Child Abuse Interview

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Social workers on a daily basis deal with many problems, recognition and reporting suspected child abuse investigation is a very important step in preventing child abuse. As a part of our job we must interview the children during the investigations as a witness because they are themselves the victim of the sexual abuse. My first obstacle on this paper is interviewing the young children in sexual abuse cases and I have a fair amount of concern about whether interviewing the children during the investigations in sexual abuse cases can be traumatize the child abuse victim. We all know that interviewing parents about the suspected child abuse can be very intimidating for adults. Think about the three-year-old and having to go into an interview …show more content…

If it is not truly necessary, I think that it is very troubling for any family to ever put their kids in this sort of hard position. I know that these cases are not easy to resolve, however, I believe that using the child witnesses for such purposes is not always right and might hurt the children. I believe that the children do not belong to this hard position. I believe that there should be an alternative solution for this. When is a young child victim of sexual abuse, instead of interviewing young children, the parents can utilize the mediation which permits parents to place the children first and not place them inside the role of having to be interviewed. I believe that children should be giving an opportunity to have a support system to help facilitate communication for the best interests of the children. If a child has no other choice other than to be present for an interview, this could be done as quick as possible at least without hurting the …show more content…

In my opinion, Social Workers need to take every necessary steps to protect children’s best interest. I think I need to constantly reminding myself how important is to speak to a child about the suspected child abuse, if necessary, how important and critical to conduct an interview session and prepare myself for the worse scenarios. In addition, I may suggest to the parents that have the child examined by the child's primary care physician or psychologist and discuss the necessary steps to take to prepare for an interview. In addition, I would refer the parents to the Children’s Advocacy Center whom they can refer to the sum of the organizations with a skilled worker who can accompany victims of sexual abuse and when a young child has to

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