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CASE STUDY

Christopher aged 12 (White UK), Amy aged 8 (dual heritage Caribbean/White UK) and Kerry aged 3(dual heritage Caribbean/White UK) have been removed from their mother (White UK) who is an alcoholic and who attacked Christopher in a drunken rage after Amy disclosed sexual interference by him.

The children do not have the same father and Kerry’s father, Andy (UK born Caribbean) recently left the family home after social services discovered he has sexual offences against children. (This was brought to light when Andy’s other child Mary aged 14 went to social services and informed them about her father and abuse in the family. This is the basis of the previous task above). Their maternal grandfather (White UK), is also a sex offender and it is suspected that he has had unsupervised contact with the children. The maternal grandmother (White Irish), suffered from psychotic illness throughout her life and is currently in hospital.

Amy and Kerry are also displaying sexualised behaviour and Christopher is vey aggressive. He has bitten the foster carer and has been excluded from school for hitting other children and sexual interference with another child.

Amy and Christopher are not doing well in school in any event. They are not learning and are shunned by the other children. The foster care finds faeces about the house and suspects it is Christopher, who has also been discovered hording food in his bedroom.

Kerry is showing signs of developmental delay. She does not give eye contact, she head bangs and does not like to be touched. She was extremely distraught to be removed from her mother and absolutely will not accept comfort from the foster carer, but occasionally will do so from Christopher and Amy.

USING THE SYSTEMIC THEORY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW

1. An exploration of the risk factors in the case scenario with reference to the appropriate literature on risk, safeguarding and assessment.​

2, A consideration of the legal and ethical issues that arise from this case

3. A critical exploration of one method of intervention that might be appropriate to use with this family and a consideration of its relative strengths and limitations​

4, A critical exploration of one theory or perspective that might help social workers understand individual family members or the family as a whole, and their particular circumstances​

5. A critical exploration of the family’s cultural background and the impact of any structural oppression and discrimination​

6. A consideration of any value issues this case raises for you

1,WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS IN THE CASE WITH REFERENCE TO THE APPROPRIATE LITERATURE ON RISK , SAFE GUARDING ANS ASSESSMENT

2, WHAT ARE THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES THAT ARISE FROM THIS CASE

3, WHAT IS THE CRITICAL EXPLORATION METHOD OF INTERVENTION THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FAMILY CONSIDERING THEIR STRENGTH AND LIMITATIONS

4, WHAT IS THE THEORY OR PERSPECTIVE THAT MIGHT HELP SOCIAL WORKERS UNDERSTAND INDIVIDUAL FAMILY MEMBERS OR THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE AND THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES

5, WHAT IS THE CRITICAL EXPLORATION OF THE FAMILY CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND THE IMPACT OF ANY STRUCTURAL OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION

6, WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATION OF ANY VALUE ISSUES THIS CASE RAISES FOR YOU .

Answer 1

1,WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS IN THE CASE WITH REFERENCE TO THE APPROPRIATE LITERATURE ON RISK , SAFE GUARDING ANS ASSESSMENT

Risk factors

• Children are vulnerable to abuse due to their broken family life
• Negative psychological impacts
• Bad cope with skills
• Poor concentration levels
• Poor interpersonal relationships
• Tend to hurt others both physically and mentally
• They might other children physically

2, WHAT ARE THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES THAT ARISE FROM THIS CASE

• Issues that usually adversely affect the children like juvenile justice and relocation of them to a juvenile fecility
• Many legal issues can arise since child rights and carefully intervened or else it may create unnecessary chaos for both children and caretakers
• These developments can impact the children in a negative manner
• It can create low self-esteem
• It might tend them to violate any ethical standards

3, WHAT IS THE CRITICAL EXPLORATION METHOD OF INTERVENTION THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FAMILY CONSIDERING THEIR STRENGTH AND LIMITATIONS

• Assessment with the help of an experienced child care practitioner can be highly useful in this condition.
• Children must get a chance to express their feelings in order to assist them further.