Jun/090
Children being taken into care unnecessarily
Research has shown that Social Services are misusing the Children Act and taking children into care that don’t actually need to be. Some families merely need help, rather than taking the children away.
It has been emphasised many times that children should only be taken away from their families as a last resort, and that the families should receive support to prevent their children being taken into care. Researches also feel that the welfare of the whole family should be taken into consideration and supported, rather than just the child as this will in turn keep more children from entering into the care system. This was the goal of the Children Act in the first place.
Although the government is urging Social Services to thoroughly look at their cases before removing any child, they are not going to review guidance as to how to act and enforce the Children Act.
Jun/090
New Children’s Act ALLOWS abuse say paediatricians!
The new Children Act 2004 was brought in to better regulate intervention from official bodies such as social services, with the purpose being to make the UK safer for children. This was to be achieved by encouraging all governing bodies to communicate amongst themselves and therefore improve the upbringing of children.
However, many paediatricians are alleging that this is only causing further abuse. They feel that abusive parents are getting far too many chances, as children are only removed from an abusive home as a last resort. By the time the children are removed, the abuse has gone on for a long period of time and these children often become emotionally detached and harder to place in foster homes.
Social services are strongly denying these claims saying the new Children Act is working and as a result the numbers of children going into the care system are decreasing.
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