Social Services Agency?

[jellybean728]

If, say, Rose were to start working for an organization to help kids who were on their own, maybe victims of a disaster (like Canary Wharf

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[jvgymnast]

I believe this is it: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/aboutus/ministerialteam/index.shtml

[rhipowered]

Also, 'social care' is the umbrella term for this field, both for children and for others in need. More from the Government on social care for children.

[starry_diadem]

Both links given take you to the website of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). DCSF is the government ministry that sets policy for (amongst other things) the social care of children. It doesn't do this directly.

Social care is handled by the relevant local authority - for Canary Wharf, that's the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/) - ironically, given how rich Canary Wharf is, Tower Hamlets is (overall) one of the poorer London boroughs with areas of real inner city deprivation. Social workers are the people on the frontline dealing with families in need - you might want to research this area if you want Rose working directly with orphaned children.

The link given to you by rhipowered is the most useful, setting out the policy clearly.

[hamsterfur]

I would say just social services.

[sashajwolf]

People usually say "social services". They tend to be quite unpopular, due to a combination of on the one hand, recent cases where they have failed to protect children from horrific abuse and murder, and on the other hand, an atmosphere of fear and paranoia that has innocent parents worried about having their kids taken away. Most of the problems stem from them being chronically underresourced, both in their day-to-day operations and as regards training. So if Rose worked for them, you could expect her to be dealing with a lot of prejudice and frustration.

[sollersuk]

Plus, people from her background do not tend to grow up with good associations with the social services - partly for the reasons given above; except in some highly publicised cases involving accusations of satanism, middle class families are less likely to have bruising contacts with them.