No I get what you're saying, I really do.
Who would do the checking? Social workers aren't qualified to distinguish from normal childhood marks and abuse. Preston was being checked and these monsters had excuses for everything.
Blame can't lay at one persons door. This was multiple failures that we see time and time again and I'm sick of it.
Jamie saying "yous are gonna think we are abusers" should have been a red flag. No parent would ever say that! Showing that he's only worried about himself and not Preston's injury.
They might not be qualified in the same way that the expert witness in this case is but they surely must be qualified enough to engage professional curiosity at the first instance. If a non mobile baby repeatedly has bruises to the head or face then that should be an instant investigation imo.
In education settings, if a child has a large bruise, a facial bruise or injury, repeated bruising, you would ask multiple adults to casually enquire about it and see if the child said the same thing to each person, you might speak to the adult at pick up too and see if the story matches. Finger mark bruising would be logged regardless of explanation.
I’ve not worked in a nursery but if a non verbal baby or child presented with that many bruises then I would be reporting them for sure!
The SW knew Preston in his foster care setting didn’t present like this and then in a matter of weeks he started to be covered in bruises and in and out of hospital. There’s really no explanation the new parents of an adopted child could give that wouldn’t warrant further investigation imo cos quite frankly even if their BS about fidget spinners on windows and floor tiles and boxes falling on him were true, they were
bleeping idiotic
tit parents putting him in repeated danger of injury so that should have been flagged instead.
