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Yet Another Toddler Murdered!!
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is there nothing we can do to prevent this?
sorry if this was already covered.
is there nothing we can do to prevent this?
sorry if this was already covered.
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this is what i found, though the figures are lower than reported by the BBC -
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Social Services don't have enough power - but do we want them to have more?
Damned when they do, damned when they don't. This report from 2018
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A more recent report
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And who can forget what happened on Orkney?
Damned when they do, damned when they don't. This report from 2018
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A more recent report
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And who can forget what happened on Orkney?
I agree, Barry. That's what worries me, the sheer numbers unnecessarily taken away and left in a care system. Meanwhile, abusive murderers seem to have a brief interview where they obviously just lie.
Social Services have a pretty impossible job, I think more lack of staff and money and unworkable caseloads, rather than not enough powers.
Social Services have a pretty impossible job, I think more lack of staff and money and unworkable caseloads, rather than not enough powers.
Wrongly removing a child from the parent(s) causes significant, lasting harm to the child, the parents and the wider family.
There are not nearly enough foster parents, there is a huge shortage and a big rise in the number of children taken into care.
Being placed into the care system is traumatic for the child and let's not forget that abuse has happened in care homes, too.
I wish I knew the answers. I wish that social services, the police, the courts had crystal balls that could tell them that a child is about to be abused and needs to be removed from a situation.
There are not nearly enough foster parents, there is a huge shortage and a big rise in the number of children taken into care.
Being placed into the care system is traumatic for the child and let's not forget that abuse has happened in care homes, too.
I wish I knew the answers. I wish that social services, the police, the courts had crystal balls that could tell them that a child is about to be abused and needs to be removed from a situation.
There's no real support or supervision of families, who are either just struggling, or dangerous. We should train retired people or other volunteers to stay with the most vulnerable families, give them help, support, plus- just notice! Try a bit better to keep them together and if not possible, at least somebody is around to report back before anything awful happens. All unlikely, I know, but the whole system needs renovating.
pixie, I couldn't do that job. Every time a social worker is alone with a child there is the possibility of a false accusation of sexual misconduct.
Too much red tape; too big a risk of being sued for negligence; too big a caseload; not enough resources and every day being blatantly lied to and manipulated by people they are trying to help. Never mind the dangerous situations they sometimes find themselves in.
Damned for doing something about a situation; damned for doing too little.
Too much red tape; too big a risk of being sued for negligence; too big a caseload; not enough resources and every day being blatantly lied to and manipulated by people they are trying to help. Never mind the dangerous situations they sometimes find themselves in.
Damned for doing something about a situation; damned for doing too little.
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