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Post by imp on Mar 14, 2014 18:39:25 GMT
I have been concerned about the lack of babies coming my way, I hate not having a tiny around, and thought last summer was just a 'blip'.
However, it was confirmed today that, due to new legislation, babies will only come into care under section 20 (hardly ever happens) or with an EPO (when lots of damage will have occurred).
The new/ish legislation demands that every effort is made to keep the baby at home/within the family, no matter what the needs of the child are.
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Post by moo on Mar 14, 2014 19:17:34 GMT
Speechless here imp  
Bonkers  
Xx. moo. X
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Post by imp on Mar 14, 2014 20:12:47 GMT
Think financial cuts play a great part, and the legislators total lack of understanding of child development
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Post by justbserene11 on Mar 14, 2014 20:33:36 GMT
It is shocking but I am not surprised. My LO BM has her new baby still in her care under supervision.
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Post by donatella on Mar 14, 2014 20:45:57 GMT
They should send these bl**dy legislators to live with these families so they can see for themselves just how awful this is. Am so thankful mine spent little or no time with bps.
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Post by serrakunda on Mar 14, 2014 22:02:45 GMT
Madness, Simba was known to SWs at birth, not removed for four years, I feel he had a lucky escape, could very easily have been a baby P or a Daniel if BM had one dodgy boyfriend too many
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Post by sivier on Mar 14, 2014 22:39:02 GMT
That is madness. That's just not right. This sounds a recipe for disaster.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 8:38:45 GMT
For the second time today I am typing "The Law is an Ass!"
What on earth are they thinking about, especially for those who have already lost children into care?
I hope they are installing 24 hour cameras to monitor "the care".
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Post by moo on Mar 15, 2014 8:47:18 GMT
Phaa great sentiment Jmk.... If only.... 
Xx. moo. Xx
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Post by serrakunda on Mar 15, 2014 18:36:43 GMT
You been smoking those bananas again toko, Oh just saw a flock of pigs fly by
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Post by nomoretears on Mar 15, 2014 20:41:09 GMT
My own LA has been doing this for about 2 years now - since the demand to save almost £50 million from that years budget was announced. In those two years we've also lost almost a third of the social work team. In the same two years three very young children have died (I say died, I should say "been killed") in their homes.
I live in a poor, inner city LA. Politicians don't pay much attention to what happens here. I think it's a case of out of sight out of mind.
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Post by loadsofbubs on Mar 16, 2014 8:24:58 GMT
a thought occurred to me in the night (as they do!) that with all these babies now on s20 instead of ico then the new legislation regarding court time scales for babies in care are a bit of a joke really. I mean fine for those that do come in on ico, and I've had 3 in the last 12 months, mums were asked for s20 and refused so ico's were granted (overwhelming evidence). but when they just come in on s20 then there is no need to stick to the regulations re court time scales, becoz there is no court involvement so evidence can be found at a more leisurely ace. I have friends who have had a bubs since October on s20, been in court once, and one more to go, to obtain an ico, but for as long as she is s20 no court time scales to adhere to, once on ico then the clock starts ticking. theres always a loophole isn't there?! |
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Post by nomoretears on Mar 16, 2014 13:10:41 GMT
Interesting point LOBs - my 2 new little ones are on s20s. They're incredibly damaged, and I wonder if this would be the case if they'd been brought into care on an ICO 2 years ago - as they unquestionably would have been before all the cuts.
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Post by nomoretears on Mar 16, 2014 13:15:41 GMT
Toko, the children who died made our local papers but not nationals. As my SW said - they weren't "pretty" enough to sell papers, and children die every day at the hands of their parents (or more usually step-parents).
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Post by moo on Mar 17, 2014 6:51:15 GMT
  Very very sad toko.... Always the same.... 
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Post by twoplustwo on Mar 17, 2014 10:50:03 GMT
That's appalling. Those poor babies :-(((
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