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SALFORD DIRECTOR OF CHILDRENS SERVICES SUSPENDED

Director of Children's Services Jill Baker has been suspended, pending inquiry, after a critical statement from an Ofsted inspection.

An on the spot inspection, during August, concerns listed was poor record keeping and delays in assessments, priority action, was called for because some case records, could not define whether Children were safe or not..

The chief executive of the City Council will appoint a Senior Officer, to investigate the situation, which will be an internal… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 15, 2009 at 21:10 — No Comments

E MAIL FROM CARE SPACE

I had the following e mail from care space.

POSTING ON CARE SPACE.

Hi, i notice you have posted a couple of messages on care space, i need to point out that care space is a forum for Social Workers,and other Social Care profeshionals to share information, with each other, it is not an appropriate forum for outside the profession, to air grievances about Social Workers.

One of my comments was a reply to a Social Worker, that had been accused of abuse by Parents.

The blog… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 14, 2009 at 23:15 — 3 Comments

Please read this

eicestershire County Council v KC & Ors [2009] EWHC 1383 (Fam)



Judgment arising from fact finding in potential care proceedings.



The judgment concerns whether or not head injuries sustained by the 3 month old infant were a result of an accidental drop by the father or were non-accidental. Following the incident the parents had quickly attended hospital but over the subsequent few days were interviewed and then arrested by the police.



In this judgment Hogg J… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 13, 2009 at 18:41 — No Comments

Timesonline Article Blog

I have been campaigning with regards to the same issue for over a year now.

We all know Children need safeguarding from the likes of the Ian Huntley type, but the situation has gone to the extreme.

There are well over 17000 individuals that have been wrongly registered by the Criminal Records Bureau, stated in a recent article by the Daily Telegraph.

Baroness Morgan, Junior Children's Minister mentioned several months ago that Teachers or Youth Workers, that have had unfounded… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 13, 2009 at 17:40 — No Comments

Dailymail Article Blog

Another violation of Human Rights, it beggars belief, with how much power Social Services have in our lives.

They can take Babies away from Mothers, within hours of birth, on Emergency Protection Orders, with very little evidence to support such drastic action.

Vulnerable Children die, due to Local Authority failings and very few Social Workers are made accountable for shoddy practice.

And now a lovely Young couple want to marry and are being denied their happy day.

My… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 12, 2009 at 22:20 — No Comments

Data Protection letter - Follow up request - Copy & paste to word

“INSERT YOUR ADDRESS HERE”









“INSERT NAME AND ADDRESS OF LOCAL AUTHORITY”







CC Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF





“DATE”



Dear Sirs



Formal request for information held under the data protection act 1998



I formally requested information held about my children, family and me under section 7(1) C of the data protections act… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 12, 2009 at 20:03 — 3 Comments

Data Protection letter - 1st request doc - copy & paste to word.

“INSERT YOUR ADDRESS HERE”









“INSERT NAME AND ADDRESS OF LOCAL AUTHORITY”







CC Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF







“DATE”





Dear Sirs



Formal request for information held under the data protection act 1998





I am requesting information held about my children, family and me under section 7(1) C of the data… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 12, 2009 at 20:00 — 1 Comment

SALFORD CITY COUNCIL FAIL OFSTED INSPECTION

Salford City Council Social Services Department have failed their on the spot Ofsted inspection.

The main concern was the Local Authority's ability to safeguard Children.

Other concerns were a delay in assessments, a visit by Ofsted in August revealed a delay in initial and core assessments and managing and priority rising of new cases.

In the cases of five Children, the record keeping was so poor that, they were unable to disclose, what action was taken in regards to these… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 12, 2009 at 17:00 — No Comments

SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL DROP 500 CASES

Surrey County Council Social Services Department have dropped 500 cases, so that Social Workers can concentrate on protecting vulnerable Children.

The question is should these cases have been instigated in the first place, costing millions of pounds at the taxpayers expense, it costs Local Authority's up to £4000, to instigate the former, prior to April 1st April 2008, the cost was £150?

Director of Children's Services Andy Roberts said that the large case number was put down to the… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 12, 2009 at 16:30 — 1 Comment

Independent Blog

The total Local Authority's, that are failing with reference to their on the spot Ofsted inspections is now 21, with many more to come?

The three Social Services Departments in this report reveal grave concerns, from the basic updating of IT equipment and the failure of recording of such data on computer.

