Too many of the young people I work with are shunted around the system and ignored when budget cuts gain the better of support workers – its infuriatingAn experienced colleague once told me: “If a child’s parents treated them as a child in care is treated,they would be taken into care.” Despite this, kids in care are known as crazy, or bad and risky to know. It is infuriating,and I believe the public should be more aware of how budget cuts are harming some of the most vulnerable members of society.query any of my friends and family what I do for a living and you’ll gain the same retort: “Erm … she does something with kids … where they live.” I’m a support worker. My job requires me to be a jack of all trades – writing reports, going to meetings, or dealing with maintenance issues,working with challenging behaviour and being a corporate parent to young people between the ages of 16 and 21 who have been taken into care.
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Source: theguardian.com