We are kinship foster carer's for a family members baby and have been for the last 2 years. We have an xl bully that we have had since she was 6 weeks old, she is now 5 years old and she is a great big bundle of love and a big part of our family. We have done everything required to keep her since t...

I want to help my family with the problems they have with their social worker but don’t where to start. My family member’s husband was arrested for possessing IIOC. They had their devices taken by the police to be investigated at a few months ago. One of problems is the social worker is telling oth...

I've posted before about my nieces and nephews being involved in care proceedings. The case ended 6 months ago and the outcome was that 4 of the children came to live with me. The original care plan was for the two younger to be on SGOs and the two older ones to be long-term fostered. However durin...

brother who has additional needs & delayed mental age. The placement is due to come to an end in 10 months time due to him turning 18 he wouldn’t meet the threshold for supported accommodation. For him to leave at 18 it wouldn’t be possible and would have a massive impact on his mental health a...

Dear nanatired Welcome to the kinship carers’ discussion forum and thank you for posting. My name is Suzie, online adviser at Family Rights Group and I will respond to your post. I am sorry that there has been a slight delay due to volume of work, but I see that another poster reached out to you. It...

Dear Esg Thank you for your further post and apologies for the delayed response due to volume of work. It is good to see that you made a complaint as suggested and you have now taken your complaint to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO). As the LGO is asking what you hope the resolu...

Dear Sanctified, Thank you for your enquiry and welcome to the Kinship Carers’ Board. My name is Suzie and I will be replying to your post today. I am sorry for the delay in this response. I see that you have had really useful advice in your reply from RobinD. I’m so sorry to hear about the threats ...

Dear CDF56 Welcome back to the kinship carers’ discussion board. Thank you for your post. I am sorry to hear that contact between your grandsons and their mother is still very challenging. You have continued to care for the children throughout and have put forward proposals to reflect what you think...

Hi All, Complex situation here as I am sure most of you are in but I am looking for some guidance on the merits of which route to take or what it may mean if we are forced down a particular route. My niece is currently under a PLO process and we have begun our Reg 24 assessment. When I first starte...

Dear Thebesticanbe Welcome to the kinship carers’ discussion board. Thank you for your post. My name is Suzie. I am Family Rights Group’s online adviser. I am very sorry that there has been a delay replying to your query. You are a Special Guardian to a young boy. You have recently had a review of y...