It's not "a lousy team". I am absolutely certain that most every social worker has come up against the situation where they have been told to wind up a case in circumstances where they believe this is the wrong decision. And of cases where a situation collapsed after this happened.

Lack of adequate resources lies at the back of that - but that is dependent on people within the system, in pareticular management, colluding in it.

The bottom line in this case is that noone blew the whistle. That's shameful. But it's very understandable, because there are a lot of ways of getting back at anyone who does make waves.