Advice on sex register
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Hi all
im hoping some of you who have been through this whole process can give me someadvice on a question I have. I'll make it brief .
son arrested for communication. Son goes to prison. Son comes home on licence after having an address cleared by social work etc. Son gets to the end of his licence period. Son is still on sex offender register. Son did not get a shopo.
my question is this. after the licence time is up and he's only on the register, do protection officers or social work then have to clear a new address before he moves or can he move into a place wherever he likes. No children staying in any house he would be going to. I was just wondering if they still had to clear wherever he moves to all over again.
There are no plans to move from the address he's had cleared for when he comes home but we'd like to be prepared for all eventualities so that we don't have any nasty surprises. Thanks for any advice x
im hoping some of you who have been through this whole process can give me someadvice on a question I have. I'll make it brief .
son arrested for communication. Son goes to prison. Son comes home on licence after having an address cleared by social work etc. Son gets to the end of his licence period. Son is still on sex offender register. Son did not get a shopo.
my question is this. after the licence time is up and he's only on the register, do protection officers or social work then have to clear a new address before he moves or can he move into a place wherever he likes. No children staying in any house he would be going to. I was just wondering if they still had to clear wherever he moves to all over again.
There are no plans to move from the address he's had cleared for when he comes home but we'd like to be prepared for all eventualities so that we don't have any nasty surprises. Thanks for any advice x
I'm not 100% sure but it is the police liaison who manages your son when on the SOR. Best to ask the police officer who manages him to check. I assume it is ok but would need to give enough notice to ensure a new officer is assigned.
If you read the notification requirements, and I am assuming Scotland is the same as England. You do not have to give them advance notice of moving, you just need to notify a new address within 3 days.
My husband did discuss moving with both probation and his police risk manager ahead of moving. As soon as probation cleared it he gave notice to his current landlord and moved. He messaged his police risk manager to give him a moving date, but nothing was set up with the police here until he went to register the new address.
Things may be different if renting, especially if renting via housing association or council. As they will often want to do their own checks. I have idea what would happen if someone registered a new address only to find another offender living next door, I have no idea if they can force you to move.
It would probably be best to ask his police manager, as having spoken now to several different ones they all seem to have their own preferences in terms of telling them more than you need to actually tell them based on notification requirements. Though all have said, if in doubt or you aren't sure about something contact me.
My husband did discuss moving with both probation and his police risk manager ahead of moving. As soon as probation cleared it he gave notice to his current landlord and moved. He messaged his police risk manager to give him a moving date, but nothing was set up with the police here until he went to register the new address.
Things may be different if renting, especially if renting via housing association or council. As they will often want to do their own checks. I have idea what would happen if someone registered a new address only to find another offender living next door, I have no idea if they can force you to move.
It would probably be best to ask his police manager, as having spoken now to several different ones they all seem to have their own preferences in terms of telling them more than you need to actually tell them based on notification requirements. Though all have said, if in doubt or you aren't sure about something contact me.
Hi mj
Thanks for the info. My son is not home yet but will be soon. We don't really intend to move anytime soon. I'm just looking into the future. Son is still in prison yet but my address had to be cleared by social work etc before he could get permission to live there. I was trying to work out if this is just because he will be on licence or not. I've been led to believe that after his licence period is over he can move to wherever he likes so long as kids don't live there but nobody seems to know a definite answer to that. I did get to,d by the social worker who visited me to approve my address that social work have nothing to do with my son after he's off licence. Only the pup officer will visit after his licence period is finished x
Thanks for the info. My son is not home yet but will be soon. We don't really intend to move anytime soon. I'm just looking into the future. Son is still in prison yet but my address had to be cleared by social work etc before he could get permission to live there. I was trying to work out if this is just because he will be on licence or not. I've been led to believe that after his licence period is over he can move to wherever he likes so long as kids don't live there but nobody seems to know a definite answer to that. I did get to,d by the social worker who visited me to approve my address that social work have nothing to do with my son after he's off licence. Only the pup officer will visit after his licence period is finished x
I think it's very different when they are being released from prison, especially if they are on license, as someone needs to check there is a suitable place for them to go.
You could try calling unlock's helpline, they may be able to give you a definitive answer.
i'm sure you will meet his police risk manager at some point. Before I met my husbands I jotted down all the questions I had, and he was more than willing to spent 15 minutes answering them all for me. So could be worth just making a note of all your questions so you don't forget any when they turn up. I had some really quite specific ones, but I'm very much a person who has a tonne of anxiety if I don't have a plan to deal with specific situations even if the chance of those situations occurring is about 10%.
You could try calling unlock's helpline, they may be able to give you a definitive answer.
i'm sure you will meet his police risk manager at some point. Before I met my husbands I jotted down all the questions I had, and he was more than willing to spent 15 minutes answering them all for me. So could be worth just making a note of all your questions so you don't forget any when they turn up. I had some really quite specific ones, but I'm very much a person who has a tonne of anxiety if I don't have a plan to deal with specific situations even if the chance of those situations occurring is about 10%.