[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

True (usually) but as with every public service in this country they are under-resourced and over-stretched, which means that a lot of things are unfortunately not dealt with in a timely manner, and so when an incident occurs they act defensively and take the most extreme action possible so that Social Services won't come under as much scrutiny. The truth is that it's likely that services should have been involved with the family in a more integrated/cooperative way for years, but they "fell through the cracks", and then a kid got hurt and when it was referred by a healthcare professional they'll have said "Oh ***, we should have known about/been watching this family for years! We better act IMMEDIATELY before someone flags this up".

This mechanism is happening all the time. Nowhere NEAR enough social workers.

…it’s has to be said as well that there is a legal responsibility to investigate any ‘allegations’ also…which they obviously have done in the Leeds riot specific case, also…I’m always reluctant to comment though without knowing any details because the accusations themselves can be quite mis-informed/can have agendas and many other layers etc or relevant factors that we’re not always aware of…