Dear Heartbroken father, Welcome back to the forum! I am glad that you had such positive contact at your parent’s home over Christmas and New Year. Your parents would have been assessed by children services to ensure that contact is safe for your children. Could you suggest that further contact visi...

Dear ijustwantausername I am sorry to hear that you continue to experience difficulties with the current social worker. It is really important that you are supported to obtain written copies of minutes for all meetings that have been held to date. It is really positive that you are receiving such a ...

Dear Kitty I am sorry to hear that you are still having difficulties with contact. It is no longer possible to apply for a residence or contact order, as these have been replaced by Child Arrangement Orders . Unless there are exceptional circumstances, such as domestic abuse or child protection you ...

Dear ijustwantausername Welcome to the Parents’ Forum. My name is Suzie and I am an Adviser at Family Rights Group. From reading your post it is clear that you have been through the ‘wars’ but I am pleased that you have come out on the other side feeling a lot stronger. The background that you have ...

Dear Bearcubs2 I am sorry to hear that your financial circumstances do not appear to be improving. Can I suggest you discuss your difficulties in more detail with your solicitor, to see if they would be willing to liaise with the Local Authority legal department on your behalf. In the meantime you m...

Dear Kitty The special guardian does have the power to exercise parental responsibility over and above anyone else who may share it, like the parent, relative or anyone that could have obtained a court order, such as a child arrangement order for instance. However, the special guardian should only s...

Dear mumof4boys, Welcome to Family Rights Group’s Parents’ Discussion Board. I hope you will get useful peer support from your postings. My name is Suzie and I am an Adviser at Family Rights Group. I am sorry that you are experiencing an upsetting and distressing time because of Children Services in...

Dear Bearcubs2 My name is Suzie and I am an Adviser at Family Rights Group. I am sorry that you are experiencing such a difficult time going through care proceedings regarding your children and now about the benefits you were receiving for them. In your post you say that there is now an interim care...

Dear Parents,

We are sorry for the difficulty you had accessing the Parents Board. This problem has now been sorted out.
However, new software has now been installed so the Parents Board looks a little different. We will be working to improve this in due course.

Best wishes,
Suzie

Dear Charmed1 As you correctly pointed out, since you share parental responsibility , the Local Authority should consult with you and where possible inform you in advance of any significant change (s) to the care plan. Were any reasons given for the respite placement such as an emergency like an unf...