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A British social worker who spent six months with Child Youth and Family has spoken out against the department, claiming its processes are unethical.
Jonny Ward worked for CYF in South Auckland but left his job in protest, saying families were broken apart unnecessarily.
"What I wasn't happy with was lack of involvement with parents, parents not being informed when being questioned at school, children being removed without parents being aware that was going to happen. Just a lack of involvment with parents," says Ward.
In one case the parents of a baby taken by Child Youth and Family had to fight for 10 months to get him back.
Billy and Michelle Carter had their second child taken away "out of the blue" by CYF when he was just one month old. Their first child had died and baby Joshua had similar health issues, putting his parents under suspicion. A doctor had made a report to police and to CYF suggesting Michelle was to blame.
"We always said to them 'we accept your taking Joshua and we accept the reasons', but they didn't have to treat me like a criminal from the start. And how they continued to have custody of Joshua even though evidence was coming in to support us all the time. They kept moving the goal post," says Michelle.
A second doctor's report said Michelle was not to blame. CYF then claimed she was mentally unstable but this was ruled out by a psychological assessment.
Finally, after 10 months, a judge said Joshua could return home.
"Parents are gonna be too scared to take their children to the doctor 'cause CYFs act so quickly on any complain," says Michelle.
It's because of cases like this, that Ward feels he has to speak out.
But CYF spokesperson Ray Smith has denied ward's claim that CYF is unethical.
"His experience in New Zealand and his issues do not reflect social working practice in this country. Social workers act with great care and compassion. The last thing that a social worker in this country wants to do is to have to remove a child from a family. But when we have grave concerns about the safety of children it's a job we sometimes have to do," Smith says.
Child Youth and Family's chief executive has met with Ward to talk through his concerns.

Published: 10:57PM Tuesday March 13, 2007
Source: One News

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[Eedgit]

Courageous? These people are anything but, and were they held to the same laws as everyone else, they would be a damned sight more careful before tearing families apart! & for this moron to say *Johnny Ward* was alone in thinking CYFS is run like a black market child abduction ring is a LIE, and many more social workers have left in disgust at they way this corporation works.

$100.000 is the going rate for your child, & CYFS is raking it in here in NZ. So before coming here read the fine print

[talk2graeme]

@Eedgit Well said

[peterwalters69]

Just because im in awheelchair for long distance, dos'nt make a spac. I Mean for fuck sake they give children to peverts, murderers, druggies and so forth eta. but not to parents like us. It seems to me crimminals gets special treatment and are allowed children. So if ths the way they want, thats the way they can av it.

[peterwalters69]

SOCIAL WORKERS IN CHELMSFORD ESSEX UK TOOK OUR CHILD CAUSE I HAVE A WHEELCHAIR FOR LONG AND A NERVE CONDITION WHICH IS NEUROFIBROMATOSIS.We our son but theres nothing we can do.

[AriaBuniGucciYma]

One more thing, the puppeteers are non national. Audio records prove that these people were out to smear NATIONAL because the culprits are trying to protect their assets as a seperate government under the guise of MENTAL HEALTH, CYFS AND THE POLICE. You all made the scripts for distribution and prepared entourages to keep your secret a secret. Whats done is done.

[AriaBuniGucciYma]

An xray of implants is an xray of implants. How can you get the public to say there are no implants when an xray says there are implants that are receiving the transmissions of a pedofile puppeteer. Obviously you spend more time on making pedofile acts when you should tell the puppeteers and sponsors they are going to court for perversion and pedofilia and should loose their jobs

[AriaBuniGucciYma]

And how can you let actual pedofiles have access to children for years and record them and distribute their acts and do nothing. Then how can you put out subliminals that support a pedofile trying to get children to do acts (such as frequencies caught on amp). ITS EASY TO FIND THE CULPRITS BY CATCHING THEIR FREQUENCIES. And dont let their women gangstalk and say there is no frequency caught on amp.

[AriaBuniGucciYma]

Ex CYFS children should do a CLASS ACTION n put it out there their experiences. Ive seen healthy children resembling mental health patients with the medicines they have 2 take and heard of horror stories while in cyfs care. They will make allegations just 2 get your kids and ive got proof. ive got phone records, recording of a phone call placing me & my child in 2 different locations just talking innocent. Then CYFS, Mental health & Police send scripts to biz's & people that voids their scripts.

[lovereallyx]

this is bad way , not know what is best for child for me cyfs its bad inchallah we try to move it frow newzeland or chnage all persoen work there

[pondman27]

Infant deaths (go look up vaccines)

The precautionary principle, utter bullshit and aimed at assuming that the state is the best judge, if you believe that, then look around at the complete F--- up that continues unabated.