Social services for children
This presentation shows how social services for children (sexual abuse, children of alcoholics, adoption...) works in USA and UK.
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Social services
1. SOCIAL SERVICES IN USA AND UK-
CHILDREN
Gisela González, Alba Gonzalez
Fonaments per a la mediació cultural
3r Curs de Traducció i Interpretació
UAB Barcelona
Gener 2013
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2. SOCIAL SERVICES - CHILDREN
Social
workers
Children
with
disabilities
Sexual
abuse
Children of
alcoholics
Adoption
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4. USA - SOCIAL WORKERS
Classification based on where they work:
Direct-service social workers duties
Clinical social workers duties
Types:
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• Child and family social
workers School social
workers
• Mental health and substance
abuse social workers
• Gerontological social workers
• Hospice and palliative care
social workers
• Healthcare social workers
5. USA – CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
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Supplemental Security Income
From Social Security Administration
What you will get
Some conditions that may qualify:
Requirements
What happens when your child turns age 18
• Total blindness
• Total deafness
• HIV infection
• Down syndrome
• Severe intellectual disorder
(child age 7 or older)
• Cerebral palsy
• Muscular dystrophy
• Birth weight below 2
pounds, 10 ounces
6. USA - SEXUAL ABUSE
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Organisations
APSAC
AACAP
Child Lures Prevention
7. USA – CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS
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Adult Children of Alcoholics
World Service Organization, Inc.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
8. USA - ADOPTION
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Important information to determine if adoption is
possible: Age, income, sexual orientation, having a
disability, residency.
Adoption expenses:
Economic help:
Federal Title IV-E Adoption
Assistance
One-time (nonrecurring) adoption
assistance and/or
Ongoing (recurring) adoption
assistance
State Adoption Assistance
Medical assistance
Direct payment assistance
Supplement adoption assistance
RANGE OF ADOPTION COSTS
Public Agency $0-$2,500
Licensed Private
Agency
$5,000-$40,000
Independent $8,000-$40,000
Facilitated/Unlice
nsed
$5,000-$40,000
Intercountry $15,000-$30,000
10. UK - SOCIAL WORKERS
Definition
Tasks and activities
Types
Child, family, and school social
Medical and public health social workers
Mental health and substance abuse social
workers
Other types of social workers include
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11. UK - CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE (DLA)
What you will get
Eligibility
HELP IF YOU HAVE A DISABLED CHILD
Short break services, care at
home, adaptations, money for travel costs
Home adaptions
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12. UK - SEXUAL ABUSE
Government policy and
guidance
England
“Working together to
safeguard children”
Northern Ireland
Scotland
National guidance: underage
sexual activity
Wales
Stop It Now!
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13. UK – CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS
Departments responsible for children affected by
parental alcohol problems
England: DCSF
Scotland: Alcohol Misuse Division,
Wales: Community Safety Division
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Community services for ChAPAPs and their
families
England: Family Alcohol Services
Scotland: Circle Scotland
Wales: Option 2 Cardiff
14. UK - ADOPTION
The child
Who can adopt?
Age
Finances
Health
Same sex marriages (Northern Ireland)
Living in the UK
Adoption expenses
Statutory Adoption Pay
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15. COMPARISON
USA UK
SOCIAL WORKERS
Same types of social workers.
FAMILIES WITH DISABLED CHILDREN
Helps to families with disabled children come from the government.
SEXUAL ABUSE
Helps to sexual abuse basically from
organizations.
Guidance and helps to sexual abuse from the
government.
ALCOHOLIC AND DRUG ADDICTED PARENTS
Each state has its own organizations to deal
with the psychological effects of alcoholism.
Apart from the corresponding departments of
the government, there are community services
too.
ADOPTION
U.S government offers many types of
agencies to adopt.
Not possible in homosexual marriage in
Northern Ireland.
Conditions are more or less the same (age, family income, health, etc).
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