The Protecting Our Children documentary shadowed newly qualified social worker Susanne dealing with the case of three year-old Toby and his parents, who were under investigation for child neglect.
The documentary follows the story of social services' intervention with the family, in which the mother Tiffany falls pregnant again, Toby is taken into foster care, and both children are eventually given up for adoption.
Cathy Ashley, chief executive of Family Rights Group, said the programme raised serious concerns about the level of help offered to parents.
"The programme failed to show the practical parental support mum and dad needed, and which should have been provided by children’s social services, for the parents to have stood a real chance of being allowed to look after their children," Ashley explained.
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