I think some of these responses are pretty mean. As if nobody could ever need support or get things a bit wrong or be struggling, no, they must be a terrible parent who is trying to "dupe" social services.
There is a serious fear around social workers, especially when someone is struggling with things like mental health, disorganisation, single parenthood, unsupportive partner, poverty, addiction, etc etc. A real problem actually, where people don't seek help for issues like that because of the fear of losing their children, and those kinds of responses don't help. Some of them are essentially saying if you need support or pointers or advice (from an online forum or any other source), then you're not a fit parent and you don't deserve to have children. Sorry but that's just not true. It's a horrible, judgemental position. Not everybody automatically has the skills that you have, and if somebody is struggling to the extent that social work is involved then they might just be lacking in some of those basic skills but that doesn't make them a bad parent or a bad person.
Also, social workers aren't stupid - there was one who posted earlier in the thread who mentioned that she can always tell when somebody has "panic cleaned", my health visitor could tell the difference between my "clean" and someone who is actually on top of things' version of clean. They can make a judgement on whether somebody is actually coping or not. Sometimes that judgement will be wrong, because social workers are human (and overworked and underfunded) but that doesn't mean they are all totally stupid idiots that can be duped by advice on a forum.
It's not like people are giving advice to only beat the child with wet towels so the bruises don't show! Helpful, everyday, common sense advice like tidying up and having a daily routine are helpful - not assisting somebody in hiding abuse/neglect.