⟡ ADDENDUM: Scapegoating of Romeo by Westminster and Foster Carers ⟡
Filed: 9 September 2025
Reference: SWANK/WESTMINSTER/ADDENDUM-SCAPEGOATING
Download PDF: 2025-09-09_Addendum_Scapegoating.pdf
Summary: Addendum evidencing institutional scapegoating of a child, minimisation of adult misconduct, and breach of safeguarding norms.
I. What Happened
• 7 Sept 2025: Foster father used profanity in the children’s presence; incident reframed as Regal’s fault.
• 9 Sept 2025: Social worker Bruce Murphy minimised foster misconduct and labelled Regal “difficult.”
• Ongoing: Social worker Kirsty Hornal pathologises Regal’s age-appropriate assertiveness as hostility, disregarding adult triggers.
Exhibits: A1–A3 (incident note, Murphy email, Hornal correspondence).
II. What the Document Establishes
• Institutional Scapegoating — Regal repeatedly isolated as “the problem.”
• Biased Recording — adult conduct excused; teenage advocacy pathologised.
• Double Standard — profanity never tolerated at home, yet minimised in foster placement.
• Evidential Integrity — safeguarding norms subverted by blame-shifting.
III. Why SWANK Logged It
• Legal relevance: scapegoating violates Bromley principles and statutory duties.
• Oversight precedent: demonstrates tolerance of adult breaches while punishing children.
• Historical preservation: records an institutional pattern of minimisation and distortion.
• Policy value: clarifies the necessity of adult-conduct-first recording.
IV. Applicable Standards & Violations
• Bromley Principle — local authority must act lawfully, rationally, and for proper purpose.
• Children Act 1989 & 2004 — duty to safeguard welfare undermined by child-blame.
• Equality Act 2010, s.149 — failure of public sector equality duty.
• HRA/ECHR — Article 6 (fair trial), Article 8 (family life), Article 10 (expression) all infringed.
• DfE Fostering Standards — welfare paramount; adult breaches must be logged.
• Working Together 2018 / LADO Protocol — adult misconduct requires escalation.
V. SWANK’s Position
This is not safeguarding.
This is scapegoating masquerading as child protection.
We do not accept the minimisation of adult misconduct.
We reject the pathologising of age-appropriate advocacy.
We will document the institutional cowardice of blaming children to shield adults.
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