MANY SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS ARE FACING LARGE FINANCIAL CUTS

[Alison J Stevens]

Robert Mucullock-Graham, Head of Barnet childrens services says that
Barnet Social Services are at the end of their tether, due to the
reduce in finance and the demand in their Services, obviously put down
to the scaring tactics, after the increase in care proceedings,after
the Baby Peter tragedy.
Nottingham Social Services are facing the same dilemma,.the head of
childrens said that they had received a 56% increase in referrals
during the last twelve months,and a 83% increase over the past two
years with regards too children subject too child protection plans.
Other Local Authority's that are experiencing financial cuts are
Birmingham 13 million, Somerset County Council 17 million pounds,
Hampshire county council 24 million,
Haringey, LA, that failed Baby P, have to make savings up to 60 million over the next three years.
These LAs will be concentrating on earlier intervention, enabling
families to support themselves, instead of using acute specialist
services.
Lets hope that the former means that Social Services will be working to
keep families together, without the need to spend extortionate amount
of money on care proceedings and the need for foster care, by using the kincare clause.

Value-Social Services cuts.

[Ellen Croxford]

if social services realy are in financial ruin does it mean that parents and grand parents trying to get children back to thier birth families are in with a better chance when they actually manage to get their cases back to court, will the judges be more inclined to let children go back to their own families if the adults are willing to do what ever the courts expects of the adults in the family to reasure the judges that we are all willing to accept any conditions put to us so that we can try to repare the damage that has been done to the the children while in care, as every member of our families have felt such a great and terrible loss like a berevement even though we are greeving for the living, lets all pray that the government and judges see sence and return all the children whoes families have never given up hope and who know the children were all loved and wanted while at home and were not harmed mentaly of fisiculy by any member of their families it was only on suspicion that something may happen.