Fri May 09, 2008 6:43 am
A duty they all too frequently choose not to exercise. It seems to me that individuals in need of assistance have little choice but social service departments and those they employ have infinite choice. Whether it's child protection or provision of care services, the determinants of who gets what is as much down to financial considerations and individual social workers and their prejudices as to statute, if anything more so.Once involved, social services have a duty to ensure the welfare of the person they are called in to support. It doesn't matter who involved them, the duty remains the same.