Public Need to Be the Eyes and Ears of Social Services Social Work Chief Harriet Dempster Warns of Cocktail of Family Problems in the Wake of the Brandon Muir Case.
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HARRIET Dempster is calling for a public debate, but she may not get it on her own terms. The head of the body that represents Scotland's social work chiefs wants to see communities and ordinary people taking more of a role in issues such as child protection and domestic violence, rather than leaving the burden on social workers.
She'd like a public discussion about the position of frontline workers who often feel they are damned if they do take action - for instance by taking a child into care - and damned if they don't.See the full content of this document
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Public Need to Be the Eyes and Ears of Social Services Social Work Chief Harriet Dempster Warns of Cocktail of Family Problems in the Wake of the Brandon Muir Case.
Dempster would also like to see a debate about what kind of social services we can afford. Whether, for example, we should move to a model of helping the elderly or disabled which sees shorter interventions which help people to cope for themselves, then reduce state involvement.
However, it is when she adds: "It would be useful ...See the full content of this document
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