[West Ender]

I was talking about this case with a colleague yesterday. Her friend is a Social Worker and she said it was difficult for them as they have such large caseloads and restricted resources. Well, excuse me, but that just doesn't cut it for me. The 2 elements of society that are most vulnerable are the very young and the very old and if I were a Social Worker I would not be able to walk away from a situation where I had the slightest suspicion there might be something wrong. For exactly that reason I would, probably, never have lasted more than 5 minutes in that job.

That, to me, is where it all goes wrong. Too many people in that profession are there for the money and the kudos and treat it as just a job. Could you sleep at night if you had the faintest inkling a child was being abused and you hadn't done your damnedest to find the facts and make that child safe? I couldn't.