⟡ ADDENDUM: Westminster Protecting Itself, Not the Children ⟡
“Safeguarding as Self-Preservation: When Allegations Collapse and Institutions Guard Only Their Reputation”
Filed: 9 September 2025
Reference: SWANK/WESTMINSTER/ADDENDUM-SELF-PROTECTION
Download PDF: 2025-09-09_Addendum_SelfProtection.pdf
Summary: Addendum documenting Westminster’s transition from disproven allegations to institutional self-preservation, sustaining separation absent lawful grounds.
I. What Has Been Observed
• Since 23 June 2025, Westminster has shifted from alleged safeguarding to shielding its own reputation.
• Original allegations (intoxication, drug misuse, parental instability) disproven by NHS Resolution acknowledgment and negative hair strand testing.
• Foster placements created new harms: profanity, scapegoating, illness, cancelled contact, and silencing of children’s voices.
• Staff reports minimise adult misconduct while exaggerating ordinary child behaviour.
II. What the Document Establishes
• Collapse of Grounds — factual basis for the EPO evaporated.
• Creation of Harm — placements and arrangements introduced new hostility and trauma.
• Institutional Self-Protection — actions now serve to shield Westminster, not children.
III. Why SWANK Logged It
• Legal relevance: demonstrates misuse of safeguarding powers as reputational cover.
• Historical preservation: records shift from protective duty to retaliatory concealment.
• Oversight value: clarifies when safeguarding ceases to be lawful and becomes misconduct.
• Policy significance: illustrates systemic risk of institutionalising retaliation.
IV. Applicable Standards & Violations
Domestic Law
• Children Act 1989 (Sections 1, 22, 34) — welfare and contact duties obstructed.
• Children Act 2004, Section 11 — safeguarding redirected toward institutional interests.
• Children and Social Work Act 2017 — corporate parenting principles breached.
Human Rights / International Law
• Articles 3, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14 ECHR — degrading treatment, arbitrary separation, unfair process, family interference, lack of remedy, discrimination.
• ICCPR Articles 17 & 23 — unlawful interference with family.
• UNCRC Articles 9, 19, 20 — unlawful deprivation of parental contact and hostile placements.
Academic Authority (Bromley’s Family Law)
• On Evidence — safeguarding requires verifiable fact, not disproven claims.
• On Proportionality — separation unsustainable once grounds fall.
• On State Duties — state care must meet highest standards, not conceal errors.
Oversight Standards
• Social Work England Standards — accuracy breached by retaining disproven allegations.
• Ofsted National Minimum Standards — placements failing children’s wellbeing.
• Data Protection Act 2018 — false allegations retained in breach of accuracy principle.
V. SWANK’s Position
This is not safeguarding.
This is reputational panic disguised as protection.
We do not accept children being held hostage to institutional anxiety.
We reject concealment as lawful care.
We will document the collapse of safeguarding into retaliation.
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