Thank you for your advice Suzie. I emailed my younger daughters social worker and the review officer about the special occasion contact for her birthday. She had asked if I could take her to the cinema. I got a reply that I am not getting this contact as I must have put pressure on her and that I am...

I've got 3 children currently in long term foster care. Last year it was decided that I could start taking my children out for one to one contact on special occasions. In February I therefore took my younger daughter out to a restaurant which worked well. It was supervised "just in case" b...

The day my children where taken into care, i was in labour with my youngest and had a mini stroke so couldnt attend court. When the midwife phoned my solicitor on my behalf, and explained that I was being rushed to hospital my solicitor said we would have to just let them take the children and fight...

After 5 years of my children being in care, 4 years of long term foster, and so many changes in my life, with one of my children already home full time, I would really want to discharge the care order for my children. Ive done research and it appears that social services are supposed to consider dis...

:x the frustration continues. My sons official return date is tomorow. But, on friday I got the news that it was now on hold. The reason? Because I haven't been communicating with the social worker. She claimed to my sons house that she has been emailing and phoning me, but I haven't responded. The ...

To be honest charmed 1, its good to know other people understand what its like. Its so frustrating isnt it. Ive lost track of how often the lack of communication has had an impact on my case and negatively affected my kids. Even 6 years ago, before my kids were took off me it caused problems. Origin...

In the past few years the one thing that has really driven me mad (apart from the fact that I am not allowed my kids home) is the lack of communication. My four children have 3 social workers between them. I regularly phone, text or email them, about contacts or concerns, with very little response. ...

Thank you for the reply Suzie. I have tried to get some clarity from the social worker that liaised with the other local authority. Unfortunately she is very hard to contact, with no emails, texts or phone calls having been answered in the past 2 months, but when she visited my home for an inspectio...

this post will probably sound very confusing. as I have previously said, my children are in local authority care, my youngest 2 were adopted in 2014, my middle 3 are in long term foster care and my eldest is moving back in with me. my partners children have recently been taken into care from there m...

We got some feedback just a few weeks ago, the small concern that the social worker has is very confusing. It hasn't came up on my partners dbs because a crime hasn't been commited apparently, but someone using my partners name was at a house when police took some children into care. Its not believe...