DSS will hire more social workers
Under years of pressure to increase staffing, the state Department of Social Services has laid plans to hire 80 to 100 additional social workers, which officials say will reduce the ratio of cases to caseworkers for the first time in 20 years.
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The request is likely to gain attention as DSS grapples with fallout from the recent case of a 7-year-old boy from Middleborough who was being monitored by state social workers when his mother's boyfriend allegedly burned his genitals with cigarettes, beat him with a belt, and urinated on his head.
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Mom in Middleboro child abuse case released on bail
A mother charged in connection with the alleged abuse of her 7-year-old son has been released on $5,000 bail and cannot have any contact with children, including her own, following a hearing in Wareham District Court Thursday morning.
" 80 to 100 additional social workers, which officials say will reduce the ratio of cases to caseworkers for the first time in 20 years."
ReplyDeleteIf they had or were able to get the money to hire all these workers, why didnt they use that to offer services in the first place? OH My god no, that makes too much sense. I think we are going to just have to take it over and show them how its done, pack your stuff :)