Social work to children affected by violence: Perceptions and Policy implementation

Abstract

Ensuring that " No child is left behind", Vietnamese government has developed more effective and equitable social and economic policies to protect children affected by domestic, school and community violence, especially in social work field over the past decade. This article aims to reflect on the pros and cons of implementing policies related to protect children from violence through the perceptions of local social workers, based on the policy analysis and a qualitative survey involving 30 participants, conducted in 2020. It outlines a framework for practising social work with children, focusing national policies to protect children affected by various forms of violence in the current Vietnamese context. Secondly, the paper examines the awareness of local social workers of those policies and how they performed child protection in three areas: home, school and community. Subsequently, how advantages and disadvantages of performing social work in this domain will be shown for policy recommendation.