Social workers becoming more involved for the better of children

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/25/opinion/la-oew-golan-child-abuse-20101125

Social workers are now getting involved in trying to reform the system to help more children and to change how they handle situations. They feel that the major issues that need to be changed are the need for training, consistency, the emergency response backlog and improve policies. They realized that in order for changes in law, policies and decisions they needed fewer caseloads and also more social workers to come help. They also see the need to involve law enforcement, healthcare, and child welfare community to help children because they are still being abused. Others suggested that social workers also need tougher discipline. Another change that they want is access to information just as police have on families in order to prevent child abuse from happening. They will also have more information such as criminal records on everyone who lives in the home.

    I think that it is good to see that social workers are trying to involve themselves in trying to reform the child welfare system. They are doing thier part to see that a change will occur for children's safety. Although there are major things that need to happen in the system, social workers are getting involved and taking action to help the lives of those children are who suspected of being abused. By speaking out as they are, people are seeing and hearing this and realizing that these changes need to quickly happen so that children will be out of these abusive homes. By getting others involved also such as police and the community, it will help prevent or stop the abuse children face at the hands of their parents. I feel that fewer children will die and will not fall through the cracks of the child protection agencies if more people get involved in trying to help save all children from neglect and abuse. By having better training social workers would also know how to deal with certain situations better and can make wiser decisions on the outcome of a case.