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Political correctness gets insulting

bob696

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Latest phrase for kids in foster care is "looked after children". As a parent I find this incredibly insulting. Are they implying that I do not look after my son?????
 
Is this just the term that is used at the moment or the one that is set by the government?
 
The thing with all thse new terms and the PC issue is that once the new term is established, it becomes politically incorrect too and another new term has to be used.

Take disabled people. First it was "cripples". That was changed to "disabled" because of negative conotations. That later became "mobility impaired" for the same reason. Another term will come along soon. The idiots that decide that the existing terms are inappropriate don't get the point that it's not the words that have negative conotations but the impairment they're describing. Disabilities will always be a negative thing, whatever you call them. Changing the term won't make disability advantageous or desireable.

The most upsetting thing is how much these idiots cost the country with all the documentation and legislation that has to be ammended to reflect the new terminology. I don't think many of the people in the relative brackets minded the old terms anyway - we all accept we have to be described somehow. I'd imagine most of them feel pretty patronised by the new terms which are incredibly condescending and insulting.
 
Latest phrase for kids in foster care is "looked after children". As a parent I find this incredibly insulting. Are they implying that I do not look after my son?????

Instead of "care leavers" why not have "survivors of an inept, inefficient and corrupt social care system." If they truely want the terms used to represent the real situation.
 
Latest phrase for kids in foster care is "looked after children". As a parent I find this incredibly insulting. Are they implying that I do not look after my son?????

The phrase "looked after children" is not new and has been around for many years.
The latest term being accommodated.
Having terms in which to describe particular groups of people or situations is nothing new, and in the main its not social services or in fact government that does the changing, its more often the groups of private voluntary agencies that have a particular interest like mencap, who over the years suggest name changes. One in particular was the term s p a s t i c , which was in the main used as a derogatory statement often used in jokes.
 
the worst thing about the system is that there is no indipendant body to complain to when things go wrong. if you have a complaint about an SS worker you can only complain to the SS

(and i appologies in advance to any ex german service men for the abreviation)
 
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Latest phrase for kids in foster care is "looked after children". As a parent I find this incredibly insulting. Are they implying that I do not look after my son?????

youll find it even more insulting if someone makes an alligation against you with regard to your childeren.

the SS can take them from school and the first youll know about either the alligation or the taking from school is when you phone the police to say " " hasnt come home or when the police together with an SS worker come to your door to serve the papers. and the worst thing is you have no redress at all untill you go to court
 
The thing with all thse new terms and the PC issue is that once the new term is established, it becomes politically incorrect too and another new term has to be used.

Take disabled people. First it was "cripples". That was changed to "disabled" because of negative conotations. That later became "mobility impaired" for the same reason. Another term will come along soon. The idiots that decide that the existing terms are inappropriate don't get the point that it's not the words that have negative conotations but the impairment they're describing. Disabilities will always be a negative thing, whatever you call them. Changing the term won't make disability advantageous or desireable.

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A black man on TV today discussing the BB affair spoke very sensibly, referred to himself as black, and said it isn't what you say, its how you say it.
 
Ever since Dr. Banardo's the term has been 'taken into' or 'put in care' just a tack on from the days of the work house or poor house. Still regarded as a form of imprisonment by many.
 
youll find it even more insulting if someone makes an alligation against you with regard to your childeren.

the SS can take them from school and the first youll know about either the alligation or the taking from school is when you phone the police to say " " hasnt come home or when the police together with an SS worker come to your door to serve the papers. and the worst thing is you have no redress at all untill you go to court

Have had run in with the SS. My ex (we were together at that time) fighting her ex for custody. Solicitor gave us a poster with a picture of a ransacked room and "we have your children" spray painted on the wall and the parents stood in the doorway.

Caption at bottom said "Oh dear looks like the social services have been round."

What's the difference between a terrorist hijacker and a social worker?



