Thread by @SafeEdForAll_UK

CALLING CHILD SOCIAL WORKERS

Worryingly SOME schools are referring parents who have refused to return their children to in-person education (due to the absence of scientifically recognised mitigations) to social services under ‘safeguarding’ reasons.

These schools know that fining parents will not force them to return their children.

These schools know that punitive measures for truancy will not hold up in court and will be costly to pursue - parents have legal representation in place.

These schools know that these parents have never had any safeguarding or attendance issues prior to covid.

These schools know that these parents have understood that their children are NOT missing from education, they are learning remotely and they intend to return when rates are low and mitigations are implemented.

These schools are trying all tactics to coerce deregistration or to bully parents to return children to a setting they know has not mitigated to the lowest practicable level as required by H&S legislation the risk of exposure to infection.

The cases where this has happened to two of our founding members have been dismissed immediately by social services as ‘malicious referrals’ and reports can now be sent to CQC

Is this what resources and overworked social workers should be focussed on?

Is this a waste of finite resources?

Will these kinds of unnecessary referrals mean other REAL issues of neglect and safeguarding will be missed? mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/c…

The above article makes ref to school uniforms so we can safely assume those kids are on roll somewhere

Did their Heads hound those parents relentlessly?

Did their Heads pop up unexpectedly at their front doors for welfare checks?

Did those Heads refer immediately to SS or LA for safeguarding issues?

Parents remaining remote are being ironically investigated for safeguarding. When the very reason they’re keeping their kids home is for SAFEGUARDING concerns!

Valuable, overstretched and finite resources have been diverted into investigating families taking reasonable steps to safeguard children’s wellbeing during covid.

Meanwhile the impact is felt elsewhere as serious cases of significant harm are being neglected.

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