Desperate for information
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:14 pm
I really hope that someone can help me as I am struggling emotionally and financially
I was asked to have my five grandchildren ages 2-10 on the 31st of July for the night as social services and the police had to gain access to my daughters house as she was drunk and the "house was unfit for children" I took all five children home as asked and then the next day rolled into another and here we are and they are still with me. I have a residence order of the two eldest that I gained in 2009 but the children were living back with their mum since 2011. I am now told that this matter will be going to court and the children will be LAC under a section 20. I have been approved temporarily as a foster carer and will be going through the foster care process but I will only receive financial support for the three youngest due to the residence order. I have been given a figure of £150 per week but they are unsure if this is for each of the younger children or per "sibling group??" I am also not being told when I should start to receive this? I have spent the last of my money on two sets of bunk beds! I cannot get out because I have no car seats and I am waiting for the social worker to say if she can help with this or not. I have one holiday a year with my husband and this is booked for the 2nd September for 7 days and they are not saying what I can do with the children during this time I have no idea how I am coping or even if I can keep my mortgage payments unless I know how much money I can expect or when.
I am getting no support and feel like I am going to crumble soon. Can anyone give me any advice as to what I can do or what to expect please. x
I was asked to have my five grandchildren ages 2-10 on the 31st of July for the night as social services and the police had to gain access to my daughters house as she was drunk and the "house was unfit for children" I took all five children home as asked and then the next day rolled into another and here we are and they are still with me. I have a residence order of the two eldest that I gained in 2009 but the children were living back with their mum since 2011. I am now told that this matter will be going to court and the children will be LAC under a section 20. I have been approved temporarily as a foster carer and will be going through the foster care process but I will only receive financial support for the three youngest due to the residence order. I have been given a figure of £150 per week but they are unsure if this is for each of the younger children or per "sibling group??" I am also not being told when I should start to receive this? I have spent the last of my money on two sets of bunk beds! I cannot get out because I have no car seats and I am waiting for the social worker to say if she can help with this or not. I have one holiday a year with my husband and this is booked for the 2nd September for 7 days and they are not saying what I can do with the children during this time I have no idea how I am coping or even if I can keep my mortgage payments unless I know how much money I can expect or when.
I am getting no support and feel like I am going to crumble soon. Can anyone give me any advice as to what I can do or what to expect please. x