After chasing up with DMBC SS for several days I decided to speak to a manager to get an answer! I eventually got a call over a week later (9 days in total). The child in question is in ‘family’ care and is currently on the at risk register. The SW has started legal planning and never informed the mother of the child. She is currently going through court to have a residence order revoked so that she will know her daughter is safe from any kind of harm, physical, emotional and sexual.
She works VERY hard with her daughter to make sure shes fine and has sayings such as practice makes perfect for when the child gets frustrated and lose the attitude or lose the privilidges (self explanitory). She has enough problems when the child is returned from the family care into hers for weekend and holiday visits with getting her back into routines ect. Over the last few weeks (due to court) she – the mother- has suffered several false aligations such as flea bites have come from her house and bruises on her daughter have come from hers. The mother is standing strong and not letting the ‘family’ destroy her mental health as she suffered from severe post natal depression which resulted in the ‘family’ sucessfully being granted the residence order.

The super nanny style mum has worked with several children and gives advice out for parents whose children have behavioural problems from the parents splitting and works VERY well with them. I have known her to visit a friend and within a few weeks of working wih both mother and child that the child now has no dummy, sleeps in her own bed, gets herself dressed, eats all her food and listens to the mother. The mother said to the super nanny mum that she didnt have privilidges to strip but the SNM pointed out that privilidges can be a range from extra time in bath water to play or pudding after eating even if its just a yoghurt ….. Or fruit juice instead of water.

DMBC have a vengence out on the SNM as she had to put in a complaint to get anything acted on as the SW took 4 days to contact her regarding her daughters welfare. The SW when finally calling back stated that the SNM should not have questioned anything that her daughter had said. The SNM questioned one thing! and then was branded a bad mother by the SW. The SW only has 7 months experience as a SW and has never worked on a case with the severity of this one. The SNM also asked the SW how many children she had and the SW changed subject. I think she doesnt have any kids at all and likes her ‘manual’ diploma to say shes qualified to be a SW. SS should be run by parents for parents and then the corruptness will end!

My message for DMBC SS – Get your facts right before you start making aligations as I have handed some fantastic advice to the SNM – to record everything you say to her and yes as soon as you fuck up I will be posting it on the net! Get it sorted DMBC before you kill another child.