“Mary Poppins - you have confirmed what i've said about Social Workers as
a) I am speaking from knowledge within he service
b) I do not read tabloid newspapers
so your narrow minded views & assumptions are in line with the majority of social Workers.
Of course it is not an easy job and no-one is saying that but i just get hacked off with the narrow minded mindset within the service. I have a friend who is an admin asst. within Social Services and she has similar views to mine.”

“Exactly Mary its a shame more of front line workers are not able to speak out for fear of losing their jobs or injunctions! It is a difficult job dictated by the Laws of this country which the majority of people support. We need clearly to re visit these beliefs that the best place for children is to be raised with their parents it appears that odds are stacked in this favour at the expense of the childs overall welfare.

There is one thing I know for sure I will never believe anything ofsted write, as proven time and time again, units and services are awarded excellence which has no correlation for the experience of local communitys within the areas of service provision.”

“PLease do not judge a service you know nothing about from the inside. There are so many hurdles to jump through to prove the inability of parents. The Law since 1989 has drastically changed, society still view the best place for children to be raised is in the home by their parents, do the public really want this changed? Then of course social workers will be seen as interfering too much into family life.

CT and everyone else who talk with so much knowledge about this line of work, go and do your 4 years training and work in social work, there is a national shortage of people willing to do such demanding work. Why do you think that might be?

One thing I know for sure CT you obviously know nothing about the systems or people within this line of work please be more careful what you say formulating your opinions on sensational press coverage is very dangerous.”

“Sadly, this service is mainly full of PC, lefty narrow-minded bigots who cannot see past their own narrow minded views and as a result the poor children suffer.
Until the service has people of all backgrounds this will carry on and on. Too much emphasis is placed on the head of someone who can be very wet around the ears and very very young with no experience of life.”

“Sexualy and physical child abuse do we really know about all of them and the answer is no and this is down to the grooming process used by these sick and vile perpetrators.
So speak out children who were in childrens homes during the 1960's. My husband was abused in the 1960's from age 9. If you would like to share/tell your story ring crimestoppers/local police. The police have been senistive and very supportive to my husband and our family.”

“Leonard Glynn money should not come in to it Sir with the greatest of respect. I feel the service has attracted the wrong kind of person, no real world experience left wing ideals, former nurses should be encouraged to bring a little realism into the profession, fresh faces just out of university bring nothing.”

“If the Government is so concerned about the issue of Child Abuse & Child Care why have they racked up the cost of a Local Authority taking a matter to Court & obtaining a Care Order from £150 to almost £5,000?”

“It's always a shame to hear about Bristol's failing news when as a city the pro's far outways the con's.
My thoughts generally with social services in any city focus on the key workers i.e. social workers, youth workers, officials and care workers.

This area is organic so the only way to control the cases is by a set of rules under strict policy. The inspectorate also follow a set of standards when they assess and score a place.

Take five people in social services for example.

Person A has grown up in a family where they were abused by a family member.

Person B is from a very rich family with strict morals, all high standards.

person C is from a very poor family with poor hygiene.

Person D is from a broken family and they have several brothers and sisters by a few parents.

Person E is from a problem area where they've taken drugs, their friends have been addicts, family members have smoked and drunk alcohol regularly and friends had children at 16 years old.

This is an example of five people who work together in social services, they all want to give something back to help others and they all try and follow the same rules.
But every case is different and the professional asked to manage the case has their own thoughts on how to deal with the situation.

Person A will innevitably conclude differently than Person E; wheras E may take the children off their parents, A may extend the goal posts.

Very difficult to measure. Maybe a possible answer is to have an online psychometric test, if scoring is worse than 80% of the councils expected outcome then the professional needs to go back in to training almost immediately and a strict appraisal review every three months for two years.
The test should be sat by all contact staff and decision making management every 6 months.”

“Come of it, no surprise for me, the dregs of society are housed within Bristol.

Though one has to question why any would believe a word Ofsted say.”