Scottish/English law
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:44 pm
Can anyone advise please? My son's children have been in foster care in England for several years (where he lived prior to returning to Glasgow) We see the children for unsupervised contact and they stay with their dad three times a year for a week each time. Recently one of the foster parents (the 3 children are in separate placements) messaged at the last minute to say his daughter had changed her mind about coming to Glasgow for the court ordered contact. My son had already driven from Glasgow to Peterborough as he was collecting the other children. He was given no option to speak to his daughter. We asked Social Work to attend and find out what the problem was ... they stated they couldn't as it went against the child's wishes and feelings. The foster carers did not respond to Social Work initially nor to my son's requests to find out what the issue was. My son made an official complaint about this stating that these particular foster carers had failed to encourage family/sibling contact on previous occasions. The complaint was very quickly not upheld. (one of the foster carers is a Social Worker!)
We want to escalate the complaint and concerns about whose needs are being met in this placement ... the carers or our grandchild?
As we live in Scotland we have been told that we need to engage a lawyer in England. Is this correct?
Thank you.
We want to escalate the complaint and concerns about whose needs are being met in this placement ... the carers or our grandchild?
As we live in Scotland we have been told that we need to engage a lawyer in England. Is this correct?
Thank you.