Do Social Workers Have Too Much Power?

Foster Care Uncovered · Aug 4, 2026 · 59m

Do Social Workers Have Too Much Power? What Unchecked Power Does to Ordinary People.

This week Sarah and Louise ask a difficult but important question: what happens when any profession is given significant authority without enough challenge, accountability or independent scrutiny?

Before anyone jumps to conclusions, this is not an attack on social workers. Far from it. Thousands of dedicated social workers care deeply about children and families and do extraordinary work every day.

But Foster Care Uncovered has always been about having honest conversations about the realities of the care…