Family Rights Group | Parents Forum

'is there is not the idea of innocent until proven guilty?' No, quite the opposite where social services are concerned. They have not heard of the very foundation of English criminal justice which states "nobody shall have their liberties curtailed based on supposition", or they just arrogantly don'...

'In such situations, contacting the social worker to discuss or explain their personal situation should help to clarify future contact arrangements.' Yeah sure. If you can get through to them, especially now, and even if you do how many weeks before it goes through the channels with their superiors ...

Whether there or genuine concerns or not for the children's welfare, everything about this case points to what an utter shambles the CS are and simply unfit for purpose. Their workload is so high they can't cope - but is it surprising when the protocol for intervention is so rigorous and automatic, ...

It's 21 days while they 'work out what to do' (expect this to get shifted ad infinitum), because basically they don't yet have a clue due to hopeless under-resourcing (for which you, the service users are penalized in the form of your human rights). It's currently a box-ticking exercise, because thi...

If they didn't have anxiety already, anybody is going to have after social services involvement. Not support, not safeguarding: Harassment, pure and simple.

'however my partner was never charged or even arrested so I don't understand how this can follow him for so long and affect our lives so much.' Because it's a witch hunt, simple. And CS are at the vanguard of it, and absolute incompetent back-covering ***s. They care only about themselves and not th...

Stockpile every scrap of positive evidence you have that you are now in control and a responsible, healthy parent in a stable situation: Doctor's reference as to how your mental health has been for a long time and your reliability in taking medication and using other support available; similar menta...

As a parent who has been trampled all over by these people, well done S! You are doing exactly the right thing by insisting on written records, dates, appropriate qualifications, even witnesses and demanding a specific explanation as to what they are investigating/concerned about. This will make it ...

Difficult situation, and hard to know what to advice apart from the usual 'roll over and do everything they say', but this inevitably means being bullied and even literally signing over parental rights (if it gets to the stage of signing child protection plans etc) to the local authority. The only t...

They'll be getting in touch with you for sure, because they 'have to' (their usual language). They're pathetic and have no moderation or common sense. They've had a 'referral' so they'll make sure to act on it, to cover their backs over any slightest risk they can imagine they can see. ... It's an o...