what is the role of a child protection officer?

Answer 1

watch children, after bad reports come up,check them and there back ground, all the best

Answer 2

by all accounts to drink tea organise meetings to push people around and decide if young people are getting a fair deal only from family they don't look at the police education or other services just the family lots of them have not got a clue about young people how you people feel what they want
I work with young people and believe me i think i am privileged i was once a criminal went through the so called care system and borstal/prison i now have changed and i know the needs of young people our system is failing badly read my book 'you little bastard' see were i have come from to work in this Field is marvellous i can really help and do i am going further and further and why do i succeed because i can relate to young people and know the crap they go through the powers to be are there to look to achieve things to look good and the real issues are not being met Dave

Answer 3

what is the role of a child protection officer?
in the UK their role is usually to say lessons have been learnt when there has been
coc k-up
well from watching the news that's all they ever seem to do

Answer 4

You mean police. A term I am not familiar with though most have Juvenile services!

I am aware that many police depts have hired social workers who do child protection investigations. In Washington, DC and Pennsylvania, law enforcement investigated abuse for many years, until the found out it didn't work very well. They didn't hire social workers and their child protection, as far as services, were non-existent!

I know in Florida, some investigators, who are social workers, are hired by police departments. Perhaps it is positions like that of which you refer!

I would prefer that police depts know something about child abuse since most know little with the exception of major crimes. Though I think protective services, which in many states do not have a 24 hour response team, is thankful that the police are there to intervene in severe cases!

Kevw25. I don't think that is the term refered to as they are essentially non-existant in the US!

Answer 5

first item that came up from a yahoo search:

http://www.childprotection.org.ph/whatshappening/atr_ad.pdf