Welcome to another week.
In an unusual article, a Christian publication has accused a local authority of intimidating tactics aimed at parents who refuse to agree to care plans and adoption orders.
The piece begins by detailing a case in which the council in question is now trying to send a mother to prison for speaking out about losing her children to care, even though the children are now adults and the care proceedings are over.
The story goes on to talk about a father who is currently trying to get his son back from care after complaining that the council’s actions have emotionally harmed his son.
Medway Council has repeatedly threatened the father with jail for naming child protection professionals on social media and publicly talking about his son on the internet. The judge in the case has previously stated that the only reason he has not imprisoned the father is to avoid him ‘becoming a martyr’. We’re not sure how sound that logic is, but there you are.
Interesting information is also offered in relation to a psychologist who worked on the mother’s case on behalf of the council. Her children were home schooled. Medway council argued that the mother had harmed her children by removing them from a conventional education: one child had special needs and the other was confirmed to be of above average intelligence.
Mr Graham Flatman told the court that the mother, ‘had provided (‘D’) only with a limited and possibly distorted social experience’ and had ‘missed the opportunities offered by school for extended social contacts, extra curricular activities and the benefit of experiencing how a society of children and adults can function’.
This judgment may highlight councils’ prejudices about home schooling generally which could be being bolstered or may originate from professional expert opinions, which vary considerably on the issue. A proposed Bill in the House of Lords aiming to regulate home schooling further, could aggravate any bias that already exists.
Our question this week, then, is just this: do you think bias within child protection practice exists and if so, why?
Many thanks to the father in this piece for sharing the story with us.
Researching Reform 
Could you please give me information about the home school case?
Regards,
Amber ________________________________
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Hi Amber, this is all I have. See if you can spot it in BAILII xxx
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Disgusting how social worker prejudices can be raised in devious narrative as concerns. I bet the average home educated kid is better educated than the social workers who persecute them. This silly stuff has been researched before and found to be entirely without foundation and also entirely without support from the law or relevant departments in government. Trouble is, judges don’t know the law, it’s expensive to hire an expert barrister in HE, and the average parent doing HE cannot protect themselves against the ignorance deployed in advocacy and lower family court judgement. These cases should only go to the High Court on grounds of public interest.
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Reblogged this on | truthaholics and commented:
“The story goes on to talk about a father who is currently trying to get his son back from care after complaining that the council’s actions have emotionally harmed his son.”
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My view is that Child protection staff are only Biased form a “Us and Them” point of view. professionals Vs none professionals.
i think they love the thrill of the chase and all the rewards that it brings.
its basically legalized Fox hunting of humans for LAs. the Hounds are well trained and dont leave a stone unturned.
And now with the latest info re LAs using private investigators to spy on parents pretty much says it all.
thats why they spy on parents in contact centres with cctv video cameras and lie about it. it would seem LAs like to conduct covert activites on the parents but they dont like it when parents record them. Double standards is the name of their game.
then we have to ask why isnt it being policed. how can they operate like Mi5 and get away with it.
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Another big problem with the Family courts is Clandestine meetings in the Judges chambers. who attends these unofficial meetings and why its done outside of the courtroom while the parents have no knowledge
of what has been discussed or decided.
are they committing a criminal act by doing so given that all information relating to the case has to be disclosed. Why do we never hear of Judges being prosecuted and jailed for aiding and abetting this type of Criminal Activity for the benefit if LAs.
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but we all know that. Nothing changes and will not change unless party who is interested will demand their rights, their children in forceful ways. No one will give children back voluntarily. Law will never change from FB posts. Action, strong action is needed.
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yes Eugene i would think that is the case but unfortunately strong action against the system will be viewed as an uprising and a threat to the establishment. they wont have that they will simply deploy their forces to crush it and many will go to jail. you wont be able to do much from behind bars.
it is an extremely difficult problem to solve when the Govt do nothing about the criminal activity taking place at LAs all over the country and the family courts.
what we need is an Alan Turing type genius who can break their Enigma code of corruption.
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Reblogged this on Musings of a Penpusher and commented:
Time the scales were more evenly balanced in favour of JUSTICE for all.
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its so long overdue but they wouldnt want to pay out what could run into Billions in damages to the thousands of parents, extended family and the children who have suffered the most.
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