SOCIAL SERVICES IN USA AND UKCHILDREN Gisela Gonz谩lez, Alba Gonzalez Fonaments per a la mediaci贸 cultural 3r Curs de Traducci贸 i Interpretaci贸 UAB Barcelona Gener 2013
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SOCIAL SERVICES - CHILDREN Social workers
Children with disabilities
Sexual abuse
Children of alcoholics Adoption 2
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USA - SOCIAL WORKERS
Classification based on where they work:
Direct-service social workers duties
Clinical social workers duties
Types: • 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
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USA – CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES Supplemental Security Income From Social Security Administration
What you will get Some conditions that may qualify:
• Total blindness • Total deafness • HIV infection
• Down syndrome • Cerebral palsy • Severe intellectual disorder • Muscular dystrophy (child age 7 or older) • Birth weight below 2 pounds, 10 ounces
Requirements What happens when your child turns age 18
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USA - SEXUAL ABUSE Organisations APSAC AACAP Child
Lures Prevention
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USA – CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS Adult
Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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USA - ADOPTION
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
RANGE OF ADOPTION COSTS
One-time (nonrecurring) adoption assistance and/or Ongoing (recurring) adoption assistance
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
State Adoption Assistance
Medical assistance Direct payment assistance Supplement adoption assistance 8
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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 10
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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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! 12
UK – CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS
Departments responsible for children affected by parental alcohol problems England: DCSF Scotland: Alcohol Misuse Division, Wales: Community Safety Division
Community services for ChAPAPs and their families England: Family Alcohol Services Scotland: Circle Scotland Wales: Option 2 Cardiff
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UK - ADOPTION The child Who can adopt?
Age Finances
Health Same
sex marriages (Northern Ireland)
Living in the UK Adoption expenses
Statutory
Adoption Pay 14
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). 15
WEBGRAPH
http://www.parliament.uk/topics/childrens-socialservices.htm http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/proft41.shtml#nat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/documents/financialassistance-when-youre-having-a-baby.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/SVFactsheet20 12-a.pdf http://ped-onc.org/cfissues/financehelp/finhelp.html http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10026.html http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Community-and-SocialService/Social-workers.htm#tab-2
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