Title: What is a Child Advocate? (with pictures)
Headings: What is a Child Advocate? (with pictures)
What is a Child Advocate? (with pictures)
Tricia Christensen
Tricia Christensen
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Content: It’s also important to note that most school employees advocate for children that are being harmed in another way. Should they suspect sexual or physical abuse, they’re often legally bound to report it. Advocates often step in and speak on behalf of an abused child. When abuse of any kind is reported, children continue to need a supportive child advocate. This might be someone from a department of social work or other family oriented organizations that helps to protect and preserve the child’s interests through investigatory processes and thereafter. Children who then enter “the system” of foster care need at least one person, and preferably more, on their side should they encounter problems, which is not unlikely. A child advocate comes in many different forms. In the US, many states have special child advocate programs that are separate from any form of social services or child welfare department. People employed in these programs could listen to concerns raised by children, by their foster parents, or by social workers that review foster parenting. Social workers also have advocacy roles and sometimes the ability to remove children from different types of care if the child’s needs are not adequately met.