CYFS notifications - ever a good thing?

i think so... i'm pretty sure there main focus is not to take kids from families but work at keeping families together... (mind you that can be a bad thing sometimes...)

I know my family worked wiht CIFS with my brother, meetings, cousuling and things like that, What exactly i don't know due to the fact i wasn't living in NZ anymore. So yes they can be helpfull too.

My family worked with CYFS when one of my siblings was going through a bad time. They were quite helpful and offered a lot of options and services to work towards resolution of the problems.
The only complaint I can remember was that the worker was always running late, but when you hear about the case loads and serious stuff they deal with, you can forgive them that!

You can also call their call centre and have a discussion, if you're not sure whether a notification is required. They'll be able to tell you whether one is warrented, or what else might need to happen.

I've made quite a few notifications for my job. Some have had good outcomes, while others haven't been as I'd hoped, but mostly because I've felt they haven't done enough to help the child. Ultimately it's about protecting children and if we have any concerns about a childs safety, I think it's our duty as adults to report it.

My sister has had some real problems with her 15 year old boy getting into big trouble with the police. He's a good kid underneath it all but has some real issues to deal with. The school decided something must be wrong at home so called CYFS in to investigate. My sister isn't perfect but she has 3 kids on her own and works god awful hours (about 70 hours a week) to keep up with rent and put food on the table. She had a CYFS officer come and sit with her every morning for a week to watch her care for the two younger children. They left at the end of it and didn't reccomend taking it any actions as nothing was wrong but she found the whole experience very upsetting.

Her boy then got himself arrested again a few months ago and was taken to a CYFS home where he was beaten by one of the CYFS carers. That person has been dismissed due to assaulting the boys in his care but I have to say the experience has shaken us all. My nephew is a handfull and i'm not excusing his behavior, but beating the cr*p out of 15 year old kid doesn't solve anything. The horrible thing was that we found out the CYFS person had done it before and was still being allowed to care for kids.

Danaj wrote: My sister has had some real problems with her 15 year old boy getting into big trouble with the police. He's a good kid underneath it all but has some real issues to deal with. The school decided something must be wrong at home so called CYFS in to investigate. My sister isn't perfect but she has 3 kids on her own and works god awful hours (about 70 hours a week) to keep up with rent and put food on the table. She had a CYFS officer come and sit with her every morning for a week to watch her care for the two younger children. They left at the end of it and didn't reccomend taking it any actions as nothing was wrong but she found the whole experience very upsetting. Her boy then got himself arrested again a few months ago and was taken to a CYFS home where he was beaten by one of the CYFS carers. That person has been dismissed due to assaulting the boys in his care but I have to say the experience has shaken us all. My nephew is a handfull and i'm not excusing his behavior, but beating the cr*p out of 15 year old kid doesn't solve anything. The horrible thing was that we found out the CYFS person had done it before and was still being allowed to care for kids.

Your poor nephew.