"Mother claims complaints about foster carer were ignored"
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- Category: Foster Care
- Created: Wednesday, 22 January 2014 23:30
- Written by Giselle Wakatama - ABC
The mother of three children allegedly abused by their foster carer near Newcastle says her repeated complaints to welfare officials about their care were ignored.
The 47-year-old foste r carer is charged with three counts of assault, as well as possessing a gun and drugs.
Police documents tendered in court this week allege the woman acted deliberately and frequently "whacked" the children with a stick, egg flip and belt, and put socks in their mouths while they were hit.
Police say all three had bruises, with doctors unable to count them all on one child.
The children's mother has told the ABC she had domestic violence issues when her children were taken.
She says she complained to welfare officials after several access visits with them.
"I tried to tell them months ago that my kids, on my visits, were telling me they were getting abused," she said.
But she doubts welfare officials took her complaints about the woman seriously.
"I'd spoken to DoCS previously about what my children were saying to me when I had visits with them," she said.
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There is currently an enormous amount of children being removed from their homes because of domestic violence. However there is no such evidence that the mother has ever harmed a hair on their child so why is the Department of Community Services putting these children into foster care, with a life sentence on them until they are eighteen years of age?