If the basic data base is not working properly, i hold very little hope, for the protection of vulnerable Children of this Country, especially to Children, that have their names on… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 10, 2009 at 21:32 — No Comments

SITE DEDICATION

I dedicate this site to Sue Amphlett, Colin Paterson,and Children's Panel Solicitor, John Atkinson, without their help and professionalism,we wouldn't be Grandparents today, to a beautiful little Girl Hollie Jade.

These wonderful People helped in our successful fight to get our Son returned, after he was wrongly taken into Care in 1986.

I would also like to thank my wonderful team at PAIN, Chris Smith,and Clare, for their continuing support, with reference to the maintenance and… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 10, 2009 at 20:48 — No Comments

ROTHERHAM CALDERDALE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE LA FAILINGS

Rotherham, Calderdale,and North Yorkshire, have failed with reference to their on the spot inspections by Ofsted.

Rotherham, have failed on a wide range of projects,which fails within their duties to protect vulnerable Children, it was also mentioned that the Local Authority's IT,and data was not up to date,and Staff had difficulties transferring case files onto computer.

Within Calderdale, some case work was not dealt with properly, and investigations involving Social Workers and the… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 10, 2009 at 20:19 — No Comments

GET WELL SOON CHARLES

I have heard this evening that our well respected colleague of many years, Charles Pragnell is ill.
Charles we all wish you a speedy recovery,and we will be receiving your circulars very soon, i miss all the interesting articles.
I am sure all our members on here, wish you a very large GET WELL SOON.
Kind regards Trevor Jones, Alison Stevens, Richard,and Yvonne, and all..

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 9, 2009 at 22:54 — 1 Comment

CYPNOW Blog

I applaud, BASW, Chief executive Hilton Dawson, with reference to Martin Nareys comments in the Observer Newspaper, about taking more Babies into care at birth, the situation within the Family Courts at the moment is dire, with a waiting list for Guardians in some parts of the Country, is five months, which is leaving Children at risk of abuse, or even death and in the majority of cases, innocent Parents being apart from their Children, for a longer timescale.

Social Services, have enough… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 9, 2009 at 22:31 — No Comments

Daily Telegraph Blog

There is no blame and accountability made on Social Workers, in any of these blogs.

Until Social Workers are made accountable for malpractice, these Local Authority failings and the death of vulnerable children will continue, Baby Peter was seen by Social Work staff, on more than 60 times and yet he still died.

Ofsted, have failed in more than 20 Local Authority's, on their on the spot inspections, some failures are due to incomplete assessments, done within the correct timescale… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 8, 2009 at 21:00 — No Comments

Wordpress Blog

Social Workers think they have the right to act this way.

I am dealing with a case where a Child suffered from an unexplained fracture and the Social Worker said, I demand and will find out how this fracture occurred, in other words, somebody that thinks she is a Police Officer, a Paediatrician and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon all in one.

In another case, a Child was handed over to the Local Authority, out of fear, that her son would kill himself and endanger the lives of others, he… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 8, 2009 at 18:38 — No Comments

John Hemming Link Blog

PAIN is dealing with a Public Law Case in Coventry, where the Mother has been diagnosed with MSPP, by a Paediatrician that has never seen the Parents or Children.

A fortnight ago, the Family were at a wedding, when one of the Boys fell and injured his leg, resulting in a trip to Casualty, there was no apparent injury.

At Court on the following day, the Guardian, who had been informed of the Hospital visit, stated that the Mothers anxieties were having a detrimental effect on the… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 7, 2009 at 22:52 — No Comments

Newspaper Links

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1180677/The-night-stars-turned-honour-Mails-Inspirational-Women-finalists.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1170370/Inspirational-women-Alison-wrongly-branded-child-abuser-fights-justice-others.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2004/03/05/hson05.xml

Copy & paste each link as required to your browser.

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 7, 2009 at 21:45 — No Comments

Martin Narey Blog

Martin Narey, I just hope that you never have to face the indignity of the secret Family Courts and have your heart ripped apart for ever.

Your arrogance is beyond belief.

Babies are being taken from Mothers, within hours of birth, on Emergency Protection Orders, in many parts of the Country at present; in many Cases Social Services have very little evidence to support such drastic action.

Mothers are being diagnosed with MSBP, by expert witnesses who are not properly qualified… Continue

Added by Alison J Stevens on September 7, 2009 at 21:37 — 1 Comment

READ THIS

Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning

Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness

And I have to sit down for a while

The feeling that I'm losing her forever

And without really entering her world

I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter

That funny little girl



Slipping through my fingers all the time

I try to capture every minute

The feeling in it

Slipping through… Continue

Added by moore on September 7, 2009 at 19:29 — No Comments

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