Social Justice Issues In Health And Social Care Essay

1. Identify a social justice-related problem that concerns you. How do you envision a social worker's role in addressing the issue?
A social justice issue that concerns me and that I’m passionate about, is that of child and family welfare. Through my experience in working with children with autism, I was given the opportunity to work directly with this population and provide therapy to help better the lives of these children and their families. Most of my clients are surrounded with a family who loves them, have a positive support system to ensure they thrive, and have been given the resources and tools necessary to aid in their success. This unfortunately isn’t the case for a lot children in our current society. Many children are forced to

By promoting programs that aim to educate and counsel new parents on the hardships of parenthood and how to go about tackling them in a healthy way, we can start to reduce the high reports of abuse occurring. Social workers can also promote programs aimed towards children who have already fallen victim to abuse at a young age. Early intervention therapy works towards ensuring that these children grow up to have a safer future and helps to end the detrimental cycle of abuse. The cycle of abuse not only has to end with those have been abused but the offenders who have been doing the abusing. Social workers can also aid in educating and providing counseling to the offenders on trying to understand the underlying issues as to why they partake in such abominable behavior. The more public awareness we bring to the issue and how many it affects, the greater chance we have as a society to put it to an end. National programs such as the expansion of Early Head Start and the promotion of preventing child maltreatment by Obama speaks volumes and is paving the way in igniting change and bringing