Also, no the therapy wasn’t court ordered - I self-referred. Unfortunately my legal team won’t speak to me as my legal aid is gone now

Hi, Thank you for your reply. The judge made specific moment about me needing to “sustain” the changes I’ve made, which I feel will be easy to do as I initially put these changes in place by myself - I just have to keep doing what I’m doing. Unfortunately my therapist discharged me as I couldn’t mak...

Just wanted to add that I was left in a pool of perpetrators for injuries another child suffered. I know it wasn’t me, and I actually have a text off CAO stating they believe it wasn’t me also. Hope this info helps, any advice appreciated.

Long story short is that I’ve been supervised from August 2017 - July 2019, which is when CAO holder said I could progress to unsupervised. It felt well deserved, as two years had passed with literally no concerns. I got 8 hours a week unsupervised for a month, until one day I visited some family wi...

Would they used PTSD against a parent?

In the judgement, the judge acknowledged that I have made a lot of positive changes and concludes that I need to “sustain these changes” in order for the local authority to be convinced “risk really has been minimised”. He adds that I can have a child “one day”. I want to take it back to court one d...

Thank you for the response Suzie, I’m still considering options as I am attending therapy at the moment too. It’s such a shame that so many parents do feel discriminated against because of their mental health, which makes them fear getting help in the future too

For the past few months on the build up to review meetings (that are on going due to supervision order) my mental health has deteriorated- specifically about a week before the meeting - my anxiety goes through the roof and when it comes to the day, approaching the building makes my legs shake so muc...

My child’s SGOs are allowing my son to stay with me 4 nights a week, can I apply for child benefit? Thanks!

My child’s SGOs are allowing my son to stay with me 4 nights a week, can I apply for child benefit? Thanks!