This month for our column over at Jordans we chose to write about the implications of a fully Conservative government on the child welfare system. Despite the fact that politicians cannot be held solely responsible for the system’s ills, the continued cuts to resources and failure to prioritise child welfare has come at great cost to families, often at the cost of small lives.
This article looks at whether this government will finally break the family justice system and why now more than ever, every sector inside the system must set aside their mutual mistrust and work together, to fight for the protection of our most vulnerable and to create a system worth protecting.
You can catch our article here.
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It needs a very serious overhaul. Children are at risk. Both of inaction but also from over zealous “experts”
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everything will depend on the content of the Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act
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Today I spoke with a Finnish lady who cannot understand the preoccupation of social workers taking children into care. Told me it would never happen in Finland where it’s rare for children to be taken away from the family. She told me she thinks it’s because the UK social workers cannot be bothered to work with families. I think she has a point!
This echo’s the sentiments of a Slovakian builder who recently worked on my home. Our reputation for child stealing is well known in their country too!
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