Sometimes people just suck.I know a lady who adopted 3 siblings with her husband. They had been abused both with their birth parents and in foster care. Well guess what. Once they were adopted one of them was sexually abused by the adoptive father.
He went to jail but the kids are all grown and have drug problems. Sometimes the sadness is just too much to imagine.
And where is the outrage? There are countless horror stories of one kind or another related to kids-in-care. DCFS practically everywhere on the planet has huge, glaring short-comings that all boil down to bad decisions on the part of some individual. People who could do better, they just don't. Appalling and egregious - there's rarely any accountability.
Not trying to give you a hard time at all; it's important work you're doing. Would you mind telling me, in generalities, what accountability someone in your position, or the "Department" itself, would have if such an unthinkable outcome was discovered? (Sincere question).
It depends of course. If I trained and approved a family and they later abused a child, I wouldn't automatically be in question as long as I followed policy and did my due diligence in interviewing, checking references, obtaining all the necessary clearances, etc. That doesn't mean I wouldn't feel bad or feel duped. People can absolutely lie their way into the fold. Sad but true. There have been circumstances where workers, supervisors, etc. up the chain have been fired and even sued if found they were found to be falsifying records, claiming to see children monthly but not doing so or as is reported in this specific case ignoring the children's statements of abuse. If proven that the workers and agency were aware and did nothing then they should lose their jobs and their licenses if they have those and possibly face jail time because this job is hard enough without a few bad apples. It calls the profession and the job into question and reflects on all child welfare agencies.
Thank you.
