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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
Tragic. 
What a dreadful mess Social Services are in.
Mind you it seems nothing has changed. Years and years ago after my wife died leaving me to bring up two young children on my own the only thing I was offered was to keep on working and let the kids fend for themself or let them be taken into care. I took that as being given two fingers. IIRC the kids were aged about 12 and 8 years old. Not babies but IMO too young to be left to their own devices until I got home from work. Needless to say there wasn't a happy ending to it.
From my personal experiences, Social Services, in General, are a waste of space.  |
It doesnt seem things have changed much Mick. Mum is a foster carer and obviously the best place for children to stay is within family if at all possible. But family members dont receive the pay that foster carers do, they get child benefit and have to make do with it.
Just recently mum mentioned how a gran had to give her two grandchildren up because she couldn't afford to keep them, yet a foster carer is paid approximately £400 a week (depending on age of child). The gran had chosen to take on her daughters kiddies as her daughter had a drug or drink problem, yet she had to give them up eventually ending being put up for adoption, so sad.
Mum has two kiddies with her atm, with their other brother staying with another foster carer. They are hoping to adopt them altogether, but there are no promises
btw, so sad that the mother felt she had no choice