Megan, I am completely ignorant of the situation to which you refer. I can not tell from what you posted above whether you view the social workers involved to be idiots, or have a prejudice that causes you to beleive and assert that all social workers are idiots. Also don't know that social worker means the same thing in the UK that it means in the USA. Based on my limited impressions of you from your posts on Mudcat, I am inclined to think you mean the former, but can't really know, and certainly am not inclined to make assumptions based on my limited impressions.
Sounds like you work at knowing yourself, Hookey, including recognizing biases and making consciou choices, therefore reducing unconscious choices.