Children's social care study condemns lack of support

摘要

The children's social care system is too focused on investigating families rather than providing them with support, according to an independent review of services. Led by Josh MacAlister, the review details problems in the children's social care system in England. The review found that a focus on investigations had created an 'increasingly adversarial' system that is both less able to support parents and protect children. It said more support and decisive action was needed to protect children from harm, particularly teenagers who were being failed by the system. Mr MacAlister said: 'Our children's social care system is a 30-year-old tower of Jenga held together with Sellotape: simultaneously rigid and yet shaky. 'There are many professionals and services doing excellent work but this report sets out the scale of the problems we face and the urgent need for a new approach.