Assign the right Social Workers to families/cases they've similar backgrounds.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Social workers(S.W) are assigned to cases of to families they (S.W) have no idea about their culture, ethnic background, religion or family settings. For instance, they send white S.W to an African family whose culture, religion they don't understand and results in many kids being wrongly removed.

I have had the cases where the Hillingdon counsel have sent the wrong assessors to my house on a couple of occasions, only to be misunderstood/misrepresented. This is the same for many victims. S. W must remain neutral. If you send an atheist S.W to a religious family to work with them, or a person who has no idea about the families' believes and background, they end up working against them instead of helping them make the right choices for the welfare of the entire family, not just the kids.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This is a decision for local councils to take, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could raise your issue with a local councillor, who represents you. You can use this page to find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them:

https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

Timeline

5 Dec 2016	Petition opened for signatures
8 Dec 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Dec 2016

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