tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6949725041416560146..comments2024-03-28T05:11:45.745+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Man’s Social Service’s Inhumanity To Man…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-37338708092291508202009-06-17T17:04:27.277+01:002009-06-17T17:04:27.277+01:00Or -without being too knee-jerk over here- the tar...Or -without being too knee-jerk over here- the targets are quite rational and look good on paper, but the social worker is bereft of the common sense that god gave goats.<br /><br />The effect is often the same, however.SaltedSlughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290191072490758709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-18368792418029832882009-06-17T16:58:43.557+01:002009-06-17T16:58:43.557+01:00"At the risk of sounding too reasonable, why ...<i>"At the risk of sounding too reasonable, why not have points system? Draw up a master list of risk factors and assign a points value to each one."</i> <br /><br />As Salted Slug points out, this is pretty much what they do. The 'risk factors', however, are probably a lot dissimilar to the risk factors normal people would draw up!<br /><br /><i>"The problem with protocol-based practises like this, though, is the removal of initiative from the bod in the front line, with variable results."</i> <br /><br />It's the 'targets culture' all over again. With the wrong targets...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-63021500038744604922009-06-17T15:01:35.677+01:002009-06-17T15:01:35.677+01:00At the risk of sounding too reasonable, why not ha...<i>At the risk of sounding too reasonable, why not have points system? Draw up a master list of risk factors and assign a points value to each one. Then when assessing a child, tick off each risk factor, total them up and take the child into care if the number goes over a threshold.</i><br /><br />Shockingly enough, they do do just that, they also call them "threshold criteria". They're used to ascertain risk to a child before a decision is made as to whether or not to issue an EPO (Emergency Protection Order).<br />So there you go.<br />The problem with protocol-based practises like this, though, is the removal of initiative from the bod in the front line, with variable results.SaltedSlughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290191072490758709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48077319672632674422009-06-17T13:21:16.184+01:002009-06-17T13:21:16.184+01:00"I´d have been suicidal if they had taken my ..."I´d have been suicidal if they had taken my kids."<br /><br />I wouldn't have been suicidal - it wouldn't have been necessary, because they would have had to kill me before taking them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-78925248652954558362009-06-17T08:53:51.311+01:002009-06-17T08:53:51.311+01:00At the risk of sounding too reasonable, why not ha...At the risk of sounding too reasonable, why not have points system? Draw up a master list of risk factors and assign a points value to each one. Then when assessing a child, tick off each risk factor, total them up and take the child into care if the number goes over a threshold.<br /><br />This would serve two purposes. It would eliminate variability, and it would allow a measure of protection to social workers themselves in justifying their actions.<br /><br />Too sensible?Roue le Jourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099318677226041054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62640975377667062962009-06-16T22:01:34.324+01:002009-06-16T22:01:34.324+01:00I fired a round on the Bea "Me! Me! Me!"...I fired a round on the Bea "Me! Me! Me!" Campbell article.<br /><br />She really is horrible.Rob(101)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-38980369188092945562009-06-16T17:38:00.799+01:002009-06-16T17:38:00.799+01:00"Don´t you just want to take someone by the n...<i>"Don´t you just want to take someone by the neck and choke them to death?"</i> <br /><br />Frequently!<br /><br /><i>"Did you notice they got NightJack?"</i> <br /><br />Yup! And looking at the reasons given in the judgement, how long before they go gunning for 'NHS Blog Doctor' or 'Bystander'?<br /><br /><i>"As for journalism not being suitable for raising children, WTF? Will there be dawn raids on the homes of Guardian columnists tomorrow?"</i> <br /><br />I'd like to think so!<br /><br /><i>"Go to Bea Campbell's piece on CIF immediately! "</i> <br /><br />Oooh! Mods, get ready on the 'delete' button, here I come! ;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-81690937780408826432009-06-16T17:35:06.181+01:002009-06-16T17:35:06.181+01:00"It is way past time something serious was do...<i>"It is way past time something serious was done about this."</i> <br /><br />Agreed.<br /><br /><i>"What they need is a big dollop of oil money or <b>a lottery grant</b>."</i> <br /><br />They never seem to go to deserving causes, do they?<br /><br /><i>"Interesting that the family in this case appear to be media insiders: BBC executive, journalist."</i> <br /><br />I'd like to hope, too, that that will make a difference. But the left are adept at eating their own, when necessary for 'the greater good'...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4293811886969997242009-06-16T17:18:00.815+01:002009-06-16T17:18:00.815+01:00Alert!Alert!
Go to Bea Campbell's piece on CI...Alert!Alert!<br /><br />Go to Bea Campbell's piece on CIF immediately! Everyone!staybrytenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62446011495331741532009-06-16T16:58:59.993+01:002009-06-16T16:58:59.993+01:00"why does the State have these powers?"
..."why does the State have these powers?"<br /><br />Because the State granted itself them.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15877812161820564242009-06-16T16:58:32.829+01:002009-06-16T16:58:32.829+01:00"But social services became concerned about M..."But social services became concerned about Mrs Brown’s ability to protect her children. "<br /><br />Well, she hasn't been able to protect them from the SS, so they have a point. As for journalism not being suitable for raising children, WTF? Will there be dawn raids on the homes of Guardian columnists tomorrow? Is there a list of "suitable occupations" which the SS could publish?Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-5707691686232535042009-06-16T16:06:28.142+01:002009-06-16T16:06:28.142+01:00Kafka would have given up. Case after case like th...Kafka would have given up. Case after case like this.<br /><br />Did you notice they got NightJack?<br /><br />http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6509677.eceJeff Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-83438690117787179062009-06-16T15:08:11.960+01:002009-06-16T15:08:11.960+01:00I was in a reasonably good mood until I read your ...I was in a reasonably good mood until I read your post. Don´t you just want to take someone by the neck and choke them to death?<br /><br />I always imagine if that had been me they´d have done that to... I´d have been suicidal if they had taken my kids.<br /><br />You don´t want to even know how many waifs and strays I´ve had staying with me (at the bequest of my sweet daughters) who had been thrown out of care at 16 with nowhere to go!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165615283953837706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90976522118050208812009-06-16T15:01:01.609+01:002009-06-16T15:01:01.609+01:00Interesting that the family in this case appear to...Interesting that the family in this case appear to be media insiders: BBC executive, journalist.<br /><br />The Guardian reading elite frequently remind us that certain problems are invisible because they happen to "excluded" people - it's easy to ignore a problem when it occurs to "other" people. This case, being closer to home, raises the possibility of our rulers actually being shocked into action.<br /><br />Sorry, I'm being naive again.TDKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-36156333075937956712009-06-16T13:16:02.240+01:002009-06-16T13:16:02.240+01:00here are links to organisations and individuals tr...here are links to organisations and individuals trying to keep families together.<br /><br />http://citizensandneighbours.blogspot.com/2009/01/marriage-and-family.html<br /><br />What they need is a big dollop of oil money or a lottery grant.<br /><br />Don't hold your breath..North Northwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990919627286136085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84584882406195222442009-06-16T12:26:56.352+01:002009-06-16T12:26:56.352+01:00Again one is forced to ask, why does the State hav...Again one is forced to ask, why does the State have these powers?<br /><br />It is way past time something serious was done about this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com