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Originally Posted by Flybone McTimmerson
1. I don't believe so, but you are entitled to your opinion.
2. Someone who has no prior history with CPS does not know this kind of information.
3. Someone who has no prior history with CPS does not know this kind of information. Also, I wasn't sure it was me being investigated. One of my main concerns was that it was somebody such as the babysitter being investigated, and they just wanted to speak to me. Even if the child is safe for the weekend, I was concerned that he had been in an unsafe environment while at childcare.
4. They were closed. The only phone number left for me was the office number. They didn't even have an answering machine. Just a recorded message saying they were CLOSED on the weekend and that if I had an emergency to call the police. I don't know if policy around here is different because I live in a small town....but I'm telling you I had no way to get in contact with them. The lady acknowledged that on Monday afternoon.
5. Apology accepted, but I do not blame you, good sir. I can only imagine the tough job they have. I would have an extremely hard time visiting families where children were being abused. I was very polite to the lady when I spoke to her. It's not like I unleashed a weekends worth of rage.
Would I be correct in assuming that you work in CPS, or something similar? Or at the very least have been associated with them in the past?
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A quick google search would have calmed the majority of your fears and would have been the first thing I would have done had I not already known this.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...s%20guidelines
From that google list:
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After a report of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation has been made to the Hotline, the information is referred to the appropriate CD county office. The law requires that a CD children’s service worker initiate an investigation/family assessment within 24 hours of the receipt of the report, unless the incident relates to educational neglect only, in which case an investigation/family assessment must be initiated within 72 hours. The purpose of the investigation/family assessment is to detect cases of actual or potential abuse or neglect and to help the family and the child. If the child is reported to be in immediate danger, the children’s service worker must immediately and directly observe the child.
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http://dss.mo.gov/cd/cani.htm
As you can see, the information is freely available for you.
It is a valid concern to worry about a babysitter being investigated. Again though, I would point out, they still would have contacted you over the weekend had your kid been the subject of a non educational abuse or neglect.
CPS employees do not give out personal phone numbers for obvious reasons. That is why the office phone number was left. But, again, a Quick google search pulls up the supervisor number, who will, if not immediately, check her messages over the weekend.
For example:
http://dss.mo.gov/cd/office/cole.htm
Yes, my wife works as a CPS investigator.
And it is, mentally, the hardest, most thankless job out there for people whose number one concern is child protection.