Anyone had experience of ss, shpo. Really worried
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Back story is needed sorry for long post. I reported my ex partner after find disturbing images on his laptop. I also have 2 children with him. He was prosecuted in dec suspended sentence for 2 years, swx offenders register for 10 years and spho for 10 years. Current situation -There is a safeguarding plan in place, and he is allowed supervised contact with my children ( supervised by paternal grandparents). The police phoned me last week and told me they had been to see my ex partner as they had an anonymous report that he was left alone with my children, they also said him and the grandparents denied it. The police advised me to stop all contact until social services got in touch with me. 30 mins later social services knocked my door. They repeated what the police told me, and asked if they could speak to my children. I agreed and children confirmed it is true and that the grandparents just popped out and my son also disclosed that they had been left alone on a few more occasions. They social left and said they would be in touch after visiting the dad. Later on in the day the social worker rang me to stop all contact with the dad and grandparents while they continue to investigate and asked would I give consent for them to speak to my children with the police. I have agreed. I was not aware this was happening and disgusted by it. Also they are still denying it. My children are to young to understand what their father did and have no knowledge of what hes done. I have shielded them from the truth. Has anyone had anything similar happen, or could advise on what will happen next. I feel I am in the dark and my children are being string along. They obviously miss their dad and grandparents. I feel so anxious, and also wondering do I need to seek legal advice?
Have you spoken with the helpline? They are very knowledgeable :-)
Hi Rosie,
If the SHPO itself includes a restriction of no unsupervised contact with under?18s, then any unsupervised time that goes ahead without the proper agreement in place can be treated as a breach. Breaching a SHPO is taken seriously, and your ex could find himself back in court to face the consequences if the order hasn’t been followed as written.
If, however, the supervision requirement comes from social services rather than the SHPO, then it’s managed very differently. In that situation, it isn’t a criminal breach, it’s a safeguarding arrangement and it will be down to Social services to decide how to manage ongoing contact arrangements.
If the SHPO itself includes a restriction of no unsupervised contact with under?18s, then any unsupervised time that goes ahead without the proper agreement in place can be treated as a breach. Breaching a SHPO is taken seriously, and your ex could find himself back in court to face the consequences if the order hasn’t been followed as written.
If, however, the supervision requirement comes from social services rather than the SHPO, then it’s managed very differently. In that situation, it isn’t a criminal breach, it’s a safeguarding arrangement and it will be down to Social services to decide how to manage ongoing contact arrangements.