I chose to write a report about the YWCA Pierce County‚ located on 405 Broadway St‚ Tacoma Washington. The YWCA or Young Women’s Christian Association is one of the oldest and largest women’s organization in the nation‚ serving over 2 million women‚ and their families at more than 1‚300 locations across the United States. The original Christian perspective is still strong in many of the national associations‚ but some have changed their focus to be more of a social and community based program. The
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CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES REFORM 1 INTRODUCTION Child Protective Services (CPS) is a complex system of assessments‚ investigations‚ and conclusions. CPS is the central agency in each communities child abuse and neglect service system. It is responsible for ensuring that preventative‚ investigative‚ and treatment services are available to children and families endangered by child abuse and neglect. As a result‚ CPS workers must perform a variety of functions when responding to situations of child
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The Child Protective services are responsible for providing either quality child protection or child welfare services. Within the child protective services‚ many of their regulations should be in consideration and developed to benefit the social workers and the children within the system. As social workers continue their work even as to doing overtime to close cases‚ but it seems as the work is never ending because of the fact that work keeps piling up on a single social worker. Social workers at
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to Protect and Serve Americans place their lives in the hands of their government. We trust that in doing so‚ things will inevitably work out in the correct way. However‚ this is not the case for many children who become lost in the Child Protective Services; or CPS organization. Texas has a separate system of courts that directly handles the cases in which a family’s structure‚ practices‚ and techniques come into question called the family courts. However‚ these courts often become overburdened
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Risk Assessment in Child Services Introduction The topic to be discussed‚ is the use of risk assessments in cases when children are involved (child welfare). Assuring the wellbeing of these children falls within the job description of their Case Manager/Social Worker. This task can be helped or impeded by the strategies and assessments that are implemented as ways meant to effectively address the issues. The following reviews are of articles that have similar and unique perspectives of this topic
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commuters. Despite the critics‚ I am here today to explain to you‚ representatives of the media‚ that Protective Service Officers are the answer in conjunction with improve infrastructure. Therefore I am suggesting that we need a balance. It is essential that we continue to develop the PSO program to combat against the current danger of crime. Let me give you a quick background about Protective Service Officers. PSO were introduced in February 2012‚ to help improve safety in high risk train stations
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Looking back‚ the biggest resource lacking in my environment‚ that was so desperately needed‚ was Child Protective Services. I believe the agency existed‚ but they never became involved with our family. The community awareness surrounding child abuse that exists now was not so in the 1960’s and 70’s. When my mother would tell the family doctor that I had had another accident‚ he did not question what she said‚ and if he did‚ he did nothing about it. Teachers were not as educated concerning the
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organization such as Child Protective Services (CPS) wanted to share client information with another Protective Services agency regarding a client both organizations should be able to exchange and translate information amongst coordinating organizations. Child Protective Services Child Protective Services (CPS) is known as major department with the Department of Human Services. CPS supports and maintains the social and economic welfare of children by offering services to children to help protect
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Department of Social Services Agency that is located in Salisbury‚ North Carolina and correlate the ecological theory rand the psychodynamic/ psychoanalytical theory to explain how this agency interact with its clients and the community. This agency has multiple service divisions such as the Adult and Family Support Services Division that consist of the Crisis Intervention Program‚ Food Stamp Program‚ Intake (Adult Medicaid)‚ and Long-term care Medicaid (nursing homes). Also‚ this agency has a Children’s
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on a daily bases. At my internship site‚ the Child Protective Human service “Chat” building there is a Cultural dynamics of differences which come from our traditional cultures and norms. I couldn’t help but experience and become affected by culture thru interning with such a diverse group of personalities‚ culture affects how people perceive things‚ and it influences how people
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