That's the reason I stopped doing those cases. I felt powerless to help my clients at all. It was difficult to deal with social-worker ideologues. They assume if you question what a child says you approve of family violence. I would much rather deal with the criminal system.
Police officers are more up-front and honest about their job than social workers.
They know that people sometimes lie, including children. Many legislators say they receive regular complaints from constituents about abuse at the hands of the agency's representatives. Plowman calls the agency itself vindictive. I want services. Because if you start out on the wrong foot, people get under the gun.