Modern Challenges Faced by Social Workers in Crisis Systems
Words: 1340 Pages: 4 5505On February 14th, 2011, twins Nubia and Victor Barahona fell victim to their abusive father. The children were found locked in their father’s truck in West Palm Beach, Florida. Nubia was dead, and Victor had severe chemical burns all over his tiny body. An anonymous tip was called into the child abuse hotline, but the social worker Andrea Fleary was so backlogged with cases that it took her four days to conduct a welfare check. That was precious time that […]