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like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. tiffany lives in herefordshire. in march last year, mid lockdown, she t ....
..and children who feel they ve been let down. this whole process has felt like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c secti ....
Were not to blame. liz was also getting help for her drinking but the children were not returned. i was abstinent from alcohol, because they didn t want me | to drink anything at all. erm, i engaged with my therapy. absolutely everything - that they asked me to do, i completed. they laugh. oh, my god! in the end, it took ten months for harvey, now four years old, to be returned to his mum tiffany. harvs, you going in goal? no. and after a year in care, her brother max simply refused to go back to his foster placement. did you understand what concerns they had about you returning home? i understood the reasons why i was taken away. but i.i never knew the reasons why i wasn t allowed to return, cos my mum did everything that they asked. if they would have handled it in a better way, i would have been ok with it. ....
But i.i never knew the reasons why i wasn t allowed to return, cos my mum did everything that they asked. if they would have handled it in a better way, i would have been ok with it. but they didn t. it s just. this whole process has felt like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. right. mummy s go. i am obviously delighted to have harvey home and we can finally grieve noah now, which has been tough to do. i can.i can do things as a family, like i ve always wanted to do. come on. yeah! she shoots, she scores! ten years ago, there were 67,000 children in care in england. now, that figure is 80,000, more than ever before. driving that increase is the fear that not removing children could lead to tragedy. ....