Change the policies that social workers work through to declare child abuse

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

What I want the government to do is make it easier for close relatives of a child to report parents and give them routes to go down that don't require parents permission. Close relatives include: aunties, uncles, grandparents and also step/in-laws.

I need the government to put more consideration into which families they look at to investigate. They should first do more extensive background checks and from information people close to the case, have informed social workers, they should make judgement based on pure facts and no opinions to make it fair on every single person, innocent and guilty.

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 how reports of child abuse are investigate, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

It is already possible for anyone to report concerns that a child is at risk or is being abused to the children’s social care team at their local council. Local councils have a duty to protect children from abuse, but it is up to individual councils, not the Government or Parliament, how to investigate individual complaints.

Timeline

14 Dec 2021	Petition opened for signatures
17 Dec 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 17 Dec 2021

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