Originally posted by Ulala
reply to post by Finn1916
This is them.
The local council has spent over £100,000 on this family over the years, dealing with all their various "issues". £100,000 ... and that doesn't
even include the costs of their social security benefits too.
God help any poor child born to that woman ... for it surely lost the lottery of life at conception.
It seems that this 100,00 pounds hasn't been spent YET.
This article is from July, 2009 and is the same family before this baby was born.
Now in a desperate bid to get them to lose weight, the authority has taken the unprecedented step of putting the family ‘out to tender’ by
offering a £114,000 contract for their care.
Three full-time professionals will advise the parents and their six children on general health issues, diet and lifestyle choices.
A council source said: “The family were a massive drain on resources and the decision was taken to put them out to tender in order to contain the
spending necessary to get them sorted out.
www.express.co.uk...
So the drain on resources at that stage in July was more to do with a drain on their services rather than being a direct result of financial support
for help.
This 100,000 support hasn't yet been given because in the OPs article from 22nd October, 3 months AFTER the tender for professionals to help, the
father said that "the support that they were offered had yet to be acted up".
The father said social workers had assured him last week that they would not go near the hospital and that he believed an interim report by
Dundee Families Project recommending intensive support for the whole family was to be acted upon. He said he was “shocked and traumatised”
that social workers had come into the labour ward and attempted to serve papers on his wife.
www.timesonline.co.uk...#
What I find hypocritical is that in the related links on the recent timesonline article there is this story......
October 15, 2009
Most children killed at home ‘had been monitored by social services’
Two thirds of children killed or seriously injured by their parents were being monitored by social workers at the time — with one in five on
the “at-risk” register.
In a study of all serious case reviews published in the past year, Ofsted found 19 per cent of the 219 children were subject to a child
protection plan, the system covering those in most danger.
Yet despite their parents being under strict notice to improve care, and social workers regularly monitoring behaviour, they still suffered serious
and even fatal abuse
Research shows that child abuse as a result of a combination of alcohol or drug abuse, and mental health problems in the home, is a new area of
concern in child protection. Experts say that many social workers are not trained to cope with such complicated problems.
So it's easier to pick on fatties to justify their jobs ,as they're totally hopeless at picking out real child abusers and killers.
But the report criticised some outside agencies for failing to pass on vital information — in particular adult mental health services, and
drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres. The Conservatives said the findings “set off all sorts of alarm bells”.
Yet this families problems with Child Services seemed to have started when THEY contacted the Department for help.
Tim Loughton, the Shadow Children’s Minister, said: “It is deeply worrying that so many children have been killed, but it is completely
unacceptable that so many have died whilst on social services’ radar.
www.timesonline.co.uk...
So apparently you can keep your abused kids at home and torture them and kill them because they won't be removed because your nice and thin and
therefore won't have your 6 kids removed.
And apparently, according to the father they've been accused of other things that aren't true....
He said: "They've claimed the kids have been subjected to physical and emotional abuse, as well as physical neglect, but it's just not
true. We love our kids. We strongly deny these accusations and are taking legal advice."
And according to this news site , they now HAVE THEIR BABY BACK but now have had their remaining 3 children removed......
The infant, who was born on Monday by Caesarean section, was taken from her mother at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee after a sheriff granted social
workers a removal order amid fears she would become dangerously overweight.
However, on Thursday, a children's panel ruled that the baby could return to the family on the condition that the parents cooperate "one hundred per
cent" with social workers and care professionals.
The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is emotionally torn by the developments. He welcomed the decision to return their new baby
girl, but was also distraught at losing another three children into care.
Three of the family’s children - not including the baby - are already in care of the local authority and on Wednesday the children's panel in
Dundee ruled that the three children still living at the family home be removed. They were taken from school into care on Thursday.
"We never thought it would come to this. We had to tell the three kids last night that they were going into care. They were really upset and
angry and we spent all night consoling them."
He added: "My wife is barely holding up. At least she knows she is getting her wee baby back."
news.stv.tv...
My God, this family has been totally traumatised. They asked for help and this is what they have got in return.
I've heard of keystone cops, but it now seems there is such a thing as keystone social workers.
Kids being killed who were left at home while under notification but these people who's main problem is OBESITY have every single child in their
family removed and traumatised by these people.
Unbelievable. Another story on ATS about the Obese being treated like second class citizens by doctors and now this.
What's the world coming to?
[edit on 24-10-2009 by Flighty]
riiiight.. 
