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- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: General/Archive
- Topic: Ending an sgo!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 805
Re: Ending an sgo!
Whatever the legal position, he is currently a child in need and Children's Services cannot simply refuse to help. Were I in your shoes, I would be contacting my local councillor and ask them to intervene to get him some proper help. Or perhaps call the NSPCC and ask if they would refer it as a chil...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:45 am
- Forum: Natter and chatter
- Topic: Feel Like I have lost my three Grand-children forever.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 109
Re: Feel Like I have lost my three Grand-children forever.
I am so sorry you have had to endure losing contact with your grandchildren. I did read your first post earlier, but to be honest, I struggled to formulate a response. To answer your last question first, having been through the adoption process with four children, I can tell you that it sometimes ta...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:51 am
- Forum: Natter and chatter
- Topic: Where do we stand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 99
Re: Where do we stand
I don't believe SGO's existed last time breeds were banned, so I suspect there is no legal precedent. The Local Authority have to do an assessment for the court before an order can be made. Part of this relates to risk to the child. No-one can entirely eliminate risk in the home, but having bare ele...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: Natter and chatter
- Topic: Where do we stand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 99
Re: Where do we stand
That's a really tough one. You could start a complaint, but my view is that it would be unlikely to yield results. You truly are between a rock and a hard place. The difficulty Children's Services have is that if they leave the baby with you and the dog turns on it (or indeed your own children), the...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:58 pm
- Forum: Natter and chatter
- Topic: Social worker problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 98
Re: Social worker problems
Hi and welcome. I'll start by suggesting you are very careful, especially in what you post on-line and is traceable back to you as an individual. Here is OK as you are posting under an alias, but other sites may not be as secure. A key concern is that your family member appears to have shared the so...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: Finance and benefits
- Topic: CAO Financial Support
- Replies: 4
- Views: 91
Re: CAO Financial Support
Glad to be of some help. I just wish all social workers would read these forums and realise how many kinship carers feel cheated. It cannot possibly be that every one of the carers on here misheard!
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: Finance and benefits
- Topic: CAO Financial Support
- Replies: 4
- Views: 91
Re: CAO Financial Support
Hi again. Yes, put in a formal complaint. You should find the details on the local authority web-site. You can also speak to your local councillor and see if they will assist. Ditto your MP. They may bring about a quicker conclusion. Enlisting the support of either does not have any adverse effect o...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:49 pm
- Forum: Children with special needs
- Topic: Kinship carers fostering allowance.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1675
Re: Kinship carers fostering allowance.
Yes we have about 20 years ago. We had a long term foster child who was a Ward of the High Court, but the County Council still paid the fostering allowance while a child. He had congenital heart disease and was there very limited in what he could do. We asked the LA to continue payments and they ref...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:38 am
- Forum: General/Archive
- Topic: Ending an sgo!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 805
Re: Ending an sgo!
Hello again. Could I ask how old your nephew is now please? You say he had been with you for 10 years. I assumed earlier that me was therefore a teenager. While the actual age is not significant, the point comes where the child is deemed able to make their own decisions. Certainly once a child gets ...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:00 pm
- Forum: General/Archive
- Topic: Police Investigation and PLO
- Replies: 2
- Views: 94
Re: Police Investigation and PLO
Hi nanatired. Sorry it's been a couple of days throughout which I am sure you have been quite stressed. It's not an easy question to answer as it's criminal law that FRG don't normally deal with. However, I have taken the opportunity to discuss with my police sergeant nephew whilst giving no details...