Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01785 · Session 5

Review and reduce social work powers

Closed Submitted 15 Jan 2020 People & Communities
Signatures
0
18 online signatures with a country
Comments
4
Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review and reduce the powers of social work departments.

What the petitioner did first

I have contacted Gillian Martin MSP and have also complained to my local Council.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 5 Mar 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 29 Oct 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

18 online signatures
  1. Scotland16 88.9%
  2. Wales1 5.6%
  3. United Kingdom1 5.6%

Comments

4 comments, oldest first
  1. Louise Esslemont 20 Jan 2020
    Social work have to much power they treat adults like children keep them apart from family
  2. Rebekah Elizabeth Simpson 21 Jan 2020
    Social work shouldn't have the power very family's and children unless it is absolutely necessary for them to step in. I believe that social work have a tendency to abusE their power in many different ways and frequently do so
  3. Janet McArthur 25 Jan 2020
    The Social Services are no longer (if they ever were) trusted by the people. They appear to cause more harm than good and their motives for many of their actions are suspect. No child should be forcibly adopted at great cost to the public when parents and wider family are still around. Even where there are huge problems in the families concerned, no child should be considered a profitable commodity and removed against their will.
  4. Linda Esslemont 26 Jan 2020
    Yeah social work have too much power on kids and they treat adults like children which should not be allowed,