A childcare worker was asked to take baby Lily home for the weekend after a court protection order last year. She’s still there (opens in new tab)

Exclusive: Sofie is devoted to the baby who was removed from her family, but she and advocates say the situation speaks to a desperate crisis in Victoria’s child protection systemThe baby arrived at Sofie’s house at 7pm on a Friday night, along with a few bags of clothes, toys, nappies and food. No one had fed her since that morning. The case worker sat on Sofie’s couch, commenting on the decor.Sofie*, an early childhood educator, did not know the baby well. The Melbourne childcare centre whe...