like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. tiffany lives in herefordshire. in march last year, mid lockdown, she took he
..and children who feel they ve been let down. this whole process has felt like i ve been punished for something that i didn t even do. as the government prepares to publish a report into the deaths of two toddlers, we ask, are social workers properly supported to decide who s at risk and who isn t? it s absolutely critical that social workers do their work. it s delicate, it s complex but it s absolutely essential. because, if we don t do it, the stakes for children are incredibly high. my name s louise tickle. i ve spent years investigating how and why some children are removed from their parents care. the family i m about to meet suffered the tragic loss of a very young baby a year ago. children s services became immediately involved and removed two other children from the household, which has taken an enormous toll on the whole family. we ve got that one. oh, gosh, that s in the hospital. yeah. literally, you had just given birth there. yeah, just after the c section. ti
no one, no one was giving me any answers of why- they were here, why they were removing the children. - i wasjust up here, playing on my xbox, and, erm, tiff, my sister, came up and she was shaking like, i have never seen her like it. she could barely stand. just said, pack some things cos you ve got to go somewhere. i had to just walk through a bunch of police and everything like that, still not knowing what was going on or anything. right, one more, then. voice-over: it was scary. i had just lost my son and had my other ripped away from under me, straight away. it felt like they were trying to blame me for noah s death at that point. social workers were concerned the house was messy and dirty. there was washing at the top of the stairs and, in the front room, there was a lot of baby things, which took up - a lot of room. the social worker said that if we clean the house up the boys could come back, so that s what we did.
i d just. i d just seen my grandson go out of the front door, - and i had no idea. no one, no one was giving me any answers of why- they were here, why they were removing the children. - i wasjust up here, playing on my xbox, and, erm, tiff, my sister, came up and she was shaking like, i have never seen her like it. she could barely stand. just said, pack some things cos you ve got to go somewhere. i had to just walk through a bunch of police and everything like that, still not knowing what was going on or anything. right, one more, then. voice-over: it was scary. i had just lost my son and had my other ripped away from under me, straight away. it felt like they were trying to blame me for noah s death at that point. social workers were concerned the house was messy and dirty. there was washing at the top of the stairs and, in the front room, there was a lot of baby