Last year, Narey argued that birth families are not always the best place for a child to grow up because some families cannot be "fixed".
Speaking at a conference, Enver Solomon echoed Narey's point. "In recent times there appears to have been a rule of optimism in decision making," he claimed. "In particular the message from research and serious case reviews is that agencies are poor at addressing the impact of chronic neglect and intervening at an early stage to prevent the problems escalating."
Solomon added that a manager of a Barnardo's parenting service, who has worked in social work for many years, told him last week that social services "have not cracked neglect".
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