Social services for children This presentation shows how social services for children (sexual abuse, children of alcoholics, adoption...) works in USA and UK.

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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3. USA
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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

9. UK
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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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16. WEBGRAPH
 http://www.parliament.uk/topics/childrens-social-
services.htm
 http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/proft41.shtml#nat
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work
 http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/documents/financial-
assistance-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-Social-
Service/Social-workers.htm#tab-2
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