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CPS are often terribly trained and sometimes downright horrible people. They do all sorts of large scale scrutiny on perfectly fine homes, and then will turn a

CPS are often terribly trained and sometimes downright horrible people. They do all sorts of large scale scrutiny on perfectly fine homes, and then will turn a blind eye on children who are being horribly neglected. They tear families apart and force parents to fight for years in court to get their children back, irrevocably messing up the childs psychology in the process. Here is a former CPS agent talking about the horrific misconduct he saw amongst his fellow CPS workers.[0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyc9Zn3iWQk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyc9Zn3iWQk

aidenn0 7y ago
This probably varies greatly in different areas (in California almost all of how it works is specified at the county level, so even two counties in CA can be very different). Everything that follows is specific to where I live. The actual social workers that I've interacted with are reasonably well trained people. However, they are overworked and underpaid, so a lot of the good ones move to the private sector. Also the heavy caseload means they tend to remove based upon ease of substantiation rather than severity of the situation (i.e. if it's easy to prove a minor infraction that will get you tripped up more quickly than a hard to prove major infraction). This definitely appears to be a function of the system rather than any individual maliciousness. That's social workers. As far as case-aids go I can't think of a single positive thing to say other than "there are a few good ones." It's a low paying job where the only prerequisite is that you can pass a criminal background check. A friend I know ended up as a case-aid by accident! She checked with the county to see if they had any job openings and they said roughly "We need someone to provide transportation" and it wasn't until she showed up to work that she learned she would be transporting foster kids to family visits, and in some cases would be supervising those visits!

aidenn0 7y ago

This probably varies greatly in different areas (in California almost all of how it works is specified at the county level, so even two counties in CA can be very different). Everything that follows is specific to where I live. The actual social workers that I've interacted with are reasonably well trained people. However, they are overworked and underpaid, so a lot of the good ones move to the private sector. Also the heavy caseload means they tend to remove based upon ease of substantiation rather than severity of the situation (i.e. if it's easy to prove a minor infraction that will get you tripped up more quickly than a hard to prove major infraction). This definitely appears to be a function of the system rather than any individual maliciousness. That's social workers. As far as case-aids go I can't think of a single positive thing to say other than "there are a few good ones." It's a low paying job where the only prerequisite is that you can pass a criminal background check. A friend I know ended up as a case-aid by accident! She checked with the county to see if they had any job openings and they said roughly "We need someone to provide transportation" and it wasn't until she showed up to work that she learned she would be transporting foster kids to family visits, and in some cases would be supervising those visits!