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“Rethinking Social Work’s Role in a Rapidly Changing World : by Antoinette Lombard and Andre Viviers offer an overview of the need for social work in teh 21st century to adopt a more transformative social-policy approach, including policy advocacy. Social Work in Mental Health Settings” by Kevin J.
Their aim is to enhance the well-being and quality of life of people by providing support, resources, and advocacy. They may conduct intake interviews to determine their client’s specific requirements and ensure they are connected with relevant services. Provide support to clients and families in need.
I had done mental health advocacy work on a national scale for years before beginning to work on Breakdown and was very inspired by advocates’ tragic stories. I’ve detailed high profile cases based on media reports and my interviews with family members. Very few people are aware of the population I help and what they struggle with.
Then we’ll let them into the homes of families let them, interview everyone, assess those families, spend an average of 12 minutes every working day investigating the case - and then they can effectively decide if the child will go into foster care. I’ll just send someone out to pick a bunch of well-intentioned amateurs to do it for free!
And the head of a trade association for childrens advocacy centers, where many such exams are performed, says the real problem is agencies arent doing enough of them. Keep reports confidential but not anonymous, and stop terrorizing already vulnerable children and parents, because this largely happens to poor people.
WITNESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, former director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? You can hear the interview starting at 25:09 in. That needs to stop."
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