The social work industry is a relatively new profession that started in the 1950’s and was fundamentally born out of the Home Office.
That is why today socialwork is still controlled by funding by Government, through the DoE Department of Education and formerly funded by the DHSS, Department for Health and Social Security.
I wonder if the few, convicted, child rapists, that we now know of, in recent years, who were salaried by the Home Office/DHSS ever had a passing thought or even a full on fantasy about getting as many children as possible, into a a neutral and comfortable setting, to have sex with, like for example a children’s home? Or even to keep the children, through fostering in their own home?
It has been revealed in recent years that there was an appetite and therefore a club for child rapists.
A fertile breeding ground may have been at a top boarding school, where abuse was just added to a power spreadsheet and something one did or had to do in that ‘club’. It’s sad when you think of those still scarred by that ‘club’ those bullies frankly!
They say in 2020 the ‘genie is out of the bottle’ and ‘we all now know about child rape’, but is it really?
Surely if that were the case we would be finding the sources, and the history.
For history is a learner…
Many years ago in 1995, I wrote the NAYPIC, National Association of Young People In Care handbook about ‘child rapists’ and who they could be and below is a extract from that book;
“ BEING NON-DEPENDANT ON GOVERNMENT MONEY/FUNDS
In the world there are some countries with dictatorships, perhaps also one or two individuals at least, who are abusers in some governments. This is corrupt. In an attempt to make many points let's say:
Man runs hospital, things are corrupt, he has friends in high places, perhaps an MP who is also corrupt. N.A.Y.P.I.C. investigates the hospital and in the process, the hospital man, phones his friend the MP and N.A.Y.P.I.C. loses its funding. This is only possible if one MP has much power. This is possible. “
Going back to the 1950’s and the start of social work, let’s just think about the name, ‘social work’ and ask, what does that mean?
WORK - ‘a task or tasks to be undertaken’
SOCIAL - ‘short for social security "not everyone's on the social and taking drugs”
I entered care at 13 years old and had a great social worker whom is my friend to this day. A tall and wonderful woman!
I am of the opinion that social workers do go into social work to do good and that has always been a reassuring thought.
That does not mean the system, structure, morals, care or social intervention, set up by the Government, with consultation by agencies had been developed correctly. Albeit in the 1980’s those who had experienced that system were given a token voice.
The National Association of Young People In Care, was that small voice and then Black and In Care, NAYPIC & BIC.
If BIC & NAYPIC members, are 40 years old and social work is 70 years old, then it took 30 years to allow members to have a ‘novel voice’ via funding from the DHSS to NAYPIC and BIC, but with funds stopped in the early 90’s, was that voice a ‘critic’?
If, in real terms every year (and this is a low estimate) a billion is spent on child ‘social work’ then we have in 70 years created a ’social work’ economy. Many jobs and livelihoods depend on the roles played by ‘social work’. But is this a false economy looking at the science or the maths at the very least? If say 100,000 children and that is an overestmation, are in ‘care’ then our spending works out at £10,000 per year for that child.
I know that if we all were handed £10,000 a year, it works out as roughly one ‘social security’ payments for an adult out of work.
Which begs the question have we done any ‘social work’ at all?
With child abuse coming to the fore, shouldn’t we now find more universal ways to listen to all our children, as a benefit to society and not see ‘social work’ as the answer. The New NAYPIC/Youth Parliament believes that there should be a Parliamentary Budget for the kids that is neither funded by DoE or DHSS or any Government agencies or child care consultants or any do gooders at all.
As one of those members of NAYPIC that made my voice heard over the years I can tell you I may have been abused at home but when I woke up to find a ’special’ from the police on top of me in a ‘secure’ unit where I was being held without charge, having never faced a judge or committed a crime, I did not call that ’social work’.
When I met advisors to NAYPIC who worked for the DHSS or Home Office, I later found out I was surrounded by child rapists.
Many now have been convicted and so I don’t sound so ‘far fetched’ or ‘mad’ but I don’t think that the genie is out of the bottle, I think you got to tear the whole god dam ‘social work’ house down and start from scratch but that’s just my humble opinion.
Mary Moss
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