxieties. Also, in children it can promote aggression and violence. (Fowler & Vallett, 2021) As
per the recent meta analysis study, identified that there are different kind of abuse and neglect
that are must to reported. (Jenny & Metz, 2020) While in some jurisdictions, such as NSW, NT.
It is necessary to report all five types of abuse such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional,
neglect as well as exposure to concerning family violence. In most of jurisdictions the legislation
are generally determined that, except for sexual abuse, it is the only cases of significant abuse as
well as neglect has been reported. (Abbas & Jabeen, 2020) Studies confirmed that a sexual abuse
should always develop a suspicion of important harm, in such applicable definitions of all
impression of particularly sexual abuse that should be reported in higher authorities.
It has been discovered by the reports that a common assumption id considered to be
important requirement, the legislative grounds for child protections services intervention as well
as research classification of such abusive and also neglectful behaviours are termed to equal and
same. The laws also provide description of various types of situation that should be reported to
statutory child protection services.(Paglia, 2018) As per the report it has been considered that the
legislative grounds in respect of child protection services intervention as well as classification of
research of abusive and neglectful behavioural pattern, as they are eligible to be charge
Studies reported that insufficient attention which has been provided within child abuse
literature to the theoretical development and construction of understanding of the problem
(Pomeranz, 2018) Although, this has termed to be in a part of along with fascinating by other
social workers with the bewildering of various physical as well as psychological manifestations
of several issues that are characterized as straightly as child abuse.
The report state that insufficient theory base that has contribute additionally in the failure
of programs, that were considered to treat child abuse than the lacking which were found to be in