A father who has accused Worcestershire Children’s Services of unnecessarily removing his daughter from his care instead of offering her therapeutic support at home has organised a demonstration to protest against her adoption.
The demonstration came to the attention of Worcestershire County Council last week after the father placed posters around the area, some of which have been taken down by the council who said the flyers had been “illegally placed on the county hall campus.”
The poster said: “Have Worcestershire Children First taken your kids? Have they told lies about you? Have they used crystal ball laws to take your children (future risk of harm)? Have your children been forcibly adopted against your wishes? It’s time to stand up to this corrupt profit making organisation.”
Speaking to Worcester News, the father said, “Myself and other families across the country have had enough of the corruption.”
“The way things are conducted are shrouded in secrecy but we want to spread the word that we will not back down whilst our kids our ripped from their homes. We will not be silenced.”
A spokesperson for Worcestershire Children First told the Worcester News, “Worcestershire Children First staff continue to keep children and young people at the heart of everything they do and act in a professional and timely way to protect children from harm.”
Worcestershire County Council was given a grade 4 ‘inadequate’ rating in 2017 — the worst possible grading by watchdog Ofsted — after a catalogue of serious failings were identified by inspectors.
The council was inspected again in 2019 and received a grade 3, ‘requires improvement’ rating. In that same year, the council admitted that too many children leaving care were still living in bed and breakfasts. Ofsted said the number had not improved since the council’s 2016 inspection.
The council has said it is working through its five-year plan to have at least a ‘good’ rating by 2022.
Despite the council’s claims that its children’s services are professional and efficient, concerns by parents who reach out to the council for help persist.
Another father who tried to secure help for his autistic son told the Worcester News on 19th May that the council had told him he would have to make his son homeless before being able to access urgent support for his child.
The gap in care stems from a change in policy once a child reaches 18. Speaking to the newspaper, the father said, “Before he turned 18 he was under CAHMS and they were brilliant, absolutely amazing. They got him diagnosed and medicated and he had the most amazing councillor, but since being transferred to the adult mental health services it has all gone down hill. It is a constant battle now to get him the support he needs. They have undone all the hard work that CAHMS did with him and it is wrong.”
Following a request from the newspaper for information about the case, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and Worcestershire County Council said, “We can confirm that whilst changes to Ethan’s support plan are being discussed and implemented, all support is being planned from the family home as per the wishes of both Ethan and his dad at this time.”
The protest has been planned to take place on 17th September, from 9am outside Worcester County Hall.
Many thanks to Tum Mum for alerting us to this development.
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All local authorities are using bad practice to removed children. They are followed by Cafcass and the Family Courts in this corruption.
All local authority children’s social workers are involved in this trade in stolen children for profit.
All involved in the system are guilty by association including local councillors.
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Have you heard of the Inter-agency adoption fee which councils claim from the Govt for every successful adoption ? for one baby they claim around £30K.
shurely this is linked to all the corruption.
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So they made £90,000 on my 3 grandchildren, age 2, age 3 and a 3day old stolen from hospital by trafford childrens services.
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It is true. Our loved ones are used as CASH COWS to make millions and full their pockets
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cafcass worcestershire only got that lowest rating because there isnt a rating to accurately describe the evil that they do. Im not exaggerating and i expect onl;y those who have experienced it to understand. Evil beyond what should be possible.
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Cafcass have a 96% bad rating on Trustpilot.
why not add your review.
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Any special needs provision interruption (CAMHS / NHS) is not good and even without Covid the transition may well have been poorly handled ..Specialist therapies for “adults” over 18 are inside a fierce lack of funding in the NHS which by default prefers “crisis” as opposed to preventions…That is a common problem..
Mental Health (NHS) too is way over-administered and there is often no funding for extra contractual referrals for frontline grants for special services, and more direct therapy services to the patient suffer….. Watch out for having special needs !!
Parents need funding to keep disabled kids accessible to them but all we can see is a growth in private “looked after” care provisions (200 million profit on an income of 1 Billion) which has taken root over nearly 10 years ….
Sadly this is bad governance really because Adoption is pushed and pushed and is supported (up to 200 million by the Adoption Support Fund from 2015) whilst birth family life is smashed by transitions of funding that support the wrong solutions and under funding of the right solutions ..
Some of us have written many times to Government and the wheels that turn this mess – yet the mess persists….. Kids from care too are now often clearly refugees in their own country … My god how sad all this is …
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I have been through the same illegal, inhumane and diabolical practice. I ain’t giving up though as my day will come. Let them duck and dive to cover up while, Abusing their Powers. The longest road has an END.
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So many protesters make a lot of noise but never say exactly what they want changed or how to bring any changes about/
Once again the answer for family courts is simple:-
Demand legislation to stop the taking of children into care for “future risk” and abolish forced adption.
Later ,replace family courts by Criminal Courts (with crimina standards of proof) and replace social workers involved in “child protection” by trained police.
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Exactly Ian.. who needs Social Services! There should be a special Police Department to deal with children and the vulnerable and they must interact with Families. Then and only then, we may have a better humane system.
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Worcestershire children first have a habit of lying. 2 social workers come to my daughter’s house , try and force her to do a parenting course ,she says she’s already done one . Social worker keeps on at her to do one . She tells her solicitor they are forcing her. Solicitor says she doesn’t have to do one to her . Daughter goes back to social worker and tells them what solicitor said. Social worker then denies he said it . Liar , I was sat in next room hearing him bully her into doing one . Don’t even get me started what my grandson found in a contact room this week. One word – knife .
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Would this Social Worker who lies be called [edited] at all?
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