“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back… she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” - Aslan, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

When Safeguarding Becomes a Sword, It’s No Longer Protection.


⟡ Safeguarding Wasn't Misused. It Was Weaponised. ⟡
"A parent asked for written communication. Westminster called it a welfare risk."

Filed: 17 June 2025
Reference: SWANK/WCC/OFSTED-01
📎 Download PDF – 2025-06-17_SWANK_OfstedComplaint_Westminster_SafeguardingMisuseAndRetaliation.pdf
Formal safeguarding complaint to Ofsted citing retaliatory supervision threats, unlawful contact, and institutional misuse of child protection mechanisms against a disabled parent under audit.

I. What Happened

While under live audit and after receiving multiple legal notices, Westminster Children’s Services escalated safeguarding activity against a parent with a medically documented communication adjustment.

The parent requested written-only contact.

Instead, the Council:

  • Threatened a supervision order

  • Initiated surveillance-style visits

  • Refused to disclose the basis for ongoing interventions

  • Ignored disability-related legal protections

  • Withheld records relevant to placement, agency involvement, and reunification

This pattern of escalation occurred after receiving formal demands and while regulatory oversight was ongoing.

II. What the Complaint Establishes

  • That safeguarding protocols were used to retaliate, not protect

  • That a disabled parent was treated as non-compliant for asserting legal rights

  • That unannounced visits, non-disclosure, and procedural silence became tactics

  • That Westminster's safeguarding narrative collapsed under audit pressure

  • That Ofsted oversight is now required due to complete local failure

III. Why SWANK Logged It

Because safeguarding is not a punishment.

Because asking for written contact is not abuse — it’s a right.

And because when a Council uses child protection mechanisms to discredit a parent mid-audit,
it ceases to protect children and begins protecting itself.

This isn’t intervention.
It’s retaliation with a badge.

IV. Violations

  • Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023)

    • Retaliatory safeguarding and record refusal breach statutory best practices

  • Equality Act 2010 – Section 20

    • Disability adjustment ignored despite legal notification

  • Children Act 1989 – Section 47 abuse

    • Investigative powers used without lawful foundation or transparency

  • Data Protection Act 2018

    • Record access obstructed during audit

V. SWANK’s Position

When “safeguarding” becomes a reaction to oversight,
the child isn’t the one being protected.

Westminster didn’t safeguard.
They surveilled.

And now they’ve been reported — to Ofsted, and to the record.


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