Child deaths- The reasoning behind them

http://www.nccpr.org/reports/8Realreasons.pdf

In this article by the National Coalition for child protective reform they talk about the reasons as to why children die everyday from abuse while in the system. Some of the main reasons were because of overwhelmed social workers, social workers with little training in which a bachelors degree is only required and also social workers have little experience with the job field. I believe these reasons are the most problematic to the child protective system. With social workers having little experience they are forced into these situations where they must make very important decisions based on their little to no prior experience. Also they say that social workers are overwhelmed because of the number of cases that are false. Officials are informed of this and they state that :"Child Protective Services staff are faced with violating policy by declining to investigate clearly low risk complaints or spending time and energy [on them] at the expense of having adequate time [for] more serious situations".

I feel that this article on child abuse reform is a very good way to bring attention to the things that need to be changed. These reasons as to why many children are being failed by CPS are exactly why I feel that child protective agencies need to be reformed. I strongly feel that the most important reason as to why children are being failed is being too many social workers are overwhelmed. When they are overwhelmed they tend to not put as much effort into all of their work because they are too busy with other cases. They put little time into each case, which causes them to make bad decisions. This is one of the most important laws that needs to be reformed because they should not have to be put under that much pressure with the severity of child abuse cases. Although I feel overwhelmed social workers is the most important I also feel that they should have more training. In order to become a social worker I feel that they need more experience before becoming a social worker with children's lives in their hands.