Prosecute social workers who target vulnerable adults and children.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Publish and distribute statutory guidance for social workers banning them from discriminating against vulnerable groups, thereby allowing service users to bring a case against them.

By far the greatest proportion of children in care are taken from single mothers with sometimes moderate to mild mental health issues. Sometimes this has resulted from ending an abusive relationship. Also, there is a very high proportion of children with disabilities in care who are not being given the support to stay with their families. Children with autism find the change very traumatizing.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about the behaviour of some social workers, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

Misconduct in public office is already a criminal offence, and a social worker could be charged with this. Decisions about investigating alleged offences and prosecuting these are a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service, not the Government or House of Commons.

We could accept a petition calling for the Government to publish additional guidance for social workers, but you would need to be clear what you wanted this to be for.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

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Timeline

13 Aug 2021	Petition opened for signatures
20 Aug 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Aug 2021

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