Case Scenarios Essay

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Team C Names: Case Scenarios Read the following scenarios. Answer, in a 50- to 100-word response, each of the following questions: Scenario 1 Sophia has been removed from her family and placed into foster care for the second time in the last 2 years due to her mother’s ongoing substance abuse. Sophia has missed many days of school and often comes to school dirty and wearing clothes from the day before. Sophia’s mother does not think she has a problem and blames the system for once again taking her daughter. 1. What can a human service professional do to help this family? I think that the most important things are rehabilitation, separate therapy, and home visits. Sophia deserves a stable home and should not be reunited with her mother if she’s unwilling to get help for her substance abuse. I think Sophia and her mother need rehabilitation services in place, to engage with said expectations in place (substance abuse program for mom) therapy for mother and daughter to assist with living skills. The human services can help Sophia’s mother by getting here help for her substance abuse. If her mother can’t see that she has a problem, and her daughter is missing school and coming to school dirty then her focus is not her child. 2. How might the family’s previous involvement with the child protection system affect their willingness to engage in services the second time around? Because of Sophia’s mother’s negative reaction towards CPS, it’s likely that she will be unwilling to engage with them. It would be up to Sophia’s mother to be engaged and willing to be involved with support with services. Sophia’s mother is looking at child protective service as the dad guys for taking away her daughter for the second time. Scenario 2 John has been homeless for most of his adult life. He is often seen
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