Protecting Our Children - BBC2 - 9pm - 30th Jan

[Lightworker]

This coming Monday's episode is said to be even more dramatic...I remember one of the opening lines last week was that some people don't even tell others that they are social workers due to the stigma..I think if I was a social worker, trying to help these children and their parents, I would be very proud to say I was a social worker....

 

[Yammas]

I think its because people automatically assume that social workers are only there to take peoples children away or cases like baby P where they fail the children they are suppposed to help, we dont hear about what they do well.

 

[feeble]

To the contrary, I think they did everything possible to stop that little boy from having to be put into care...

I do wish though, that the mother had of had more support to get her kids back, you could just see that she was never ever going to recover from it and it's doubtful that that little boy will find a new home

Just seems so sad for both of them.

 

[Yammas]

I wasnt saying that the social workers didnt try to avoid putting the children into care because you can see that they did I meant that people assume thats what they do.

I doubt the little boy will be rehomed to it would have been nice if him and his sister were placed together, we dont even know if they met.

 

[smelly07]

I would be proud to be a social worker to, its one of my options for a career in the future when my girls are older x

 

[feeble]

I wasnt saying that the social workers didnt try to avoid putting the children into care because you can see that they did I meant that people assume thats what they do.

I doubt the little boy will be rehomed to it would have been nice if him and his sister were placed together, we dont even know if they met.

I was agreeing with you...

 

[Lightworker]

I would be proud to be a social worker to, its one of my options for a career in the future when my girls are older x

awe you'll make a lovely social worker if you decide to go down that route x

 

[Lightworker]

Speaking of doing everything they can to prevent a care order..do you sometimes wonder if perhaps they do give the parents too many chances?

Eg... sometimes I feel like, if I saw the house was a mess (not general mess, but the kind on the show) once, and then saw it again twice..I would be reluctant to give another chance... even the time when the dad revoked his consent for foster care while mom was in hospital...I can't believe they just allowed that (not sure they could have done anything anyway) but it seems they were given many chances, far too many some might argue, given that the boy turned up at nursery smelling of wee etc

 

[feeble]

I think they would have done anything to get that child out that night... they sent the police round but without the child being distressed or in immediate danger there was little they could do without a court order (which they got the next day i believe)

I actually think more support could be given to parents in the position of that women, i mean she obviously made STUPID decisions (like allowing a dog to stay in the family home who pissed and pooed everywhere)

but with some basic training i think she could have cared for that little boy, given that fostering is something that costs an absolute fortune, i think more money could be spent on education and in house care and support, rather than it being 'you do it or they go into care'

 

[smelly07]

I would be proud to be a social worker to, its one of my options for a career in the future when my girls are older x

awe you'll make a lovely social worker if you decide to go down that route x

awwww thanks, yes i love working with children and have done for a long time and however nice and rewarding it is, i want to help make a difference to childrens lives in a bigger way if that makes sense, its something i would be passionate about, if i dont get the opportunity i will looking for jobs i am qualified for already in the child social sector but my youngest is 2.5 so cant do much until she is in school. x

O/T i was reading a book and the word lightworker was in it and i thought of you!!! im on bnb too much!!!

 

[smelly07]

It did seem as though they were given chance after chance.......it was like banging your head against a brick wall.
although
I definitely think more could of been done to keep the children at home with the mother with enough support, parenting classes, socialising with other mothers and children, in house help support and care...etc i think she would of been okay even more so without her OH who to me just didnt like being told what to do regardless of the consequences. x

 

[feeble]

He was a PRICK wasn't he. I mean the FIRST thing you would do is get rid of the nasty dog! (i'm sure the dog was lovely but it crapped everywhere!!)

I found him really agressive, rude and defensive and i just couldnt understand it, surely you would be welcoming to someone entering your home who might take your child away???

I just had a look online and i am thinking about doing a remote degree in social care, it would take me six years which is about right really, i would want to homeschool the kids until they were 6 anyway... Would be bloody interesting.

 

[smelly07]

I agree the dog should of gone, i am guessing prehaps the SS suggested that as well, it would of solved one of the big issues regarding the hygiene of the house.

Is that 6 years being a part time course feeble? x

 

[feeble]

yeah a part-time remote course

I am going to call them on Monday and find out about it, i think the next registration is March, so thats good for me (doesnt start til October which is also good, baby will be 3 months then and possible allowing me a few hours in the evening to study

 

[smelly07]

is that with open university? how much does it cost? sorry questions.....!! xx

 

[feeble]

Yes with the OU, i dont know the exact details yet, but i am calling them tomorrow moring for more information if you would like i can PM it to you? x

 

[smelly07]

Yes with the OU, i dont know the exact details yet, but i am calling them tomorrow moring for more information if you would like i can PM it to you? x

That would be fantastic! thank you so much x

 

[feeble]

No problems x will be good for me to have a record of it anyway, minds like a sieve

 

[feeble]

Ohhh just a thought, wouldnt it be great if we did the same course! We could be Bnb Degree buddies lol

 

[smelly07]

YEAH!!! that would be great tee hee.........xxxx


(apologies to lightworker for hijacking your thread)