The real problem is that it is underfunded. There should be support offered to families at a much earlier stage. By the time child protection workers are involved, things have usually got so bad that the children have to be urgently removed, which leads to all sorts of obvious distress and confusion for the family who have previously had only piecemeal and ineffecutual interventions.
Believe me I have NEVER had a case where I thought Social workers were a bit quick off the mark in taking a child or for ridiculous reasons, like being called fat.
I look at a chronology of years and years of misery - my case this week involved TWENTY THREE years of attempts at help and intervention. Mother had serious learning disabilities - no doubt JH is even now preparing his case for Strasbourg about the serious injustice done to her on the removal of her child.
There is no money to help parents who could be good parents if they had therapy/counselling. they simply go on to have another child who is taken away, etc, etc, etc.
And then, on top of all this, we have JH et al fermenting more trouble with their ludicrous assertions. At least some people on this thread are protected by their ignorance - and i can do something about that! come to court with me and THEN slag off those who work in the child protection system.,
But JH has NO EXCUSE. he has been to court. He has been roundly criticised by a very senior and very well respected member of the judiciary who was horrified by his behaviour.
And I am a bully because I say he is wrong and dangerous? Well good. i'd rather be a bully than a mindless follower of JH and his iilk.