We once worked with a mother who came to us through social services.
Initially, all four of her children had been placed in care. Some ofthem had been neglected and others abused, it seemed by their father,who had left but was still in contact with the mother.
She had to attend a group parenting programme but her English was verylimited so she wasn't fully able to participate, despite a translatorbeing available. We then allocated an individual Bengali support workerto her.
At this point she started to open up. She was angry her children hadbeen taken from her and didn't understand what she was doing wrong. Thensome of her children, who had not been abused, were returned to her.
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