Child Welfare Case: Analysis, Circumstances, and Interventions

This report presents a detailed analysis of a child welfare case involving a fifteen-year-old victim of abuse and neglect. The report examines the circumstances surrounding the abuse, including the victim's background and the actions of the perpetrator. It emphasizes the role of the social worker in assessing the situation, focusing on the victim's emotional state and the family dynamics. The analysis includes a micro-system investigation to understand the relationship between the victim and her parents. The report also discusses interventions, such as providing resilience through problem-solving skills, support networks, and a positive school climate. The report references key literature on child welfare and social work practices.

Running Head: CHILD WELFARE
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Name of the Student
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Scenario and definition........................................................................................................2
Concern of the caseworker..................................................................................................2
Circumstances for the victim and perpetrator......................................................................2
Family and child assessment...............................................................................................2
Interventions........................................................................................................................3
References............................................................................................................................4

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Scenario and definition
The victim of this case is a fifteen years old girl. The girl was a victim of abuse and
negligence. For the transferable job of her father, the girl experienced living with different
societies. At the age of 10 the girl was physically assaulted by a member of the group of family
friends. She was not provided with any counseling to bring back her mental stability. Hence, the
nature of this abuse is physical assault and emotional negligence.
Concern of the caseworker
The caseworker or reformer has various areas to look after for this case. In this particular
case, the pattern of the victim’s response is the main concern. The social worker must investigate
about the relationship of the girl with her parents. Also the person must investigate that if there
any emotional difficulty the child is suffering for the abusing incidents.
Circumstances for the victim and perpetrator
The caseworker must investigate about both the victim’s and perpetrator’s circumstances.
In this regard, the person should follow the micro-system investigation. It will help the reformer
to understand the relationship the victim had with her mother and notice the communication
pattern among them. The caseworker also investigate about any past evidence of similar
obligation associated with the perpetrator.
Family and child assessment
According to Brewsaugh, Katrina, and Anne Strozier family is provided with important
responsibility for the child welfare in the United States (Brewsaugh, Katrina, and Anne Strozier).
The caseworker must notice that the relationship with the child and their parents is disturbing. In

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spite of victimizing the cruelty of physical assault they did not provided any resilience to
overcome from the situation.
Interventions
To provide resilience for the child, the social worker can follow the protective factors as
mentioned by Durlak that can influence the victim to bring back the emotional balance (Durlak,
Joseph and Ferrari). This factors include the capability of problem solving, accessibility to
support some networks supportive parents, and positive climate of the school. Inefficiency in any
of the mentioned factors increases the risk that means encouraging the negative thoughts within
the victim.

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References
Brewsaugh, Katrina, and Anne Strozier. "Fathers in child welfare: What do social work
textbooks teach our students?." Children and Youth Services Review 60 (2016): 34-41.
Durlak, Joseph A., and Joseph R. Ferrari. Program implementation in preventive trials.
Routledge, 2014.