What rights do we have as parents to protect our children from the disfunctional and under qualified, abnoxious interrogations from staff who go off on a tangent. They base their facts on a piece of paper without knowing the truth, the facts. My son was so traumatised he lay down in bed for two days, I suffered panic attack right in front of them, I have been given a court order to leave my place of residence with a two week time frame, which will now be broken due to anorder I was forced to sign under duress at the fact they will take my children from me. The communication is never there it is always threats, they don't believe anything you say because quite often it is the Govt Depts that have failed. I was ordered to take my son to school in one of these "plans" they made out. I did as they asked. One of the teachers commented he looked pasty. Back they come again saying. Why did I take him to school?????? They then said he needed to go to the Emergency Dept at hospital. I had only gone to the Doctor with him the day before. Why did they take the word of a teacher who does not have the expertise to even comment on this over a Doctor.
When they come to the house I explained what steps I had taken to get him an appointment. I rang the Base Hospital in Mackay then was put through to Community Health, I was then transferred back to the base who put me onto Kerry the person who makes appointment. I only got the end of a message so I had to ring back the base hospital who put me through to Robin at Community Health again. She said you want to cancel the appointment, I said no postpone it. I was then put back to the Base hospital who transferred me to Kerry again. I got a mobile phone number and rang it and it wasn't even Kerries phone it was a person by the name of Sue. I left a message for her to get back to me to reschedule the appointmet.

Child protection officer s came to my door and I told them this and they said you cancelled. I said I did not cancel I left a message on Sues answering machine. I even noted to Robin do not write cancel write postpone because my experience with Child Welfares disfunctional methods and lack of getting the whole story combined with no communication skills will see only what they want to see.
I was correct, after explaining why I POSTPONED and the steps I took to get another appointment. The Case Manager said. Why did you cancel the appointment. Had she not heard a word I said. then she said You have a history of cancelling appointments. Why did you take him to school????? OMG back to square one. Damned if you do damned if you don't. She then went onto say. We will do all the checks because what we have been told is not what you are saying. I told them I had gotten a referral to a paedeiatrician and gave his name. I rang my Dr as when I rang the paedatrician I was informed my referral had not been made. The receptionist told me they had appointments for ever referral in the office mine was not there. So I chased up the Dr to write one as I thought it may have been lost. When I told the case manager this. Her response. YOu didnt make an appointment with them you couldnt have because I already rang and checked and he is away.
I took my son up to the hospital. He sat in the car for 4 hours. Two paedaetricians and a nurse tried in vain to bring him inside no one could. I told them I had to stay until they looked at him. My osns experience with Community Health and The hospital has left him with an intense fear of Doctors, at community Health his counsellor just gave up, it was put into the too hard basket. He even said to my son, if you don't go to school you will get put in a car and your brither will be put in another car and you will never see your mum or brother again. We left that day and normally we were told to make another appointment. The end of that meeting was Well there is nothing more I can do. Child Welfare say. I stopped treatment. Even though we were seeing other people in the meantime in the Private Sector and natural therapists who had much more success with my son. The piece of paper in their hand says I stopped going. So I have been denying my son medical treatment. Community health prescribed for my son Respidol for schizophrenia. REASON because it is the only liquid medication he can take. He became like an old man, he could not close his mouth, his lips were dragging down to his chin he had to have a bib to continually wipe up the dribble and saliva. I went to the local Dr who was horrified that this was prescribed, he told me what the drug was for. He took him off the medication immediately. Again the failings of the health system and I am neglecting his treatment.

The interview process..... I was in my nightie when they came, they determined I sleep in. When I was having a panic attack in fronto of them after they threatened me I was in my oldest sons room. He is an adult. They weren't concerned about my helath only that there was a plate left on the bookcase that still had something on it. They come into my home and see me in a nightie and judge me, I take them into my sons room and they judge that.

Even though I have to be out of this house this Monday and there is stuff everywhere. They are coming back Monday now to check the hygiene of the house.

I have been given an order to leave this house by The Magistrates Court judge and I cannot keep it and will lose my legal aid funding now because in the past two weeks I have Child Safety ordering me around telling me it is my duty.

It is ironic because I asked them if they were interested in protecting the children why can't they find me accommodation. My son had an interview with them and his stomach was cramping. There was no water offered or toilet facilities. He said to Ruth he had a stomach cramp and it was ignored. My son said Mum if they are child welfare how come "They dont give a ??????? about my cramp.

My biggest gripe is the communication and the way my case manager present her questions. Questions they are not it is always accusations. I am absolutely appalled that this Dept has not got the capacity to at least have people in the position that have at least the basic level of communication, being civil, all the messages are "you" messages which immediately make rise for the person being "Interrogated" to come on the defense. After each statement made to the interrogator they then ask the same question again. They do not HEAR a word you are saying.
They have an outcome already they try to coerce you into saying what they want to hear. It is all such a waste of time, my time.
When I questioned the person that was taking the notes, I noticed she was only writing down what they wanted to present. I noticed incorrect record taking as well. When I mentioned that to Ruth her comment was. There was two of there......mmmmmmm no accounting for human error

Is there a code of conduct for these people or are they above the law. Can they treat you like a piece of dirt and come into your home even though you refuse. Given the sensitivity of their role in the community yu would think at least they would have the capacity to present like an adult and comminicate amicably. I would have thought that would be a priority to have the skills to defuse a situation not exacerbate and antagonise.

I am speechless and utterly disgusted, my children are traumatised, I have had two panic attacks in the past few years and both were on the occasion of Child Safety and their disfunctional communication efforts and threats. My house is in total disharmony. It is a paradox. Child protection I think not..