You can negotiate with hijackers :D
 
the worst thing about the system is that there is no indipendant body to complain to when things go wrong. if you have a complaint about an SS worker you can only complain to the SS

(and i appologies in advance to any ex german service men for the abreviation)

Like most services, when you have a complaint, you would deal firstly with the people concerned, then work upwards. In Scotland its the following=
What will happen once a complaint has been made?

Your complaint will be acknowledged soon after we receive it. An investigation of your complaint will be carried out by a senior member of staff. You will receive a detailed written reply within 28 days of us receiving the complaint.

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of your complaint an appeal can be made to the Council's Complaints Review Committee. This committee provides an independent review of complaints and will make a recommendation on the complaint to the appropriate local authority committee.

Scottish Commission for The Regulation of Care

The Commission for The Regulation of Care is the regulation and inspection body for care services in Scotland. The Commission's key aim is to improve the quality of care in Scotland. Complaints about a care service which is regulated by the Care Commission can be made to the Scottish Commission for The Regulation of Care. Further information about the Care Commission and Social Work complaints can be obtained from the Commission's website:
 
This is where political correctness does get insulting.

When a careworker has sex with a 15yr old resident who does not know what the correct proceedures are.. only what they are not.
When their attempts for seeking help are poorly made by trying to kill themselves & the worker involved subsequently boasts how he gets full pay without working and the opportunity to move to a job of his choice.
Is it any wonder some of us have little faith in the system.

It's good to know things have changed over the years & such things do not happen as often.
 
Like most services, when you have a complaint, you would deal firstly with the people concerned, then work upwards. In Scotland its the following=
What will happen once a complaint has been made?

Your complaint will be acknowledged soon after we receive it. An investigation of your complaint will be carried out by a senior member of staff. You will receive a detailed written reply within 28 days of us receiving the complaint.

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of your complaint an appeal can be made to the Council's Complaints Review Committee. This committee provides an independent review of complaints and will make a recommendation on the complaint to the appropriate local authority committee.

only if its a writen complaint and

you forgot the most important part

then nothing will be done about it unless you take them to court


Scottish Commission for The Regulation of Care

The Commission for The Regulation of Care is the regulation and inspection body for care services in Scotland. The Commission's key aim is to improve the quality of care in Scotland. Complaints about a care service which is regulated by the Care Commission can be made to the Scottish Commission for The Regulation of Care. Further information about the Care Commission and Social Work complaints can be obtained from the Commission's website:


only if its a writen complaint and

you forgot the most important part

then nothing will be done about it unless you take them to court
 
only if its a writen complaint and

you forgot the most important part

then nothing will be done about it unless you take them to court

Best friend has just left SS (child protection) and gone to work for Save the Children. She couldn't stand the political/personal backstabbing that went on and the general level of incompetence and covering up of mistakes that went on at middle and senior management level.

The front line staff get all the grief and no support whilst constantly been told to reduce time spent with clients as they are so understaffed their caseloads are unmanageable.
 
Latest phrase for kids in foster care is "looked after children". As a parent I find this incredibly insulting. Are they implying that I do not look after my son?????
My Mother felt much the same as you. Two fold reasoning. First because she had fostered children for several years when we were younger but mainly when she sought help from a variety of authorities as she knew something was wrong when I was showing signs of being unapproachable.
Authorities were unable to break the barriers so accused me of perhaps being on drugs or breaking the law. (I had been raped & refused to tell anyone as it would have caused upset)
They put more pressure on her to make me attend school on time & join in. With the end result being she placed me into the temporary 'care' of the social services as they made it clear to her that they could do a better job of caring for me.
Case notes were made to suit, emergancy foster care arranged over christmas with the proviso that I was to not have contact with friends or family.
Whilst there a different girl attempted suicide & it was decided to make a permanent court order until I was 18. I was again taken to court, moved to an assesment centre further from home where no school place was available.
A highly enlightening experience which makes me thankful for how lucky I have always been.


To read your annoyance and know I feel pressure from schools with regard to my own daughter perhaps in a similar way to that of my Mother a generation earlier, it does strike me as disheartening to see how easily history could repeat itself.
 
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