Helen Kaye was a Child Welfare Officer, independent of social services and the court, but appointed by the latter, who could assess the situation and report on the child’s behalf when Kylie Turner opposed an interim order given to Weatherfield Council placing her son Max in foster care which had previously been granted on 12th May 2009. She met Kylie and her half-sister Becky McDonald at his foster home and when Becky discovered who she was, asked if Helen had noticed how pleased the child had been when he saw his mother.