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So what were we told is "child abuse" in my work orientation meeting by rep from CPS?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 457067" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Oh I could write a book too! I worked for social services as a caseworker in what used to be called AFDC which Im sure most of you know what that is...the welfare check. I saw many, many single moms and sometimes parental units who happened to not work at all. I remember vividly two cases that I reported to CPS and got absolutely nowhere with and I felt they really should have done something.</p><p></p><p>The first one was a two parent family where one of the parents was supposedly mentally unable to work. I say supposedly because I never saw anything close to a diagnosis other than pure laziness and he was waiting on disability to approve him the entire time I was his caseworker. The mom stayed home with the kids because supposedly he couldnt pay attention well enough to the kids. Well I didnt think either of them did. They always came in together and the entire group of them were always in dirty, smelly clothes...even the kids. The kids never had brushed hair or clean clothes. They always had snotty, runny noses which they would constantly wipe on their sleeves. They were very small and thin. We had to get doctor reports at that time and they constantly came back reporting things like the kids had lice or they were malnourished or they were constantly in the office with colds. According to our records, they got our assistance to pay for their utilities as often as was allowed. Now, trust me, they got plenty of food stamps and they lived in Section 8 housing so they should have been able to afford their bills. CPS said there was nothing they could do. The kids went to school, there was food in the house and the power and water was on. Even though the house was dirty and the kids and parents were nasty, it was okay. </p><p></p><p>Then there was another case. I had to have this one single mom who came into my office with her baby who was about a year old. We were doing her yearly review. The little one kept trying to jabber at me while we were doing the interview and I talked back to her. Cute little girl. I always kept some sort of candy in my office for little ones. I pulled out a sucker to give to her to keep her occupied and the mom ignored her completely the whole time. The mom was really jumpy. The longer we talked, the more jumpy she got. She was wiggling around in her seat and started not being able to answer my questions. Then she started getting really irritated with the baby. Hollering at her and things. I told her the baby was just fine and being a baby...no problem. I think that was the point when I gave her the sucker. Then the mother stood up and started pacing around my room looking out the window. We were only halfway through the interview and she suddenly said....I cant stand this...I have to go to the bathroom and do something...you keep the baby, I will be right back and be calmer. I thought to myself...oh no, your gonna go do drugs! I told her no, we only have a little more to do and then you can leave because the bathrooms are on the first floor and I cant watch your baby for you. So she grabbed her kid and ran out of there never finishing the review. I told her I knew what she was up to too.</p><p></p><p>I watched out the window to see what she was driving and she went out to her car and snorted a line of either cocaine or something in the car and she drove off with the baby just thrown in the back seat not even locked into her car seat. I called down to CPS with the tags and her name. They looked into it and there was nothing they could do because the girl lived with her parents and even though her parents told the CPS workers that they both worked and didnt help her very much with the baby except give them a roof over their heads, the CPS workers considered that enough!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 457067, member: 1514"] Oh I could write a book too! I worked for social services as a caseworker in what used to be called AFDC which Im sure most of you know what that is...the welfare check. I saw many, many single moms and sometimes parental units who happened to not work at all. I remember vividly two cases that I reported to CPS and got absolutely nowhere with and I felt they really should have done something. The first one was a two parent family where one of the parents was supposedly mentally unable to work. I say supposedly because I never saw anything close to a diagnosis other than pure laziness and he was waiting on disability to approve him the entire time I was his caseworker. The mom stayed home with the kids because supposedly he couldnt pay attention well enough to the kids. Well I didnt think either of them did. They always came in together and the entire group of them were always in dirty, smelly clothes...even the kids. The kids never had brushed hair or clean clothes. They always had snotty, runny noses which they would constantly wipe on their sleeves. They were very small and thin. We had to get doctor reports at that time and they constantly came back reporting things like the kids had lice or they were malnourished or they were constantly in the office with colds. According to our records, they got our assistance to pay for their utilities as often as was allowed. Now, trust me, they got plenty of food stamps and they lived in Section 8 housing so they should have been able to afford their bills. CPS said there was nothing they could do. The kids went to school, there was food in the house and the power and water was on. Even though the house was dirty and the kids and parents were nasty, it was okay. Then there was another case. I had to have this one single mom who came into my office with her baby who was about a year old. We were doing her yearly review. The little one kept trying to jabber at me while we were doing the interview and I talked back to her. Cute little girl. I always kept some sort of candy in my office for little ones. I pulled out a sucker to give to her to keep her occupied and the mom ignored her completely the whole time. The mom was really jumpy. The longer we talked, the more jumpy she got. She was wiggling around in her seat and started not being able to answer my questions. Then she started getting really irritated with the baby. Hollering at her and things. I told her the baby was just fine and being a baby...no problem. I think that was the point when I gave her the sucker. Then the mother stood up and started pacing around my room looking out the window. We were only halfway through the interview and she suddenly said....I cant stand this...I have to go to the bathroom and do something...you keep the baby, I will be right back and be calmer. I thought to myself...oh no, your gonna go do drugs! I told her no, we only have a little more to do and then you can leave because the bathrooms are on the first floor and I cant watch your baby for you. So she grabbed her kid and ran out of there never finishing the review. I told her I knew what she was up to too. I watched out the window to see what she was driving and she went out to her car and snorted a line of either cocaine or something in the car and she drove off with the baby just thrown in the back seat not even locked into her car seat. I called down to CPS with the tags and her name. They looked into it and there was nothing they could do because the girl lived with her parents and even though her parents told the CPS workers that they both worked and didnt help her very much with the baby except give them a roof over their heads, the CPS workers considered that enough! [/QUOTE]
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