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So a person has been appointed to talk to my 8 year old granddaughter at school to see how she feels about having contact with her dad who she hasn't seen in 6 months. He's under supervised contact at present.
Has anyone had experience of this happening to their family
Has anyone had experience of this happening to their family
Hi Tulip,
Yes our grandsons were spoken to at school by a child protection SW very soon after their Dad was arrested but it was to find out if they might have been abused by him rather than to do with contact. They had a few visits like that and after a bit it was decided that they could see him, as long as it was supervised by us (we had to have an assessment too but it wasn't especially long or detailed). Before he actually saw them he had some FaceTimes, again supervised by us where he was living at the time. I'm not sure who he has been having the supervised contact with so far, or is it just that his bail conditions say that contact has to be supervised but so far he hasn't been allowed to have any at all?
I'm sorry you are having to deal with this - you don't say if her Dad is your son or son-in-law/daughter's partner but I know only too well what a difficult thing it is when this situation erupts in a family.
Let us know if we can help with anything going forward.
Yes our grandsons were spoken to at school by a child protection SW very soon after their Dad was arrested but it was to find out if they might have been abused by him rather than to do with contact. They had a few visits like that and after a bit it was decided that they could see him, as long as it was supervised by us (we had to have an assessment too but it wasn't especially long or detailed). Before he actually saw them he had some FaceTimes, again supervised by us where he was living at the time. I'm not sure who he has been having the supervised contact with so far, or is it just that his bail conditions say that contact has to be supervised but so far he hasn't been allowed to have any at all?
I'm sorry you are having to deal with this - you don't say if her Dad is your son or son-in-law/daughter's partner but I know only too well what a difficult thing it is when this situation erupts in a family.
Let us know if we can help with anything going forward.