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When asked about her thoughts on what children in her caseload, she states she is "unsure if most of them are safe."

See, this is where it becomes obvious to me that this Social Worker is brainwashed. The reason that her caseload is so high is because of all the pressure for "mandatory reporters" like teachers, child care workers, doctors, etc. to report any little thing that they come across. These 'reporters' are often worried that they will lose their jobs if they don't 'tell on' people.

The government already has thrown TONS of money to CPS and they already have many, many workers. So #1, these 'mandated reporters' should not be told to make so many useless reports. And #2, this Social Worker should be able to look at probably 75% of her case load and realize that it is hogwash, and that she needs to not even follow-up on it.

HOWEVER, we see a brainwashed Social Worker who believes that most parents are horrible. She may actually care for children, and she is stressing herself out silly thinking that most of the children on her caseload are in danger and it is on her shoulders if she doesn't do something about it. This makes her too eager to separate families, with no real evidence.

This social worker, if well-intentioned, needs a complete paradigm shift in her thinking. She needs to realize that #1 most parents are doing okay and love their children, and #2 that most children will be MUCH WORSE OFF in Foster Care than they are with their own parents.

You are correct that the answer is definitely not to hire more Social Workers so that they have time to hound more innocent parents and take away more innocent children from the only loving home that they know, and severly traumatize both children and parents.