Case Entry #5: I Worked in the System. I Left Because I Couldn't Sleep at Night

📄 Case Entry #5: I Worked in the System. I Left Because I Couldn't Sleep at Night

Submitted anonymously by a former family support worker.

🚪 I Left Because It Wasn't Social Work Anymore

🚪 I Left Because It Wasn't Social Work Anymore

I joined to help.

I left because I was helping no one.

📋 The Reports Were Written Before the Visits

📋 The Reports Were Written Before the Visits

Sometimes they told us what to look for — before we even got there.

If a mum cried? "Unstable."

If she didn't? "Detached."

🔁 Same Story, Different Family

🔁 Same Story, Different Family

• Young mum? "Lacks insight."

• Tired dad? "Unreliable."

• Grandparent involved? "Overbearing."The script doesn't change. The names do.

Young mum? "Lacks insight."

Tired dad? "Unreliable."

Grandparent involved? "Overbearing."

The script doesn't change. The names do.

❌ I Was Told Not to Speak Up

❌ I Was Told Not to Speak Up

I raised concerns.

They said:

"You're getting too involved."

🧱 Surveillance, Not Support

🧱 Surveillance, Not Support

Contact sessions were staged.

Kids came in fed, medicated.

Parents were told to "prove they could parent" — but everything had already been done.

📢 Final Words

📢 Final Words

If you think this system is about support, you haven't worked inside it.

It's not broken. It's built this way.