Dear Dv survivor, You seem to be accessing a lot of good support to help your son. As you son is currently accommodated, children services must assess your sons needs to see whether there is any other support he could have to help him deal with the trauma of domestic violence. Have a look at our adv...

Dear Zubie123 Children's Services appear to have concerns that due to the nature of your relationship with them, your family member 'lacks insight' into the concerns that are held by the Local Authority. For instance, if they assess this individual as failing to understand or fully appreciate the re...

Dear cieves Welcome to the parent's board. My name is Suzie, one of FRG's online advisers. Well done for the progress that you have made in your situation, and for reporting it here. Hopefully, you can give hope and encouragement to other users of the forum, who may be willing to share similar succe...

Dear DV survivor Welcome to the parent's discussion board. My name is Suzie, one of FRG's online advisers. I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing repeated cancellations to the proposed plo meeting schedule. If you have not done so already, can I suggest you ask for the reasons in writing. Coul...

Dear Whatnow Welcome to the discussion board. My name is Suzie, one of FRG's online advisers. I am sorry to hear that you are finding the current involvement from Children's Services so distressing. It is not clear from your post whether you are in care proceedings at the present time. If this is th...

Dear Frustrated father Welcome to the Parents' Discussion Board. My name is Suzie and I am an Adviser at Family Rights Group. I am sorry that you are having difficulties with children services regarding the contact you are able to have with your daughter. You have said that your daughter is subject ...

Dear dontknowwheretoturn My name is Suzie and I am an Adviser with Family Rights Group. I am sorry that you are having such a worrying time at the moment with Children Services becoming involved with you again after your children have been returned to your care. The position is that if children serv...

Dear whatnow Welcome to Family Rights Group Parents’ Discussion Board. My name is Suzie and I am an Adviser at Family Rights Group. I am sorry that you are having a difficult time at the moment with Children Services in respect of your children. You say in your post that your children are accommodat...

Dear heartbrokenfather, You do need to contact your criminal solicitor to discuss the paperwork that you have received. Will a barrister be instructed? If so, you may have a meeting with your barrister before hand to discuss the evidence. You could find out what the plan is during the last few weeks...

Hi Donsetter, I can see that you are very worried about children services involvement with your family. However, I want to refer you back to Ange’s advice. He has given you good advice where he has set out very clearly the risks that your granddaughter currently faces. As a grandparent, you will wan...