According to Washington, D.C. mayor, Adrian Fenty, city social service workers had a “check off the box” mentality when it came to looking after four children who were murdered by their mother.
In a CNN report today, Fenty said that six employees will lose their jobs, following one of the most horrific cases of “social worker abuse” in the city.
The six employees who are being fired work for the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency. More workers could lose their jobs as an investigation continues, Fenty said.
The prevalence of neglect, abuse, and the murder of children supposedly being protected by city and state social workers should anger all of us. I can think of no other name for this crime than “social worker abuse.” By failing to perform their jobs, they are directly responsible for the mistreatment of innocent kids.
See our previous stories:
In Washington the “system” murders four more children.
Philadelphia DHS and 52 dead children.
All physical discipline of children is a form of abuse.
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Suncana // January 15, 2008 at 1:49 am
Children Who Didn’t Have to Die
In recent years, there have been numerous stories in newspapers around the country about the failures of the departments of Family Services and Social Services to do their respective jobs of monitoring and assisting children in dangerous situations. These stories are a step in the right direction, but one wonders if perhaps they came too late. All the outrage in the world can’t resurrect a dead child.
Too many children have died as a result of wrong decisions by CPS. With power comes responsibility and accountability, which most officials ignore. A child welfare system so overwhelmed with children who don’t need to be in foster care,the less time they have to find children in real danger.
Let’s NOT allow these precious children’s death to be in vain - in the news one day, forgotten the next. Please be a voice for good, a voice for the voiceless, a voice for change.
Children Who Didn’t Have to Die - Website http://suncanaa.com/
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