I believe the film "Confronting Child Sexual Abuse" enlightened myself on the service of

CPS. To be a social worker you need to be able to deal with stress and to be able to

leave the job at work when you go home. The case manager is responsible to assure

that all the medical and educational needs of the child is meet. The case worker spends

40-50% of their time out in the field. The top priority of the social worker is to keep the

parent and child together as long as the parent can get help to keep the child safe.

Both the parent and the child need therapy. The parent needs it because now they are

a parent of a child with special needs. Non-abusive parents sometimes see therapy as

a sign of weakness. The social worker needs to see changes in the family. They want

to see that the non-abusive parent is available for the child. If the non-abusive parent

gets therapy they can learn the signs of sexual abuse. Children are taken out of the

home if there is risk to the child to stay at home. They want the family to stay

together if possible.

Foster parenting is very hard responsibility. The foster parents have to sometimes deal

with aggressive acting out, extreme depression, sexual acting out and sexualized

behavior. After what the child has been through this is normal behavior. The social

worker must assets to see if the child is safe to go back home. Try to make the social

worker and the parent a team working on the behalf of the child.

My general impression of the film was that it was very one sided. I believe it is

important to learn the side of the social worker but I also believe it should express the

side of the family and the child.