Child Abuse In The Workplace

Child Abuse Child abuse is a very real problem, however the blame is constantly being handed off to others, for no-one is willing to accept responsibility. Service workers constantly face problems, in and out of the workplace, and to add yet another consequence to their already overwhelming workload is self-destructive (Child abuse). People believe that by putting more and more restrictions and laws that somehow things will get better and fall into place, but they are unaware to the work it takes to do so. The addition of new regulations does not improve the situation, but merely adds excessive and unnecessary difficulties. Instances of child abuse should not fall on the general public or the child’s social worker, because social workers are

Yet, the public still sides with the opposing view believing that the responsibility of the abuse, should fall on the case worker. The caseloads and paper work that needs to be processed is horrendous, and the amount of time allocated for each case is not sufficient enough to conduct a proper investigation. “Budget cuts, critics charge, have left many child welfare agencies understaffed, with personnel struggling to handle too many cases” (Child abuse 2016). Some of the main stressors related include, the necessity for the case worker to be 100% positive that removing the child from his home is the only solution (Child abuse). Those who are for the protection of the CPS workers, argue that blaming the worker for the child’s injuries and or death is indicting to the cause, and makes it harder for the CPS workers to continue their work (Child abuse). Not all instances are truly what they seem and if taken as such, there would be

Extensive training is needed to spot real cases of abuse, or else police stations and help centers would be flooded with calls, making them unable to determine what is real and what is not (Child abuse). This makes it particularly hard for the police or any service to decipher the information given, preventing them from actively fixing these problems. Signs of a beaten child can be difficult to perceive. These signs can consist of bruises, broken arms, to bloody wounds (Child Abuse), however in each of these cases the reason can be entirely different, and for this reason it is unorthodox to put this kind of pressure on an untrained civilian. Changing laws and forcing the general public to report all cases of suspected child abuse, is detrimental to the cause. For it forces the people to report everything as to not be penalized, which in turn is not to help the children but only themselves. These people will report every slight instance of child abuse, in order to keep themselves from being charged with a crime for neglecting to report, and will in turn flood offices with unreliable information. The real culprits’ are not the case workers and should not be treated as such, but it lies within the mere responsibility of the aggressor for they shall only be held