Hi I wrote on the assessment section asking for advice about our nieces as we failed our viability assessment and there were many discrepancies in it. we didn't appeal due to the social worker involved basically saying there was no point challenging as the court always goes with their recommendation...

Hiya guys back in May we were assessed for my brother in laws girls to come live with us however we failed the viability assessment due to our daughters special needs and how they believe it will affect her. We had a few issues with the assessment that we inaccurate such as they said we have a 2 bed...

Hi I am currently doing an assessment for viability but had the mother call me last night saying she doesn't want me to have the children anymore as she has found out I had reported a bruise to social services last year. When I reported it I asked to be kept anonymous but she has been given all the ...

Thank you for the advice it has been very helpful! We are the only family that have put ourselves forward which is sad really. I am not sure how the process would work though during a full assessment as we live in Scotland and the girls in England nearly 250 miles away how do they assess that? Thank...

Hey I am new to this and need some advice. Our nieces were taken into care back in March under section 20. We put ourselves forward to take the girls but were told they wouldn't consider assessment unless it was going to be a long term thing as we live nearly 250 miles away. The social work took it ...