- If you were a child protection professional or child advocate, explain some of your key roles and responsibilities. Describe the elements involved in casework and Family Case Planning.
- Which parts of the job do you think you would like best? Which would you like least?
- Consider an international perspective on child protection and highlight the implications of taking a relational approach to children’s consent (as addressed in the peer-reviewed journal article).
- Discuss significant judicial responses and legal outcomes in the child protection system and how they relate to child protection professionals’ roles and responsibilities and permanency options.
- Explore the services and potential volunteer and employment opportunities in child advocacy and child protection highlighted in the websites provided above.
- What do each of these agencies do? Explain their role in child protection and child advocacy.
- Describe some of the opportunities or positions that you would consider applying to in the future.
- What are the key qualifications that you need?
- What steps could you take to obtain the expected qualifications and experience?
- What do you like about these positions, and why did they stand out to you?