Got a reply first thing this morning: "Everybody can access their records. XXXXXX Council’s procedure for any service user to access their information has to be followed. The information is in the access to records leaflet I gave you on my initial home visit." These leaflets were misplaced...

Fingers crossed for you x

i'd heard it was 40 ... either way, I'm hoping to get a speedy-ish result (my baby is due mid Dec, and I won't want the hassle after that )

Slight update: Yesterday I emailed sw B requesting access to the records she holds on myself and my family under the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of information Act 2000. First thing this morning ... a reply; saying that I would have to follow her departments guidelines to make the request (...

I had three years with (what I thought) was a NICE sw assistant - with no contact with an actual fully trained sw - who never once criticised me or my family, and tried to help me when my children were being bullied in school and when I wanted to move house. After I move, this person reported me to ...

Up to now, I've never known a sw to actually come right out and say "did you know about this?" or "I thought I'd tell/show/ask you this before it's used" :? The ones I have had dealings with seem to assume that everything they are told (by anyone except the parents etc...) just h...

Thanks for that @Worriedmother ... I thought that I might sound confrontational (which would tend to make matters worse) if I carried on asking for clarification before agreeing to the Core Assessment. It's not that I wouldn't accept any help they had to offer (if it was actually needed, I would gla...