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
Moved her to a caravan 250 miles away. iwas 14 and. ..got put in a caravan for a couple of weeks. it was like the furthest caravan in the field. over the next four years, gemma was moved at least five times. she never lived with her sister again. and they didn t care. in my mind, they did not care. they didn t. even when i used to get upset and emotional, they didn t really listen to me, theyjust thought they were the better people, they had, like, my best interests at heart. but they didn t. gemma s case eventually came before high courtjudge mrjustice keehan.
Against expert advice, altering a key piece of paperwork in the process. this bit was removed however, they are twins, i and the sense of loss in later years at being separated would almost certainly be more - detrimental- to their welfare than placing them together . yeah. and that was deleted. they ve literally taken out a sentence that completely changes it. we were gobsmacked, weren t we? it couldn t have been anything other than deliberate. - judge keehan ruled the council s behaviour was misleading and its failings egregious. he said: despite the original recommendation that the twins should stay together, judge keehan decided it was now in their best interests to remain with their new families.
Was presented to them for example, my son, he s colour blind, and school noticed it with him and suggested i take him to be seen. but they wrote down that i d made up that he was colour blind. and did you have proof that.? yes a letter from the opticians. but the social worker wasn t having any of it he didn t want to see the letter. one, two, three jump! two, three! one, two, three! angeline found out the local authority was considering removing the children from her care. the case went to the family court. the hearings went on for more than seven months. angeline accepted she was over anxious about her children s health and agreed to share parental responsibility with the council. child laughs. the judge said the children should stay with angeline but ordered the family be closely monitored for a year. were any findings ever made against you that you had