Social services, constant ability to discredit victims & survivors
What is it about the social services and police when it comes to them always trying to discredit survivors or victims of abuse in the care system?
The constant ability of trying to find reasons to discredit a victim or survivor seems to be of more importance to many social workers and those in the police than actually dealing with a crime.
How often do we hear about social services or police not having enough evidence?
Practically all the time and it’s not much better now that it was 20-30 years ago.
Whilst many social services proclaim to want to help survivors by allowing them to see or have their files how many files are seriously doctored? and all the parts relating to times where accusations have been made are either missing or doctored to the point theres nothing there to read that supports their version of events.
Many of us have experiences where the lack of information is available to us in which to prove such events took place when abused in the care system and whilst 3rd party confidentiality can be a good thing, it can also be a serious hinderance when the 3rd party just happens to be the abuser who then gets protected by the 3rd party confidentiality act and all details are stripped from a persons files.
The government is very clever in allowing something to pacify us and making it look to the public like they are trying to help us/survivors when they are in fact not but then find another route of which to actually prevent us from getting any real information when it comes to child abuse in the care system.
Many children from the care system or adult survivors are discredited because the files are either denied to them or the files are doctored heavily so that the survivor is disbelieved because the information simply isn’t there, has been removed or was doctored. That then leaves the survivor feeling cheated and let down because they struggle to prove the abuse that took place and then others simply wonder if the survivor is to be believed or if it’s in their head.
Survivors, don’t just rely on your files from the care area of which you were in, because if you were in a home not controlled by that area, the chances are you will find seperate files on yourself if the home for example wasnt in the same area you were in care with. Many homes in the 70’s and 80’s kept their own set of files on each child that was seperate from the files the social services you were in care with held although it is likely the social services you were in care with were sent a copy of that seperate file.
I’m not saying go on a mad hunt in archive centres for that area the home was in etc but it’s worth a try because not all supported the ugly truth of what went on in that era but many were too afraid to speak out against those they saw as dominators and were simply too scared to speak against those abusers for fear of retribution.
Many members of staff suffered in silence too and felt scared to tackle what they knew was going on because they already witnessed the effects the abusers reigned down on the victims and didn’t want to end up a victim themselves and we all know how badly whistle blowers are treated by the system of which they work in.
I know of more than one member of staff that witnessed alot but were so scared of retribution from the ones they saw as the dominating abusers, they simply kept quiet because they didn’t want to lose their jobs or be abused themselves in a different way.
I appeal to all those ex or existing members of staff from the care system years ago and today to come forward and be heard because the fate of every child in care today relies heavily on our intervention and support.
Some may say I am not scared but I have been scared for too many years of those who abused me and those in a position of authority who knowingly allowed me to live scared. But I have learnt alot and nothing good comes out of keeping silent and I am taking this stance because it is important and yes I am aware that there will be those who will try and discredit me but I am ready or should I say as ready as I can be to deal with that situation.
Too often families try and discredit someone who exposes abuse, as do social services and all the authoritive figures that failed the victim/survivor. They do it so they can cast doubt on a survivors credibility publicly and thus make the accounts less believeable giving the upper hand to the abusers or those that failed the survivor. It’s unfortunatly common practice and whilst I know this I will not be detered in highlighting the abuse that took place on my life.
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