Cathy Phillips
VULNERABLE children will be put at risk if proposed cuts to Children’s Services go ahead, a member of Jersey’s Child Protection Committee has warned.
Cathy Phillips, who is stepping down from the committee, said that reducing staff numbers would make caseloads unmanageable and leave children at risk.
As part of its plans to save money, the Health Department is proposing not to fill a vacant post for a counsellor and another at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Article posted on 27th July, 2010 - 3.00pm
8 Article Comments
Well just how many cases are there….?
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Seems people only have the balls to speak out when they are stepping down…wonder why that is?!
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Not many surely…I mean, we dont have social problems in Jersey do we??
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How else will we afford all those ‘experts’ earning £900+ a day with allowances thrown in?
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It is not ‘cuts’ putting children at risk – it is unsuitable parents – stop encouraging people to produce children they are going to neglect – cut benefits.
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Stop dishing out millions to private schools then.. overprivileged pinching off the underprivileged again being a taxpayer I would rather my money but put to a worthwhile cause thanks
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As a professional who has access to young people i can tell you that there are many cases of children who are at risk. Children’s Service are being pushed to the limits of their capabalities, as are other related services. Cuts should not be made in relation to our youth – they are after all our future.
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#5 So very true. I have met too many Jersey teenagers now whose parents need the biggest possible boot up the backside. These teenagers have been trying so hard to make a go of working life and their parents continually turn up at their work ruining everything for them and demanding money for booze.
#7 All ages are our future and all are equally important. I don’t believe services should ever be cut on the basis of age, only on the basis of necessity and to what extent the public should be taking responsibility for it themselves. Still young people can not be held responsible for their upbringing and so I would hate to see any cuts in their psychiatric services as I have already seen a couple of teenagers that psychiatric services in Jersey are failing terribly. For one of them these services are undoubtedly the difference between her making a real go of life (she is smart with common sense and could be another hard-working taxpayer) or becoming yet another teenage mum bludging off the States (she craves love and affection having not known it at home).
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