Well, I've gone through all 153 pages. They are not in chronological order. THERE WERE RED FLAGS ALL OVER THIS CASE FROM THE GET GO!!!!!!
It seems Nubia was sexually abused by her bio father (and possibly V too). As they were very very young when that happened, it can really affect a child's growth. They were seeing therapists for it.
Nubia was absent from school for two weeks due to excessive bleeding.
We've read about Nubia's condition - but I think there was more to it. Its hard to read between the lines and all of that has been redacted from the reports.
THERE IS ONE BIG HUGE THING THAT I HAVE TO ADDRESS:
These reports. All written by social workers or case workers or supervisors or whoever at DCF. The grammar, spelling, noun/verb agreement, ALL OF IT is absolutely ATROCIOUS!!! I mean its like none of these people were educated past the 5th grade (and I know a lot of 5th graders that wouldn't do THAT bad). In one report the writer is talking about "waste" or "wasting" and continually uses the word "waisted". It made my head hurt to read those. I understand the short hand "std" for stated and chn for children but its so much more than that. In one report, it actually says that "Nubia was stealing fun" FUN instead of FOOD! Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. No wonder we have such problems - MOST of these people have a minimal education and certainly CANNOT write a "report" to save their lives, much less investigate reports of child abuse.
First Zarha and now Nubia - this all has to stop. There has to be a better way.
I would like any thoughts or comments as to what I have discussed.
Not taking up for this particular caseworker or anyone attached to this case. They screwed up and they screwed up big time.
But in fairness to the caseworkers, it is their fault but it also goes higher than that. They have too many cases usually. That is true. They don't have a lot of time to spend on their neediest clients. Because they have a heavy caseload and more coming in every day. When a DCF agency gets low on funds, a hiring freeze is instituted before anything else. If that doesn't help, then layoffs follow. Home care workers and other support personnel are also in short supply, for the same reason usually.
Another problem is burnout. They see the worst things out of life, abused injured abandoned kids. But many times when they make recommendations problems arise. Sometimes it is the kids themselves. Not wanting to leave the parents they know, they may deny problems. Or they may resist entering the system. Then there are supers who haven't seen the kids, but decides not to remove them. Or the attorneys decide there isn't enough evidence. Or the court rules against them despite lots of evidence (just like in this case.) Many times they feel helpless and useless. That can lead to the apathy.
If a police officer or fire fighter comes in contact with a traumatic event, often they are given counseling. Caseworkers don't usually have that. They deal with it the best they can.
After the Rila Wilson case, IIRC they did a major study of the CPS in Florida. High caseloads, low caseworkers and support personnel were factors noted. CPS promised to correct that. Poor supervision was also a factor. They promised to correct that. Failure to visit and failure to investigate complaints were also problems. They promised to review their procedures and do what was necessary to correct that. Looks like it is time to review the review and see what and how many of those corrections were actually done.
As far as their use of English, most caseworkers rush through the paperwork because they have to budget their time between writing the reports and visiting their caseload. While they are writing they are also answering phones, filing and all the many other duties that surrounds their duties. That affects their writing.
