no I think you are both wrong, the government cares about money and keeping their position of power and easy jobs.
The department of Child Safety just want to get children off their books as quickly as possible. If they could get rid of all cases the day after removing the children from the alledgedly abusive carer, but also keep their jobs, they would. They have to keep a certain amount of children on their books to justify employing so many departmental staff.
If a child has a relative or foster carer who is lucky enough to have money to pay solicitors to fight for a child the department throw the child to that person and run a mile.
I know of children given to fathers who the children had never seen for several years, without build up of contact or police and traffic checks in the state they are pesently living in, only.
I know of rich foster carers choosing a child from the department then fighting for custody in court and getting the child, then never fostering any other children.
I know of mothers who have tried to change to the departments exact ideals of a perfect mother, yet then refusal of contact occurs at the whim of departmental workers for no reason other than a personal dislike.
I do aggree though there are many children given back to their mothers or fathers or former carer that child abuse allegations had been established to be true against. Yet the abuser had no treatment to stop this reoccuring, but the dept. uses the exuse that a significant time had lapsed since the abuse (the abusers didn't have the child/dren in their care so didn't have any problems ).
The department begin by interviewing the complaintant.
Then interviewing the alledged abuser, which seems to usually be a single mother or a stap father.
Then reports are commisioned by "experts" to confirm the abuse and recommend what intervention,support and treatment is needed for the child (at risk or harm),the family and the other people affected by the abuse(usually siblings).
Then usually the abuser is sent to some organisation such as the abused child trust of queensland or child community health or a parenting course or a public mental health facility.
The victim/s are sent to the local child advocacy clinic(run by scan)
this is the medical proffessional clinic for children in care.
This clinic personnel then refer the child/ren to appropriate services for the individual,such as child mental health, child development clinic , speech therapy , occupational therapy, hearing, sight or intelligent testing etc.) or maybe recommend more social endeavors such as childcare etc.
Then if the foster cares are not to busy with all the other ridiculous impositions the department want to force upon them such as other appointments, meetings with the department, and trying to chase payments for children that may be paid up to a year later!(while usually working and raising several children with many problems each )they take the children to these appointments as well.
On top of this many children in care are disabled.
The services that the abuser attends usually does not actually want to help the abuser change, they just want the money.
The abuser realises this and with so much hate and disgust(sometimes verbally sometimes written )directed against them it is hard for the abuser to even attend the appointments, let alone take the apparent well-meaning advice.
These services also compile a report against the abuser which is given to the department and used in court to support affadavits.
This is not helping anyone as most recommendations to the court or dept.are not followed up.
Then after a while the abuser either choses option 1 or 2.
Option 1 is to fight the department and services connected. This usually results in the child/ren being placed with someone else.Even if the alledged abuser had not even done anything abusive.
Option 2 is when the abuser sees that the only way to win back their children is to be sorry or to pretend to be sorry.
Then the department see a remorseful carer and give back the children.
This is as you say no good for the children.
But you can't just blame the parents. Or the department.
Laws and policies need to be changed.
Services that deal with abusers of children or the child victims themselves need to be accountable as well.
If you don't like the way the system is now then change it.
Yes many children should be taken off their parents and kept away from them forever.
But this should not be done as a punishment for the abuser but for the child if it is best.
I myself have been asking for help from the government for 18 years but no-one has ever given me even a tiny bit of useful advice besides a mental health nurse who said "if you act like a piece of shit you will be treated like one."
But I do question if you know what you are talking about in regards to schizophrenics as aren't they required by the department to be medicated before getting their children back?
If they are known to a mental health facility they would have a treatment plan and if you believe they are not taking their medication the facility would be interested in hearing so. And if necessary have the patient regulated and given injections.
If mental health patients are reported to be violent or at risk of harming themselves or others then the doctors will regulate, this does not mean the patient has to be restricted as an inpatient.
Do you care about these children enough to fight the department and other services or are you just upset at he loss of your payments? or loss of the children you loved so much.
I can only assume you are a foster carer.
I'll be suprised if I'm wrong.
Maybe you're one of the service personnel who don't have the guts to tell abusers off to their face but only do it behind their backs?
Look forward to you angry reply.