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Social Work

When it comes to providing social services, working with the general public can take

various shapes. When working with children, for example, it can take the form of child life

specialists, child advocates, child welfare, school social work, adoption, and permanency work,

among a wide range of other human services. Laws, ethical standards, and the distinctive

features of children all influence the parameters that social service workers are supposed to

follow when delivering such services to those in need of assistance. In this case, some of the

approaches that a human service professional is considered to follow may need to be modified to

accommodate the population's characteristics. While dealing with children, as in this example,

there may be problems distinct from those that other social service employees would have when

working with different segments of the general public.

Roles Social Workers Take With

When working with children in the delivery of social care, one of the concerns that may

arise is the level of protection they may require due to their precarious living conditions. When

working with children, unlike with adult populations, they may lack the bravery to express

themselves adequately about their difficulties, experiences, or reservations. It would need an

experienced professional to recognize these instances when they arise (Silverstein et al., 2021). A

child may also be unclear of what they need in certain situations, particularly when experiencing

conflicting feelings toward an adult, a parent or family, or the environment in which they live

(Radel et al., 2018). If an accurate diagnosis is not made of the child's needs and interests, and if

the apparent solution does not correspond to a correct remedy, no explanation may produce the

desired result.
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When working with children, the other aspect to consider is the importance of paying

close attention. In contrast to older people, children may require some connection, which may be

challenging to supply given the volume of work that a social service worker is expected to do. As

a result, the service's overall impact may be insufficient to provide the child with the required

peace and happiness, and anticipation (Ataiants et al., 2018). Beyond that, the institutional and

policy shortcomings in dealing with all of the issues that pertain to children could be a

constraining factor in the services that a social service worker can provide while working with

children. According to O'Brien, White, and Rizo (2017), different children face different

obstacles and have varying levels of stress management ability. Whereas one child may be able

to cope with an abusive sort of parental relationship, another child may be unable to cope with

the same relationship style. Even while different children absorb and react to mistreatment

differently, the solutions supplied by child welfare services or policy directives on how to deal

with such situations may be standard regardless of how they are absorbed and responded to by

the different children.

Learning Experience During Walden Library search

During my Walden Library Search, I discovered that the environment in which children

live today is very different from the environment in which they lived in the past (Brown &

Bailey-Etta, 2018). For example, the increased exposure of children to the outside world through

technological devices such as phones, tablets, and computers has posed a new challenge to social

service workers in terms of determining how to restrict access to certain information that may be

harmful to children in certain situations (Silverstein et al., 2021). As a result, it would be

acceptable for the department of child welfare services to regularly assess its services and make

any required revisions to ensure that they are in line with the current reality of working with
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children. The modifications must be added as potential solutions that social service personnel

may use when confronted with challenges that could not be resolved using the currently available

solutions.

Types Of Skills/Knowledge That Needs Development

The most crucial skill is the ability to participate in a professional or multi-sectoral work

relationship with other institutions that provide comparable services to children. It is critical to

have adequate knowledge on these institutions that include child services departments in the

legal field, security, and intelligence institutions that could protect child welfare services when

dealing with unruly adults, or other political actors who could assist in the establishment of a

legal framework that aligns the services provided by social services workers with current societal

realities, such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

References

Ataiants, J., Cohen, C., Riley, A. H., Lieberman, J. T., Reidy, M. C., & Chilton, M. (2018).

Unaccompanied children at the United States border, a human rights crisis that can

be addressed with policy change. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 20(4),

1000- 1010.

Brown, A. W., & Bailey-Etta, B. (2018). An out-of-home care system in crisis: Implications for

African American children in the child welfare system. Serving African American

children, 65-84.

O'Brien, J. E., White, K., & Rizo, C. F. (2017). Domestic minor sex trafficking among child

welfare–involved youth: An exploratory study of correlates. Child maltreatment,

22(3), 265-274.

Silverstein, M., Kemper, A. R., Henderson, J. T., & Mabry-Hernandez, I. (2021). Importance of

Assessing Wellbeing for United States Preventive Services Task Force

Recommendations. Pediatrics, 148(Supplement 1), s37-s39.