Are SEN case workers to be trusted?

It's hard to understand any point when there's name calling and phrases like "get in the bin" being used.
I've been called a bully and that I'm mistreating people, yet there's no proof of that. I think this highlights just how sen teams believe their own judgements

Nothing to do with being psychic or not.

As is omitting commas between clauses.

I'm also not convinced it was a mistake.
And apparently neither was the moderator who removed the comment.

I am endlessly empathetic to families struggling in the SEND system (as previously stated I am one, as well as working for an LA).

However bullies can get in the bin.

I don’t think it’s the people themselves that aren’t trust worthy more so the system they are working within. I do think some parents believe thst the case worker is saying no to something just out of spite when in reality they don’t have free choice even if they thought something was suitable for a child. It is a thankless job as you are getting pressure and blame from both sides

@CleverButScatty it is actually quite a common mistake for some disabled people.

You and who rhyme but are not spelt similarly. It's not an easy mistake to make ...accidentally omitted a w and a h then moved the order of their letters round. Convenient.

*was not accusing you.

@CleverButScatty I am not the poster who posted it. It isn’t convenient in any way. You didn’t have to be psychic to realise.

That want not clear. I am not psychic. And it is very convenient that it was apparently a typing error that you have noticed now you have been pulled up on it.

"You forgot to mention the young people, you end their lives...."

Tell me how I have misinterpreted that please...

@CleverButScatty the second ‘you’ was clearly supposed to be ‘who’. The poster was accusing you of killing people. They were pointing out the 2 people you listed aren’t the only ones.

Yes, as I said, your comprehension is poor. I never said you killed anyone. Get a grip.

I have copied your words in bold. Read your own post.

I did not accuse of of anything. I just pointed out that the system drives young people into suicide. There is something wrong with your reading comprehension 🤷

you forgot to mention the young people you end their lives due to unmet need

This is a reply to me. You literally accused me of killing people. Because I work in a sector you organisational level concerns about.

"I have lost track of the number of times I’ve been screamed and shouted at."

As a parent of a young person with SEND who has many years experience dealing with the SEND team I have experienced being shouted out by a LA case worker. I have also experienced attempts at deliberate winding up to try to provoke a reaction or to try to deflect from LA law breaking. These appeared to be deliberate tactics designed to intimidate or provoke. It isn't my experience most of the time but it certainly happens.

Right, so a report which is nothing to do with any LA. An external organisation working for the government. But hey, we can't have access to these people so let's kick off at the caseworkers about something else.

If the comments on this thread are anything like what the caseworkers receive in their jobs then I'm surprised that there are any caseworkers left to do the job.

It's a mixture of the situation being chronically underfunded, increase in diagnosis, and also increase in expectations.

Dd2 has a physical disability.
She went through school without an EHCP, never needed one. I know lots of people with the same disability, and the only ones who had extra help in any way had other needs on top of the physical disability.
But in the last couple of years, on the groups I'm on I've noticed an increase in people wanting to apply for an EHCP before the child has started school. They're assuming they need one, and when us who have been through have given advice how to handle (which has worked for us) and normally said that one isn't needed, they still want to go through with the application. I've certainly seen ones that think they should be having a 1-2-1, which really isn't needed.
Tbh it's a stressful and normally fruitless operation for them - but it's still one that takes up caseworker's time.

I did the same and my post got removed. It's bizarre

I did not bully anyone. I just pointed out that people working in the system aren't the only ones ending their life over it.

I'm sorry you feel that way.
I'm not kicking off nor am I bullying or mistreating people.

This is what I mean about bullying.

You have just used the first person to accuse me, personally, of ending young people's lives. I have spent my entire working life choosing to work in roles that actively help young people. My own experience as a SEND parent has been a key motivator to specialise in this. I have not always had the resources to do as much as I would like, either for my own children and those I worked with professionally, but I have always gone above and beyond to do as much as I can with what I have. To the detrimental of my own health and wellbeing at times.

To go from that to being accused of causing people's deaths?

Having had a tough ride in the SEND system does not give you the right to be abusive to others.

@hiredandsqueak a clear case of strategic incompetence. One thing LAs are good at.

Exams are another example of this. EOTAS DC can sit exams. The LA just doesn’t want to spend the money.

you forgot to mention the young people you end their lives due to unmet need.