305 child protection. vulnerable children

[hayleyt14]

Hi, what makes children vulnerable to abuse?i have things such as disabilities, poor living condition what else? and full partial and direct and indirect disclosure?
any ideas on a book that helps children to become aware of their bodies?
Thanks

[cosmos23]

Hi,
Think about children who have a parent with an addiction - possible undesirable visitors to the home / money going on addiction instead of food and clothing, children who are left in the care of siblings who cannot cope with the responsibility, children with behaviour difficulties may mean parents are under stress which might make children more vulnerable, children that are left in the care of others such as neighbours, children in the care of adults who lack parenting skills and have no support, also think about the impact a child with a disability has on siblings - how might they react under stress or a feeling of inattention?

hope this gives you a few ideas

[hayleyt14]

that was a great help thanks. i have 3 different families that i need to exlpain the factors that might results in abuse. Family from another culture, size of family, and age of parents?

[cosmos23]

Children who have darker skin may have bruising that may not be apparant because of their skin colour or not show because of the style clothing they wear. language barriers may stop a child from making a disclosure. oversized families may have money worries which might result in emotional strain, young parents may not cope with parenting , have low incomes which could result in neglect - not provided with adequate food/ clothing, emotional abuse - blaming the child for their own worries, physical abuse - smacking, shaking,
just a few ideas that you can build and go into more depth x

[hayleyt14]

Great information. so far i have done my settings policies and procedures, un convention, dealing with disclosuretypes of support and what makes children vulnerable . is full disclosure and direct disclosure sort of the same thing?