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Sara Sharif: Vulnerable children being failed by 'broken' social care system
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December 12, 2024
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2:28Now PlayingA frontline social worker has described children’s social care system as “broken” and said her “biggest fear” is that a child in her care will come to harm.
Speaking anonymously, the worker, who we are calling Emily, told Sky News: “It's underfunded. Social workers are dealing with such massive pressure every day, massive caseloads, trying to see
families, trying to assess risk, trying to manage risk - and it's not realistic.”
It comes as Surrey social services face questions over what more they could have done to protect Sara Sharif, who died aged 10 and had been known to the authorities throughout her life.
Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder and her uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, was convicted of causing or allowing her death.
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