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Four Important and Relevant Passages For Today
Published on 2011-02-12 11:47:00
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment. Job 19:29 Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous > read more
What Doesn't Kill You Will Only Make You Stronger
Published on 2011-02-11 18:08:00
Galatians 6:8-9 “The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the prope > read more
State Intervention Has Changed
Published on 2011-02-10 06:49:00
I set up this website in order to write and campaign against bad state intervention in the UK. Over the period of the last year or so, I was caught up in the whole family rights campaign movement, but have now realised that my opinions have alt > read more
Life Lesson - Not All Family Rights Campaigners Are Good Decent People!
Published on 2011-02-10 05:56:00
There are some families parading around the internet at the moment with campaigns to "save their children from Forced Adoption" etc. While there are genuine cases where families should be given a chance to bring up their own children, we must n > read more
Adoption: 'We don't need white couples'
Published on 2011-01-26 05:05:00
Below is an article from the Daily Telegraph regarding the latest debate on inter racial adoption. The media are all too often mistaking adoption for something, which should be taken lightly. The lady in the article is left dismayed after > read more
Inquest being held into death of Sask. toddler in foster care
Published on 2011-01-26 04:53:00
A coroner’s inquest is being held into the December, 2009 death of a toddler while in foster care.On December 17, 2009, the three-year-old boy was found dead in his crib. Due to a publication ban, the identity of the child and foster parents cannot > read more
Coroner's inquest examining death of foster child begins in Regina
Published on 2011-01-26 04:52:00
REGINA — A coroner's inquest opened on Monday to determine how a three-year-old boy died in December 2009 while in the care of his foster parents.The boy's biological father told reporters he's eager to learn more about his son, who can only be ide > read more
County Takes on New Priorities in 'Year of the Child'
Published on 2011-01-26 04:51:00
The county board of supervisors will a proactive approach towards juvenile justice among other initiatives laid out in the State of the County address today.By Adelaide Chen With a budget shortfall of $200 million that needs to be balanced > read more
Day out for unsung heroes of city streets
Published on 2011-01-26 04:49:00
NEW DELHI: Mohammed Nizam (15) is a rag picker at Nizamuddin Railway station where he mingles with the crowd day after day. While he goes about picking waste that can be sold for a living, his eyes look out for abandoned or runaway children > read more
Social worker accused of stealing $16,000 from teen’s benefit account
Published on 2011-01-26 04:48:00
WHITE PLAINS – A woman, who was a social worker at Abbot House, a social services agency for abused, neglected and abandoned children with a goal of establishing a new home for each child, has been charged with felony grand larceny in the third deg > read more
A house divided: social work colleges split loyalties
Published on 2011-01-26 04:47:00
Article from the Guardian Plans to create a college of social work are in disarray after two bodies set up in direct competition. Can both survive? The idea was to give social workers the status they have long sought and envied of other pr > read more
WALTHAM FOREST: Warning over social workers
Published on 2011-01-26 04:46:00
By Ima Jackson-Obot VULNERABLE young people could be put at risk if plans to remove social workers from a team dealing with children’s mental health is implemented, a union has warned.UNISON has criticised a proposal to move staff out of the speci > read more
Social worker's visits preceded child's death
Published on 2011-01-26 04:45:00
Trial of David L. Johnson continues; man accused of neglect that claimed daughter's lifeA Child Protective Services worker twice visited the home of 41/2-month-old Abigail Johnson a month before her Feb. 9, 2009, death, according to testimony Tuesday > read more
MP not surprised by critical children's services report
Published on 2011-01-25 05:11:00
Article from This Is GloucestershireTEWKESBURY'S MP said yesterday he was unsurprised by a critical report about children's services in the county.Laurence Robertson told the Echo he had been concerned about the system for some time af > read more
Coroner's inquest examining death of three-year-old foster child begins in Regina
Published on 2011-01-25 05:05:00
Article from the Vancouver Sun BY BARB PACHOLIK REGINA — The mother of a three-year-old foster child who died in her care tearfully told a coroner's inquest Monday about finding his lifeless body in a crib."He was cold. I was pretty > read more
Social worker prepares kids for life after foster care
Published on 2011-01-25 05:02:00
