UK social workers sink to a new low. (Another forced adoption)

[StevieM]

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Social workers have allegedly put a three-year-old girl up for adoption because her grandparents are too old to care for her.

The 58-year-old grandmother and the 70-year-old grandfather, from Shoebury, Essex, have been caring for the little girl since her mother was taken into hospital with depression six months ago.

They say they were initially told the girl would be put up for fostering but that now - just six months after her mother was taken ill - Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has put the girl up for adoption.

The couple claim they were told they cannot care for the girl because they are too old. But the council denied that age was a deciding factor when assessing prospective carers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3169444/Social-workers-3-year-old-girl-adoption-say-gran-58-granddad-70-old-care-her.html

[StevieM]

1. Bumping. (eom)