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occasional_cynic t1_j683pak wrote

Reply to comment by Yolkozuna in 2 arrested after 5 children found to be living in filthy Manchester home by Chappy_Sinclair_

We need more support and funding for social workers but the foster system has been shot to hell by do-gooders. It is unforgivable how bad it has gotten.

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Acanthaceae_Square t1_j693o2u wrote

We need to hire people with appropriate educations and pay them appropriately across all levels of this system. Most that work there aren’t even social workers. The state tells them they’re child welfare and mental health experts and they have no such education that reflects that. You need a pulse and a Bachelors degree in almost anything and you’re magically a child welfare expert, w the education requirement actually dropping as they contract out to private agencies to manage cases

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Yolkozuna t1_j683yg6 wrote

What do you mean about the foster system and do-gooders? I’m not very familiar with it, other than that the amount paperwork required to apply is overwhelming.

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occasional_cynic t1_j694prh wrote

If you volunteer for foster care you will have to go through umpteen tons of paperwork, have your personal life and privacy raped by a case manager/social worker, and any adult males in the house will be treated like unconvicted child molesters.

The system has become so bad that basically the only people willing to host fosters are those doing it as a quasi-business, and want the $$.

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Yolkozuna t1_j699wp9 wrote

I see what you mean. Well intentioned, but over the top. We ended up providing a home for two kids in a situation similar to the above story, but it was on an emergency basis and the judge just went ahead and said, “Yes, please, and thank you.” Crazy.

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