A social worker has been struck off after lying that a mother had threatened to kill herself and her three children, and burn their house down.
The lies were directly responsible for the children being removed from the mother and placed into care. Whilst the HCPC doesn’t express this sentiment as directly as we do, saying that the lies ‘almost certainly’ led to the children’s removal, we are under no illusion that this conduct was directly responsible for the emergency protection orders issued.
Bizarrely, the social worker appeared to have no insight into her conduct. It also appears that she would have been allowed to continue to practice had she shown remorse or expressed some understanding of the consequences of her actions. No mention is made of how this affected the children or the extent of the harm done to their development and their mental health, although the complaints panel have confirmed that it caused ‘very real damage’ to the mother and the children.
Should we really allow child protection professionals who breach fundamental human rights in this way to practice, even if they take responsibility for their actions?
Researching Reform 
This confirms our worst nightmares and is absolute vindication of all the outpourings from all the vctims.
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Vindication indeed of accusations made by victims, and time to re-examine all the FACTS and apologies made to the innocent.
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I doubt whether any social worker would take responsibility for this sort of outrage, or feel any remorse – their actions would be totally irresponsible. She will not be alone. The damage to parent and children will, in all likelihood, be permanent. For this reason, any such conduct should lead to a permanent ban on the individual or individuals (they often work together) whether or not they ‘express remorse’. We should ask ‘why did this person do this?’ Do we have any idea of her motivation? Had the mother been verbally abusive to the social worker (totally forgivable I would think) or did this concoction simply feel good to the social worker at the time? More questions than answers I imagine, but we should know what rationale (if that is the right word) lies behind this sort of behaviour of so-called ‘professionals’.
This particular case may be unique, but the attitude is common. Anyone who has been through the system of Family Courts will be lucky if they’ve escaped it. Most of us have experienced the sneering disregard of those who are entrusted with the welfare of our children, and the lies and manipulation used to further their particular, often political, agendas.
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Well said Roger.
Another part of her Agenda could have been rewards if Adoption was on the cards in this case.
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” The step [dismissal] was necessary to maintain public confidence in the profession and prevent repetition if she was to practice as a social worker again.”
Public confidence can be restored, if at all, only by vetting candidates far more thoroughly and by dismissing offenders as soon as an offence like this is discovered. There should be no opportunity given to “remedy” the offence – what remedy could possibly be appropriate other than resignation? The social worker’s failure to understand what she has done suggests either an individual with no moral compass at all, or an environment in which such behaviour is normal. The lie only seems to have come to light because she corrected her statement; the obvious question is why?
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It should not be the place of the HCPC to offer remedy or even be taking jurisdiction over criminal misconduct in the first place. The social worker has easily crossed the line for the offences of wasting police time and misconduct in public office by perverting the course of justice.
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Jail is the only deterrent for corrupt Social workers and other staff who deliberately lie and try to damage the character and reputation of parents and extended family members for financial or promotional gain.
the children are also Traumatized by these criminal actions leaving many heart broken at the loss of their parents with many going on to suffer PTSD.
Jail time would make all other Social workers think twice before trying their luck.
But no the Govt would rather pay out £41,000 a year to put some footballer or pop singer behind bars for supposedly touching some 15 yr old girl while signing autographs. yet they think its fine for Dangerous corrupt Social workers to be left on the streets after they have destroyed the lives of countless men women and children for money.
where is the justice in all this.
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First of all NO, Social workers should not be allowed to continue working in childrens Services or any of the other areas such as child guardians etc after Lying to have children removed. it should be classed as a serious offence and punishable by a Jail sentence.
Re the large Photo above, “The right to a Voice” this area needs Urgent attention as LAs are Unlawfully denying children an independent Voice from the likes of NYAS etc. if you dont believe it i can produce the Proof.
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I totally agree, as a mother of a special needs child who was removed on march 20th without any prior warning or wrong doing nobody has taken or allowed my 8 year old to express his feelings or opinion on being removed. He is so anxious to get home he has developed a stutter , as he isn’t aware of danger around and allowed out on his own this has also resulted in him almost being stuck by a car while ‘saving’ a cat!
The whole social services need a shake up and wake up and start providing reports that contain facts instead of ripping families apart.
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hi D’
i totally sympathize with your situation. our Son was 6 when he was taken in 2014 he is now 9. after repeated requests for over 2 yrs to let him have an independent advocate due to suspicions of corruption and unlawful severing of ties the LA have declined with the excuse he does not want to see us or anyone else. even NYAS were declined in Nov 2016. when asked why the SW replied “im not comfortable with that idea”
this is clearly unlawful to deny any child a Voice but thats what they are doing and getting away with it. psychological child abuse.
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well no surprise there then – welcome to EAUK daily work in regard to the social care system ! The WHOLE social work system need to be scrapped and begin again. The perpetuate abuse and seemingly don’t even care the general public could do a better job. I despair – schools recognise abuse then report it and then are told ” it falls outside our threshold” . WHICH PARTY TO BE ELECTED ON THURSDAY WILL TAKE CHILDREN AND ABUSE SERIOUSLY IN THE UK?? FOR YEARS ALL OF THEM CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT IN REAL TERMS.
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In our case there were no less that three provable lies. We were told by our solicitors that the Judge would not be interested in listening to us proving the lies as they didn’t matter, I’m sorry to say it’s bigger than the social workers. LA can do no wrong in care proceedings and the parents can do no right. That’s simply the lies let alone the stretches of the truth. Also at two years old my very opinionated toddler was never asked what she wanted. If this had been a criminal proceeding the police would have been made to answer for the lies. In fact our solicitors would have used it as a point to chip away at the case against us. I guess if you’ve committed no crime then that’s where the difference is. LA, SS, Solicitors, and Judges should be able to hear all sides of the arguments and if necessary respond to any questions of lies or stretched truths. An example of stretched truths in our case is a report stating that in contact oldest and youngest were kept separate during play. Intentionally omitted was the fact that oldest was 2, very active and played hard, while youngest was less than 6 months, non mobile and had very different play needs. The very day this was presented to us we had an incident in the contact centre where Oldest accidentally dropped a toy on Youngest’s head. We pointed out these reasons. The reasons were never recorded, and the idea of us separating the children was in the final court report. SS and the LA are the only ones who have any rights.
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i can totally agree with what they are doing to people and it seems to be common practice all over the country as we hear the same things coming from all over the place time and time again. Corruption is Rife but the Million Dollar Q is how can it be stopped for good. this is without doubt a Human Rights issue.
whats really needed is a massive police investigation into the whole Corrupt system of childrens services and the Family courts who are hand and Glove with each other.
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That’s PROGRESS!!!
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I research and find your page educational. I am a victim of social services and want justice for our children
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Thank you for your kind comment. I’m incredibly sorry to hear about your children, though.
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My daughter who was a happy child. They lied and twisted the truth . They did everything to take her
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I’m so sorry xxx
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Hi sorry I no this is a old thread is this the claire ann joyce sorry
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I wonder if the Post Office scandal springs to mind when most people read a story like this.
It does for me.
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I wonder if the Post Office scandal springs to mind when most people see a story like this.
It does for me.
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