Travel and Overnight Stops
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:44 pm
I hope this is an appropriate question to ask here. My partner Chris is the special guardian for his 9 year old grandson. We are both in our seventies and recently he has been ill and so the grandson has been placed in respite care with a foster family. This is likely to become permanent although my partner is now on the mend. He still has the SGO.
One problem we encountered was who can accompany the grandchild when travelling. We have learned from the social worker that, now the child is looked after, I am not authorised to look after the child overnight in a hotel. We had thought that, because my partner is still the guardian, then he could delegate me to take care of the child for short stays in a hotel.
We are not clear what the reason is. One reason we were given by a social worker is that I am not a relative. We do not understand why that matters.
Has anyone had experience of a similar situation?
One problem we encountered was who can accompany the grandchild when travelling. We have learned from the social worker that, now the child is looked after, I am not authorised to look after the child overnight in a hotel. We had thought that, because my partner is still the guardian, then he could delegate me to take care of the child for short stays in a hotel.
We are not clear what the reason is. One reason we were given by a social worker is that I am not a relative. We do not understand why that matters.
Has anyone had experience of a similar situation?