Is it a death?

Is it a death?

Social worker in a service for the protection of the child realizing measures of Investigation and guidance for educational (multidisciplinary Evaluation of a situation of danger to a child in its family environment ordered by a judge of the children), I am seriously worried!

I crossed a year marked by an alarming number of situations of children or adolescents in danger found in their family environment, for which a judge of the children, whereas this state of fact, ordered a measure of judicial placement not implement several months after the decision.

Ø P. 12 years ago, is déscolarisé and lives in Nantes only suburb with her mother. He opposed an all power exacerbated for it, characterized by frustration intolerance, which led him to ask acts of physical violence against his mother. P. lives found in his room, his only activity is turned to the practice of video games in a manner addict. Multidisciplinary assessment that we conducted proposes the implementation of a measure of judicial placement in parallel to therapeutic care. The establishment of a mother/son distance is an absolute priority to an easing of tensions.



In this situation, children judge will order a measure of AEIMF (accompanying educational intensive in environment family), rather than a measure of investment, decision taken by default (and named as such), the possibilities of a home being non-existent in the medium term.

Ø Y a 15 years old, is pregnant and resides with his father who lives alone. In February 2010, the children judge ordered IOE measure, and the placement of this girl at the service of the ASE (social assistance to childhood), insofar as the father cannot guarantee an educational framework by a respected authority. This brings including y. to run away from the family home during the night.



In April 2010, the family informs us have had no contact with the services of ESA since the hearing of the magistrate, or two and a half months earlier. Finally, it will succeed in an educational institution in August 2010.

Ø T. was 16 years old. His parents are separated and face one and the other to an alcohol problem. A maternal aunt has, a time, attempted to relay the maepi of this girl, in vain. The behavior of the girl, disrupted by a complex family history, conflicts of loyalty and a parental substitute place too long assumed, was more educational support sufficiently secure. The judge ordered a placement measure judicial mid October 2010.



Three and a half months after the decision of the magistrate, she still lives with his uncle and aunt. This situation could be supported in (appointment of a referent) by the services of the ESA in December 2010.

Ø B. is 12 years old and suffers from psychological problems. His parents, who are separated, have appointed the children judge the immediate prospect of their violence against their son. The magistrate then ordered in July 2010 a measure of judicial placement. In this month of February 2011, the young person is always ignored in charge by the General Council of Loire-Atlantique, as it should. Complex and particularly inappropriate editing to the problem of the minor, in the opinion of all professionals, has developed structures and families relay of the MDPH (House Départementale of persons with disabilities), in the expectation of a family home that could arise in a long-term framework.



These four situations of children, which I am directly involved, are a little illustration, seen by the end of my telescope of departmental reality. I do not have all reported and each stakeholder of the protection of the child is in ability to date to the same dismal findings.

According to the sources (ASE or judge), between 70 and 130 children who are now entrusted to the Council General of Loire-Atlantique, lack of home solutions. They remain in their family environment, even though a court decision has come to mean danger for them to remain there.

Me, I tell you what:

-A the mother of P. who would tell me: " last night, my son planted me a knife in the thigh" ?

-To the father of y which interpellerait me on the death of his daughter which occurred in the previous night while she was in the back of a scooter?

-A the aunt of t. which seems to me that her niece is in the hospital in a State of severe accident of car as his father, drunk, driving?

In this story, who is responsible?

Me, as well as all those who know but do nothing to make things change. All, professionals, know that devices exist and that they are working. Do not mistake kills these young people, is the lack of means.

This me out, but I am afraid I anticipate that only the fact of a dramatic event occurring wake up consciences.

We, professional service Investigation, believe that colleagues of the social assistance to childhood services are struggling to exercise the references assigned to them, even though they are not the means. We do not tokens stone field professionals who do what they can with the means by which they are given. But, to play with this, there is the risk of saturation, risk taking and therefore the faute… to the dramatic impact that anyone can imagine. But in fact, the fault that?

It is more time to raise awareness. Each worker sector, more or less near field, knows this sad reality. It seems que claims or alert sounds are not relayed to a certain level, that we do not know, on the other hand. We see just that nothing will change.

Moreover, we, in the framework of our professional year, are responsible for assessing situations of danger on the order of a judge of the children, it announces that devices evolve. We exercise until of IOE (Investigations and guidance education) and social investigations, measures which will now be replaced by (Judicial Investigation Educative measure) MJIE. Do you know what it returns? No! We provide you so: the objective of this measure is to allow better characterize a situation of danger to which we adhere, obviously. On closer examination, the budget we the will not: coaching time decrease, Secretariat. Concretely, each of us will evaluate a number more important situations of minors while ensuring the same protection but also the respect of their family! But who cares t - on?

We note that the judges of the children of the Department, these assessment measures authorising, recognize, a priori, the specificity and richness of these tools to the decision that is the IOE and social survey. For how long yet?

Our question is this: officials fear speak taking them translate posteriori by beatings with sticks, the lowering of the means, mutation, disqualification… type? They know that this posture translates on the ground by the suffering of abuse, violence. Speaking of dedication, work ethic?

Any t - it not that we take care of our youth?

The reduction of expenditure, said RGPP (revision General of public policy), can wash their hands to visit responsible for such violence for families?

It is our responsibility denounce the inexorable depletion of the protection of the child where this policy leads to us: " are given less means, they do not react, therefore, there was reason to give them less;" The protection of the child did not need! ».

Cécile, Secretary, Valérie, specialized educator, Véronique, psychologist, Marie-France, Secretary, Sonia, Secretary, Jacky, child psychiatrist, Jennifer, educator specializing, Guillaume, educator specializing, Danielle, social Assistant, Claire, psychologist, Murielle, specialized educator, Pauline, student social Assistant, Noémie, social Assistant, Vanessa, specialized educator and Saâdia, a psychologist of the Investigation Service of the AAE 44.

February 16, 2011.

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