SOCWK355R Study Guide - Final Guide: Child Neglect, Psychological Abuse, Depression In Childhood And Adolescence

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Social Work (Social Development Studies)
• Course: SOCWK355R
• Professor: Dale Payne

Document Summary

It"s important to be self-aware when working with abused children because a worker"s beliefs can impact their relationship with their clients. For example, if a worker sees parents as sexual monsters, the worker will not be able to offer the same support as another worker who views parents as distressed, suffering, etc. The attitude of the worker is important in the success or failure of say, counselling programs. Discrepancies between the social welfare, medical and legal objectives are serious because an overbalance of one of the beliefs can result in professional and community apathy. Humanitarian beliefs, in light of the social welfare approach, have the most hopeful implications for managing child maltreatment cases. This approach is designed to handle people rather than diseases or offences. This suggests that the compassionate responses of the humanitarian can be maximized in the management of the family with these problems. The conceptual framework for self-awareness developed by the national center of child abuse and.