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Hello everyone, first time post here but long time reader sadly. Everyone here is such an inspiration.
Due to numerous breaches of our safety plan due to not agreeing with the risk our case has been escalated to pre-proceedings with social services. Part of this is that they are fully funding a forensic risk assessment for both me and my husband which will be booked in shortly. Apparently if this risk assessment comes back in our favour (capacity to protect for me and sexual risk assessment for my husband) they are going to back off. Has anyone got any experience with these things and how they operate and if this is the case?
For some background our case was for communications and images however no images were found on any of device and the communication was with a girl who was 17. Police took no action but social services won't leave us alone and haven't really given us any plan on how to end it for the last 9 months. We've ignored their "requests" to stay apart as a family citing that no risk can be proven but this has apparently angered them. Both of our solicitors are angry at the services for the way we have been treated and mine have advised me that this could be their way of closing the case given the lack of co-operation from us in our case. Has anyone else had one of these assessments done and can anyone advise what the outcome was?
Just for reference our girl was 3 when this all started and she will be celebrating her 5th birthday in 2 months time. Since the no further action 9 months ago we have living together as a family and working on building our marriage back and (husband knows what he did was stupid and won't be doing it again) but we feel like we can't close this chapter in our life because we are constantly being harassed by social services.
Due to numerous breaches of our safety plan due to not agreeing with the risk our case has been escalated to pre-proceedings with social services. Part of this is that they are fully funding a forensic risk assessment for both me and my husband which will be booked in shortly. Apparently if this risk assessment comes back in our favour (capacity to protect for me and sexual risk assessment for my husband) they are going to back off. Has anyone got any experience with these things and how they operate and if this is the case?
For some background our case was for communications and images however no images were found on any of device and the communication was with a girl who was 17. Police took no action but social services won't leave us alone and haven't really given us any plan on how to end it for the last 9 months. We've ignored their "requests" to stay apart as a family citing that no risk can be proven but this has apparently angered them. Both of our solicitors are angry at the services for the way we have been treated and mine have advised me that this could be their way of closing the case given the lack of co-operation from us in our case. Has anyone else had one of these assessments done and can anyone advise what the outcome was?
Just for reference our girl was 3 when this all started and she will be celebrating her 5th birthday in 2 months time. Since the no further action 9 months ago we have living together as a family and working on building our marriage back and (husband knows what he did was stupid and won't be doing it again) but we feel like we can't close this chapter in our life because we are constantly being harassed by social services.
Hi,
Different background as my OH got a community order, but his SHPO is internet only restrictions. His visor and probation say at every meeting he should be home and our case progressing.
SS have not let this happen, they have also just made our 'safety plan' worse and their restrictions tighter. They are funding an independent risk assessment-capacity for me aswell. If it comes back in our favour they'll step us down, if not they have said I have to leave my OH.
SS solicitors are now dragging their feet to instruct the assessment and keep saying they can't find anyone-our solicitors are mad about it. Keep chasing them up and have sent them cv's of people.
away from this forum I have spoken to people that have been through this, have had the risk assessment rule in their favour and everything got better.
I think it's SS way of not having to manage the risk or make the decisions.
Different background as my OH got a community order, but his SHPO is internet only restrictions. His visor and probation say at every meeting he should be home and our case progressing.
SS have not let this happen, they have also just made our 'safety plan' worse and their restrictions tighter. They are funding an independent risk assessment-capacity for me aswell. If it comes back in our favour they'll step us down, if not they have said I have to leave my OH.
SS solicitors are now dragging their feet to instruct the assessment and keep saying they can't find anyone-our solicitors are mad about it. Keep chasing them up and have sent them cv's of people.
away from this forum I have spoken to people that have been through this, have had the risk assessment rule in their favour and everything got better.
I think it's SS way of not having to manage the risk or make the decisions.
I am fairly early on in comparison to you ladies, my OH case is still with CPS. We are on a Child Protection Plan, my OH is living away from the family home and only has contact in the community supervised by myself.
I feel like I am at war with SS, they are unable to tell me how we meet the threshold for a CPP, they are not taking my children's neurodiversity into account and all around treating us as a box ticking exercise rather that a family of actual human beings. I have even had it in writing from them that they have shared my medical information without my consent.
I can not tell you the comfort that I have reading that there are other women who have stood up SS. As long as people allow SS to dominate, because we all have that fear that our children will be taken, things will never change. I honestly believe that if I didn't fight, they would have caused my children so much trauma. I feel as though I am having to protect my children from SS more than from my OH.
I feel like I am at war with SS, they are unable to tell me how we meet the threshold for a CPP, they are not taking my children's neurodiversity into account and all around treating us as a box ticking exercise rather that a family of actual human beings. I have even had it in writing from them that they have shared my medical information without my consent.
I can not tell you the comfort that I have reading that there are other women who have stood up SS. As long as people allow SS to dominate, because we all have that fear that our children will be taken, things will never change. I honestly believe that if I didn't fight, they would have caused my children so much trauma. I feel as though I am having to protect my children from SS more than from my OH.
GZ this quote:
"I think it's SS way of not having to manage the risk or make the decisions."
Hits the nail on the head, they are only interested in keeping apart "offenders" (when no guilt has been proven) and their kids who are likely not the same gender or the age individual who was contacted. It's a box ticking excerise and as long as their boxes are ticked they are happy. Their is no consideration for family life and I often referred to the "risk" that was being presented as a manufactured risk by the authorities which seemed to go down like a lead balloon and was used against me to show my "support of the offender and his actions..."
confusedandworrired:
sending hugs
You have to remember that the SS (fitting name) have no actual legal power unless they are given that power by the court. They rely on being scarey and In our case the social worker and the OIC popping around unannounced like an annoying double act for a "quick chat" to basically tell me how much of a POS my husband was and advised that they recommended we separate (so they have less work to do imo).
once this is all said and done we will be making a complaint to SS about a few things in the hopes we can at least get some acknowledgment of them messing up.
"I think it's SS way of not having to manage the risk or make the decisions."
Hits the nail on the head, they are only interested in keeping apart "offenders" (when no guilt has been proven) and their kids who are likely not the same gender or the age individual who was contacted. It's a box ticking excerise and as long as their boxes are ticked they are happy. Their is no consideration for family life and I often referred to the "risk" that was being presented as a manufactured risk by the authorities which seemed to go down like a lead balloon and was used against me to show my "support of the offender and his actions..."
confusedandworrired:
sending hugs
You have to remember that the SS (fitting name) have no actual legal power unless they are given that power by the court. They rely on being scarey and In our case the social worker and the OIC popping around unannounced like an annoying double act for a "quick chat" to basically tell me how much of a POS my husband was and advised that they recommended we separate (so they have less work to do imo).
once this is all said and done we will be making a complaint to SS about a few things in the hopes we can at least get some acknowledgment of them messing up.
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