What we need, in not just the UK but throughout, is a better training programme the assists all who are involved with Child Safety it best practice. We need common sense written back into the Safeguarding that is currently rolled out and we need those delivering the training to be delivering the same standards.
Child Sexual Exploitation, so little is known about it. Oxford Social Services even admitted as much in the Bullfinch Inquiry. What are the signs? How can/do we recognise them? How do we teach "professionals" the difference between a bruise and a birth mark, or burns and dermatitis? How do we make social workers actually listen to GP's and Child Specialists?
During a meeting we had with Oxford Social Services, they kept referring to some marks on one of the children's arm as burns and a clear sign of physical abuse. All the time they were referring to these marks in this way the Dermatologist THEY requested was telling them that it was a dermatological reaction to washing powder which had been irritated more by scratching. Yet they refused to listen. How do we make them listen and then how do we make them pay attention to what it is we ourselves are reporting. The number of times I aired my concerns to the Social Worker involved in our case about the children's step father, on each occasion I was made out to be a liar and disgruntled ex.
How do we highlight these issues and how do we get our voices heard. The only outlet I have found is by writing and complaining and by blogging but I'm just joining a long line of families who have been abused by the system that was supposed to help and protect our children.
Child Sexual Exploitation, so little is known about it. Oxford Social Services even admitted as much in the Bullfinch Inquiry. What are the signs? How can/do we recognise them? How do we teach "professionals" the difference between a bruise and a birth mark, or burns and dermatitis? How do we make social workers actually listen to GP's and Child Specialists?
During a meeting we had with Oxford Social Services, they kept referring to some marks on one of the children's arm as burns and a clear sign of physical abuse. All the time they were referring to these marks in this way the Dermatologist THEY requested was telling them that it was a dermatological reaction to washing powder which had been irritated more by scratching. Yet they refused to listen. How do we make them listen and then how do we make them pay attention to what it is we ourselves are reporting. The number of times I aired my concerns to the Social Worker involved in our case about the children's step father, on each occasion I was made out to be a liar and disgruntled ex.
How do we highlight these issues and how do we get our voices heard. The only outlet I have found is by writing and complaining and by blogging but I'm just joining a long line of families who have been abused by the system that was supposed to help and protect our children.
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