Healthcare: Global Child Welfare, Domestic Violence, and Parenting

This essay delves into the critical issues surrounding global child welfare, emphasizing the impact of domestic violence on children's well-being, particularly within the Australian context. The essay begins with an introduction to child welfare and the threats children face globally, using the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a key framework. It then examines a case study focusing on the effects of domestic violence and challenges faced by a parent in Australia. The essay explores various threats to child well-being, including limited access to essential services, gender imbalance, and physical humiliation, advocating for preventative measures and protective regulations. It also discusses social work practices that enhance child welfare, such as family support services, parenting education, and language learning. Furthermore, the essay identifies at-risk children, categorizing risk factors into physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse. Finally, it addresses the cross-cultural knowledge needed by social workers, highlighting the importance of decision-making, people management, and problem-solving skills. The essay concludes by referencing relevant literature to support its arguments.

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Global child welfare
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Introduction
Across the realm, the most valuable assets in a population are children, while threats to
them vary, whichever place one looks, children are exploited and endangered in one way or the
other. By using the convection on the rights of the child as key, globally, this threats are being
examined in countries both in the global south and north (Mitford et al., 2010). In addition to the
evolving understanding of childhood in different cultures, the history of convection is examined.
There are numerous forms in which the wellbeing of a child is interfered with. Such include
trafficking, domestic violence, street children and child soldiers among others. This article
examines a guest from week three who talks on the effects of domestic violence to the well-being
of a child. This cases study talks about the link between domestic violence and the well-being of
a child in Australia.
The guest from week three shares an inspirational story of their experience in Australia.
Clearly, there are numerous ways in which she was inhibited from ensuring her children
experienced good parenting (Chulay & Burns, 2010). Some of the issues she brought about are
related to domestic violence. The essential gateway to the child’s well-being is good parenting.
The parent had more issues which are related to Australia. The mother is grieving about the tight
laws which are able to inhibit her from parenting her child the correct way.
Every day, the safety of children is endangered in Australia and Europe by negligence
and child abuse. Most of the children are living in homes which are experiencing domestic
violence. The child welfare works on finding suitable means by which they can improve families
which such instances happen. Having a shared community concern is the appropriate way of
intervening effectively in the lives of such children and their families (Rosanbalm et al., 2016).
In most cases, domestic violence is attributed to couples who fight overlooking the fact that

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presence of children affects the entire family. Children witnessing domestic violence are major
victims of domestic violence. Such children grow in a very unpredictable surrounding which is
dominated by fear, anxiety and tension.
Threats to the well-being of a child.
As far are parenting, domestic violence and the well-being of a child is concerned, there
are numerous threats which inhibit a proper growth of a child. According to the mother, she is
unable to raise her daughter the correct way following such issues in Australia. First, the guest
mentions that parenting is the core to a child’s well-being. As such, if ascertain services from a
parent or the state are missing, it is certain that the child will develop.
First, access to services is a threat to well-being of a child. F mothers are deprived from
essentials services they need, it would mean they are unable to provide such services to their
daughters and sons. Services can range from being governmental to house necessities. According
to the guest, she was deprived of government services (Kydd & Fleming, 2015). Such include
registration of her daughter in order to gain citizenship. Also, the ability to gain education which
could help her teach the daughter some of the essential skills through the countries language
making her integrate with the culture of the nation.
Having both parents during growth is an essential to a child. This helps the child to know
that they have love from both the father and mother. In addition, every parent is able to educate
the child on the key life skills from the different perspectives (Langhorne, Bernhardt, &
Kwakkel, 2011). For instance, the father will elaborate on how the girl can survive in the
universe while the mother will teach the daughter on how to maintain their selves as girls. This
provides more ground to the well-being of a child. Physical humiliation is a source of domestic
violence. When governments harm either of the parents as a way of preventing them access

