Screams into the void 🤦 🤬 🚩 😒

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77llrnyzypo

A mother has said she was "disgusted" to find out a social worker who was assigned to her family was in a relationship with the "violent" father of her children, and had a baby with him.

The woman said the social worker wrote favourable reports about the father, referred to as Mr Y in court, which helped him maintain visiting rights to their children.

The relationship was confirmed by Sefton Council, which said it had contracted an agency to provide the social worker to supervise Mr Y.

The authority told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) that it would take the "necessary steps to ensure a similar situation cannot recur".

The woman, referred to as 'Hayley' to maintain her anonymity, now has full custody of her children and Mr Y no longer has contact.

She said she held no malice towards the social worker, referred to as Ms X, as she considered her another "victim of a manipulative abuser".

She told the LDRS: "The professional breach of trust is shocking but it just points to the wider problems we’ve faced as a family.”

Hayley said Mr Y became abusive and violent a few months into their relationship, including while she was pregnant.

Court reports showed Mr Y was controlling and humiliated Hayley on a daily basis and attempted to isolate her from friends and family.