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Originally Posted by Lucifer Baphomet  In what way are you familiar with them Eirik....
If its's through the media, remember, much like the police, a social worker doing their job properly isn't newsworthy. |
Thanks Lucifer - I worked for around a year or so in Social Services with situations where children were at risk. 99% of the work never goes beyond those who need to know, so it is never seen that in the majority of cases it's actually about giving support to parents who are struggling. They don't see that it involves close work with medical, education, legal and law enforcement professionals. They also don't see that there are very serious cases where children are in situations where they are starved, beaten, burned, molested, neglected, treated as commodities, etc. and it is only the intervention of a social worker that pulls a child from a short, brutal and ultimately deadly life.
They aren't perfect - no service is and god knows there have been issues of malpractice - but for the short time I worked with them, I know that there are a good few kids who are in a better life now and that there are a good few families who with some extra support, have got things on track. And that's what's important.