Child access
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:20 am
Hi,
My son and his ex partner split up just over 3 years ago. They had a 6 year relationship in which both was awful to each other and it was toxic with silly games. However after they split up his ex made many false allegations to the police who found these all to be false even including an allegation of rape.
During this time she applied for a child arrangement order and prohibited steps order, the whole process took a year & he got access to his children. Then last year his son and daughter arrived for a visit and the little boy had bruises to his arms, neck and collar bone, his sister stated that their moms boyfriend had squeezed the little boy by the neck until he couldn’t breathe. The little boy got upset as he was told by mummy not to tell anyone or she will make him homeless.
This is currently going through court and for 7 months the children was placed with my son and doing well at school and settled. However at a hearing in November 2023 the social workers pushed for the children to return to the mum and her partner, both of them have and continue to refuse PNC checks. The children returned to the mum with a supervision order in place.
My son had some visits with the children and the social worker and no concerns and the judge said the contact was to move forward to him having contact every weekend from Friday to Monday. However the social worker then stated she wasn’t following this and he needed to be at a children’s centre. My son couldn’t get a children’s centre and an independent social worker with a PHD in child protection and safeguarding supervised the contacts and completed reports at the end of each session. The reports are glowing and the children still keep telling the social worker they want to live with their dad. Also the little boy has been hurt again with bruises noted by the school that he stated his mums boyfriend picked him up and squeezed his arms and threw him on the stairs. The social worker said that the mum has explained the little boy is a liar and dismissed it.
My son was due to see his children this weekend supervised by independent social worker and then on Saturday he got a email from the independent social worker to say that my sons ex partner had contacted him to say that the social worker allocated has said she won’t authorise anymore visits and she never told my son or his partner even though she had seen them on the Friday and spoke to them both on the Wednesday. My son and his partner are devastated.
My son and his partner have a 6 month old baby who is not part of the child in need process and lives with them both and my son never has to be supervised around.
Please can you advise if the social worker had the right to cancel the visit and how we move forward please.
My son and his ex partner split up just over 3 years ago. They had a 6 year relationship in which both was awful to each other and it was toxic with silly games. However after they split up his ex made many false allegations to the police who found these all to be false even including an allegation of rape.
During this time she applied for a child arrangement order and prohibited steps order, the whole process took a year & he got access to his children. Then last year his son and daughter arrived for a visit and the little boy had bruises to his arms, neck and collar bone, his sister stated that their moms boyfriend had squeezed the little boy by the neck until he couldn’t breathe. The little boy got upset as he was told by mummy not to tell anyone or she will make him homeless.
This is currently going through court and for 7 months the children was placed with my son and doing well at school and settled. However at a hearing in November 2023 the social workers pushed for the children to return to the mum and her partner, both of them have and continue to refuse PNC checks. The children returned to the mum with a supervision order in place.
My son had some visits with the children and the social worker and no concerns and the judge said the contact was to move forward to him having contact every weekend from Friday to Monday. However the social worker then stated she wasn’t following this and he needed to be at a children’s centre. My son couldn’t get a children’s centre and an independent social worker with a PHD in child protection and safeguarding supervised the contacts and completed reports at the end of each session. The reports are glowing and the children still keep telling the social worker they want to live with their dad. Also the little boy has been hurt again with bruises noted by the school that he stated his mums boyfriend picked him up and squeezed his arms and threw him on the stairs. The social worker said that the mum has explained the little boy is a liar and dismissed it.
My son was due to see his children this weekend supervised by independent social worker and then on Saturday he got a email from the independent social worker to say that my sons ex partner had contacted him to say that the social worker allocated has said she won’t authorise anymore visits and she never told my son or his partner even though she had seen them on the Friday and spoke to them both on the Wednesday. My son and his partner are devastated.
My son and his partner have a 6 month old baby who is not part of the child in need process and lives with them both and my son never has to be supervised around.
Please can you advise if the social worker had the right to cancel the visit and how we move forward please.