Article by Morgan Watkins from the Florida Alligator Four men wait in the front room for their names to be called. One leans against a wall, another sits in a chair. The woman in front shuffles paper, then calls one of the men forward.“How was your > read more
Cash-strapped council pays temporary worker £11k a month despite drive to slash £90m from its budget
Published on 2011-01-25 04:40:00
Article from the Mail Online:A cash-strapped council tasked with slashing £90m from its budget is shelling out £675-A-DAY on a temporary worker.Croydon Council employed Di Smith just weeks after she got a £300,000 pay off after being forced out of > read more
Andy Gray & Richard Keys Punished For Thought Crime
Published on 2011-01-24 16:57:00
Sky Sports news presenters Richard Keys and Andy Gray are tonight suspended from their positions. Why? I hear you ask... Have they committed murder? Have they been found in possession of cocaine with a street value of a millio > read more
Prejudice that 'denies ethnic babies a home': Barnardo's chief blames councils for fall in adoptions
Published on 2011-01-24 07:38:00
The below article is from today's Mail Online and discusses Banardo's Chief Martin Narey's pro inter racial adoption beliefs. In order to be able to take more children from ethnic minorities into care, Martin Narey wants to allow whit > read more
Hundreds of Gloucestershire children in care to have cases reviewed
Published on 2011-01-24 07:26:00
HUNDREDS of vulnerable children will have their welfare urgently reviewed following a damning report into the care system in Gloucestershire.In the report, published today, inspectors who visited the county last month brand its system for protecting > read more
A mother's fall causes her to lose her child
Published on 2011-01-23 19:56:00
The article below is from the Telegraph online. Prepare to be shocked at the disgusting and immoral actions of Social Services departments in the UK... A woman who was temporarily paralysed in a fall had her baby taken into care while she lay i > read more
Baby P: more children will die as government cuts hit, says sacked social worker Sharon Shoesmith
Published on 2011-01-23 07:34:00
The article below is from the Telegraph online. Just when will this woman go away?! More children will be “brutally murdered” by their parents like Baby P as government funding cuts hit social work, Haringey council’s sacked children’s > read more
Barnardo's ex-head says race issues threaten adoptions
Published on 2011-01-23 07:25:00
The reluctance of some councils to arrange adoptions because of a child's race means the UK faces a collapse in adoption rates, the outgoing chief executive of Barnardo's has warned. Martin Narey told the Guardian this "prejudice" was so entrenched > read more
Experts tear into strict 'Tiger Mother' parenting
Published on 2011-01-23 07:22:00
Ultra-strict parenting can create a sad world of parentally manipulated children who cannot think for themselves.Cape Town parenting expert, social worker and school counsellor Anne Cawood has warned that the type of "extreme parenting" advocated by > read more
There is a fine line between cause for removal and need for support
Published on 2011-01-23 01:41:00
Read the article below, and ask yourself: should these children have been removed from the parents, or was there an opportunity to help the mother improve her parenting skills in perhaps a Mother and Baby unit for example? It seems the state ha > read more
How much do local foster parents get paid?
Published on 2011-01-23 01:27:00
Foster Carers earning in excess of 500 a week, which begs the question: Are people fostering for the right reasons? Article from the Guardian newspaper > In the next stage of an ongoing campaign to help tackle the 'severe' shortage of foster pa > read more
Former award winning foster parent now facing prostitution charges
Published on 2011-01-23 01:23:00
CALGARY – A former award winning Calgary foster parent is facing even more sexual abuse charges.Another former foster child of 51-year-old Garry Prokopishin has come forward accusing him of abusing them.Prokopishin is now charged with a form of pro > read more
Inquiry examines death of girl in foster care
Published on 2011-01-23 01:20:00
A fatality inquiry is looking into the death of a 13-year-old disabled girl who spent most of her life in foster care.Samantha Martin died of a heart attack in December 2006, five months after she began living full-time with her biological family.The > read more
Family sues Idaho after child dies in foster care
Published on 2011-01-23 01:19:00
Associated Press - January 20, 2011 11:14 AM ETCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - The family of a northern Idaho toddler who died after sustaining injuries while in foster care has filed a lawsuit against the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, the fost > read more
York County seeing shortage of foster care families
Published on 2011-01-23 01:17:00
York, PA - A shortage exists for foster care families who will accept children ages 15 and older, according to the York County Office of Children, Youth and Families. It is hoping that more families will volunteer to take in these children.Child > read more
