Lilyfestre said "case workers have far too many cases to take care of each of them well. I believe that most social workers do the very best that they can but sometimes the caseload is so heavy that mistakes are going to happen"

In Australia the situation is exactly the same - it's also about the will of the government to fund social services and in NSW our DOCs (Dept of community services) child protection workers have a very high burnout rate, as they are overworked and understaffed. The other problem we have is that there aren't enough foster carers - so some children get notified as being at risk and there's nowhere to send them.