Essays on Child Welfare

Study Purpose & Literature Review The purpose of this study was to look at Vicarious Trauma, and how it affects employees of the child welfare system. Vicarious Trauma, also termed with the abbreviation VT, means “the taking in of experiences, emotions and reactions of trauma…

Introduction Picture this, someone walks into a home through the front door and instantly an aroma of trash and moldy food hits their nostrils. They look around to see trash bags stacked by the door; dirty, encrusted dishes sitting in the sink; and kids crawling…

Introduction The Child Welfare Policy and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) help protect children and provide families with the support they need to care for their children. The policy addresses child abuse and neglect, fostering, and achieving family reunification for children leaving…

Study Purpose and Literature Review The purpose of this study was to evaluate the child welfare system and let their audience become aware of how many social workers are coming in and out of the welfare system. Due to the severity of their caseload; navigation…

Introduction In the field of health and human services, information technology has been increasing quickly. Information technology among social welfare organizations can best be defined as social networking. Information technology can go back to the 1960s when closed-circuit video was used as the primary instrument…

First Nation children and adolescents are overrepresented in the child-welfare system in Canada. Additionally, placements in foster homes are rarely stable, with children and adolescents constantly moving from one foster home to another. Moreover, parents of First Nation descent are rarely selected for foster-care work….