Children will remain at risk and a blame culture will continue.Whiles only the social worker is the object of blame why would anything change.If all professionals involved are also subject to the same criticism,blame and accountability would there be more open dialogue about the issues faced within the service.?
My views are not about criticism, I am not an activist but a social worker who is committed to providing strong professional practice which is open and honest, one which highlights the issues which if addressed will protect vulnerable children and the workforce .The work social workers attempt to do is a necessary requirement to keep children safe, however only open honest feedback can demonstrate how hard social workers have to work with limited support and limited understanding of the demands.
Disbelief your statement is 100% acute.
Whiles everyone says nothing how can issues be resolved. Issue’s across the board will continue to be ignored.This worrying!!
]]>I don’t doubt the practitioners and managers have worked hard at cafcass, but to so easily pass over the haemorrhage of workers who have left the organisation over these past few years, leaves me wholly lacking in confidence at the integrity of this report.
Why would the MOJ pay guardians and fcas more, when clearly everything is ticking by fine, according to this report?
What about the staff who have left, feeling broken and overwhelmed, their physical and mental health totally shot, due to the toxic combination of low pay, high caseloads, delays in the courts and guardians in some localities being totally despised and ignored by the courts?
Is that mass exodus, of skilled and talented practitioners, not a significant cause for concern and likely to have a detrimental impact on already vulnerable children?
Covering up what’s going on already, simply doesn’t help children or the practitioners past and present, to do an effective job. Nothing will ever change if reports like this gloss over the gritty reality of working in an underfunded and overstretched workforce.
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