Australia’s child abuse rates fall but foster care rates rise: Report
Published on 2011-01-23 01:16:00
By Dr Ananya Mandal, MDStatistics show that the total number of Tasmanian children in state care has risen by 60% in six years. This is the second highest number of children per 1,000 in child protection in the Australia. This means more children are > read more
Abuse, murder case may net foster child $4 million
Published on 2011-01-23 01:15:00
By: Joshua Sabatini A boy who suffered abuse while in San Francisco’s foster care system and whose twin sister was murdered by their guardian is poised to receive $4 million to settle a lawsuit he filed against The City.In 2008, Antioch foste > read more
Far fewer Utah foster families prefer to care for teens
Published on 2011-01-23 01:14:00
Teens who age out of system at higher risk of homelessness and jailBy Marjorie Cortez PROVO — Since their adoptions from foster care, Aubrianna and Sophie Zelenak allow themselves the luxury of being optimistic about their futures.Aubrianna, 1 > read more
Okla judge charged in foster-care claims case
Published on 2011-01-23 01:13:00
Associated Press - January 21, 2011 8:15 PM ETOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma County judge and her husband have been charged for allegedly submitting nearly $20,000 in fraudulent foster care reimbursement claims to the state for children who didn't > read more
CPS Corruption California
Published on 2011-01-21 07:08:00
Here is an interesting speech recently added to youtube regarding the current cps system in California. > read more
Learning on the job: social work watchdog demands better placements
Published on 2011-01-21 07:05:00
The social work watchdog is urging universities to drive up the quality of work placements for students after two-thirds of providers were asked to make improvements.Figures published by the General Social Care Council (GSCC), which inspects the qual > read more
Birmingham not doing enough to protect vulnerable children, says fixer
Published on 2011-01-21 07:04:00
The troubleshooter brought in to turn around Birmingham’s under-fire children’s services department said it wasn’t doing enough to minimise the risk to vulnerable youngsters in the city.Eleanor Brazil, who was made interim director of children > read more
Arizona shooting victim was a 'social-work hero'
Published on 2011-01-21 07:04:00
He was remembered as a selfless social worker and a hero who rushed to help victims of the Tucson-area shootings, even as he was dying, said friends and co-workers celebrating the life of Gabe Zimmerman at a public memorial service Monday.The service > read more
New Birmingham's children's services chief in pledge to improve department
Published on 2011-01-21 07:03:00
THE latest head of Birmingham children’s social services has vowed to take the action needed to help the department finally lose its ‘failing’ tag.The city council’s troubled children’s services has been under pressure over a series of high > read more
More Social Services Criticism
Published on 2011-01-21 07:01:00
MAYVILLE - The system for providing Social Services in Northern Chautauqua County is not working well, according to the League of Women Voters.Minda Rae Amiran addressed the County Legislature's Human Services Committee on Wednesday, representing the > read more
Death reviews show government failed to protect children
Published on 2011-01-21 07:00:00
Staffing shortages, inexperienced social workers and inadequate supervision continue to undermine the B.C. government's efforts to protect vulnerable children, its own internal reviews of several child deaths have found.Nine of 12 reviews posted rece > read more
Octomum faces investigation by social workers
Published on 2011-01-21 07:00:00
Octomom Nadya Suleman could face an investigation by social workers after filming a baby fetish video at her home.Revealing photos and a video of the mother of 14 dressed as in a dominatrix outfit whipping a grown man wearing a nappy are being shoppe > read more
Social Worker Attacked in Home
Published on 2011-01-21 06:58:00
A Gatineau, Que., social worker was assaulted in her home Monday afternoon after returning from work, police say.Media reports say the attacker was an adolescent the employee of the Centres jeunesse de l'Outaouais knew and had worked with, but neithe > read more
Stars who fear the end of the world in 2012
Published on 2011-01-21 05:09:00
It is not only George Lucas who fears the end of the world. Several celebrities have come out with bizarre beliefs that we are imminently facing the apocalypse.Actor Ashton Kutcher is preparing for the end and has ramped up his workout routine to pro > read more
John Hemming Calls Social Workers 'Power Crazed Individuals'
Published on 2011-01-06 17:41:00
BIRMINGHAM MP John Hemming has blasted social workers as “power-crazed individuals” intent on messing up lives. His outspoken comments came after Birmingham City Council unveiled plans to axe almost 900 jobs and save £62 million in children’s > read more