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certain services, this is a form of child abuse. The child will grow having thoughts that
governments are ruthless. This would prevent them from pursuing certain careers which they
desire. Also, threat to child’s well-being is gender imbalance (Dubois et al., 2013). Some
governments would advocate that only daughters are allowed while the vice versa is also true.
For instance, the guest spoke about boys being prohibited from entering the country.
There are prevention measures and protection ways which can be incorporated. To avoid
such instances, governments need to develop regulations and rules which are favorable to
everyone. Gender equality should be provided to every country (Eymard, A. S., & Douglas,
2012). Every child despite their gender deserves a right to stay in any given state with their
parents. Parents should also be educated on how they can enhance the well-being of their
children. This can be done by incorporating forums and allowing them to joining institutions
which offer similar services.
Social work practice which enhance the well-being of a child.
Today, there are numerous social service within governments to aid on the child’s
wellbeing. Such services entail advocacy and counselling victims of abuse, incorporating out-of-
home placement for the affected children, giving options on alternative living arrangements.
Other forms include protective guardianship for elders who are abused, shelters for battered
women and education programs for the abused and risk of being abused (Chrisler, Barney, &
Palatino, 2016). While some of the social practices are administered by the government such as
child protection, others are funded by the government but provided by private or public entities.
However, all the services are mandated to improve social support and make the family
comfortable. That would enhance the well-being and growth of the child too.

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First, family support and parenting services can be a good source of social intervention.
While child negligence is the most reported case in Australia, socially isolated families have
been reported to practice this. Through such platforms, an individual is able to be taught about
parenting and issues which revolve around it (Swain & Hillel, 2017). The guest provided
information that such organisation luck for parents. If communities can incorporate organisation
which offer parental advises, this can boost the well-being of a child. Parents will be able to
appropriately teach their children on ways which they will up bring them.
Secondly, parents should be allowed to learn languages which a country offers. For
instance, the lady learning English could boost communication between her and the daughter
(Imison et al., 2011). As such, she could teach the child on the cultural values within the country
effectively. Also, parents need to be allowed to up bring their children together if both are still
alive. Also, a person should not be physically humiliated as it is a form of violence. This lowers
the self-esteem of the child inhibiting their well-being (Ouchida & Lachs, 2015). Social services
need to intervene in areas where government makes mistakes. As such, certain rules which are
discriminatory would be scrapped out.
Identify at-risk children in the Australian context
Measurable characteristics of an individual or community within a community or society
which worsen the future outcome are known as risk factors. Presence of risk factors does not
necessarily cause child abuse or negligence (Miller et al., 2010). At risk factors happen mostly
higher in families which have neglected their children than those who have not. Intrinsically,
families which experience more risk factors do not necessarily abuse or neglect their children.
This can be attributed to the case provided. Despite the woman facing some risk factors, she

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stuck with her daughter. As such, at risk factors can be categorized into four groups; physical
abuse. Neglect, sexual child abuse and emotional abuse.
Physical abuse in the intentional infliction of pain physically to a child. It is characterized
by injuries such bruises and fractures in the child’s body. Sexual abuse is the exploitation of a
child in order for one to get sexual satisfaction (Regan, Laschinger, & Wong, 2015). Thirdly,
neglect is a pattern in which the guardian or parent fails to provide the child with the essential
needs (Fowler, 2016). Lastly, emotional abuse is whereby a person inflicts pain to the child
through feelings through verbal, psychological or mental means.
Cross-cultural knowledge a social worker would need when practicing with children
Social work educators have found it difficult to incorporate strategies for fostering
cultural awareness in students (Ahmed, Al-Shaikh, & Akhtar, 2012). Cultural competence is the
ability to negotiate cross-cultural differences successfully in order to meet practical goals. The
more knowledge an individual is aware about other cultures the more likely they are to avoid
stepping on cross-cultural toes. Having knowledge on how culture impacts problem solving,
asking help, manage individuals among others would ensure everyone is connected through
cross-cultural interactions.
A social worker would need skills in decision making. This would help them make
perfect and correct decisions related to the problems which has affected a child (Raschka,
Dempster, & Bryce, 2013). Also, they would need skills in managing people. The skills would
enable them manage emotional, physical among other character trait of people. Lastly, the
individual should be able to solve problems diligently. This would also instill leadership skills in
them.

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