Will Social Services become involved again after conviction?
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Hi,
we've had the knock at the beginning of July 2022. My husband is being accused of making and distributing Cat A/Cat B images on kik messenger. They've returned all of our laptops, but kept his phones and sent them off for further forensic examination.
He said he deleted all of the videos and images on his phone and his solicitor is saying it's 50/50 whether police is able to recover the deleted files.
We have two small children under three years old. At the beginning, when it all started, he wasn't allowed to see the children at all until social services came and made their assessment. They then came and as I was seen as protective, he was allowed to see them during the day if I supervised him. At night, he had to stay away from the family home. As neither of us have family nearby, he slept in his work van.
He then was released under investigation. The social worker wrote a report about our family and the report mentioned my husband looking at Cat A material. She said that I am being a protective mother and that the kids have a good bond with me. She gave my husband permission to sleep in our house at night if I sleep in a separate room with the children and if I supervise him with the kids during the day. Apparently she's discussed this all with police and they are on board with it. The children aren't on a CIN plan or a CPP plan. Social services have also now officially signed us off.
So I am wondering: Will Social Services become involved again if the police find evidence of hin looking at Cat A material and potentially even distributing it? Especially after he is convicted?
I love my husband very much and I want to support him, but the whole ordeal has been so horrific for me. For the first few days after this has happened, I wasn't able to eat anything. I am now continuing to live, as I have no other choice, I need to keep going for my children, but it's been so hard.
Any advice would be gratefully received. Thank you xx
we've had the knock at the beginning of July 2022. My husband is being accused of making and distributing Cat A/Cat B images on kik messenger. They've returned all of our laptops, but kept his phones and sent them off for further forensic examination.
He said he deleted all of the videos and images on his phone and his solicitor is saying it's 50/50 whether police is able to recover the deleted files.
We have two small children under three years old. At the beginning, when it all started, he wasn't allowed to see the children at all until social services came and made their assessment. They then came and as I was seen as protective, he was allowed to see them during the day if I supervised him. At night, he had to stay away from the family home. As neither of us have family nearby, he slept in his work van.
He then was released under investigation. The social worker wrote a report about our family and the report mentioned my husband looking at Cat A material. She said that I am being a protective mother and that the kids have a good bond with me. She gave my husband permission to sleep in our house at night if I sleep in a separate room with the children and if I supervise him with the kids during the day. Apparently she's discussed this all with police and they are on board with it. The children aren't on a CIN plan or a CPP plan. Social services have also now officially signed us off.
So I am wondering: Will Social Services become involved again if the police find evidence of hin looking at Cat A material and potentially even distributing it? Especially after he is convicted?
I love my husband very much and I want to support him, but the whole ordeal has been so horrific for me. For the first few days after this has happened, I wasn't able to eat anything. I am now continuing to live, as I have no other choice, I need to keep going for my children, but it's been so hard.
Any advice would be gratefully received. Thank you xx
Yes, social services would normally be in touch again after sentencing. It sounds like you've got a good social worker who is willing to help you stay together so hopefully that would still continue if he is charged.
We were also signed off as social services were happy with our plan (husband was on bail and not allowed home) but we have sentencing this week and my husband's police contact has already been in touch with our social worker.
We were also signed off as social services were happy with our plan (husband was on bail and not allowed home) but we have sentencing this week and my husband's police contact has already been in touch with our social worker.
Thanks for the advice. I'm keeping everything crossed for you for sentencing, hopefully you'll get the best possible outcome xx
And you're right, we have a very good social worker. I didn't expect it, I thought she would be very harsh, but she's willing to work to work together with us (so far).
Good morning, so this is my next biggest fear (after custodial).
We are very similar in oh had to move out, I told ss I wanted him home as did my boys (12/15) knock was October 21 and after lots of meetings and a protective assessment and safety plan we did before ss asked, oh was allowed home end of Feb. Our safety plan included a camera on our bedroom door so it alarms when our door was approached on the inside and we were also asked to tell our boys what the risk was. I believe ss didn't think we would do this and were relying on this as a reason to keep oh away, we did tell them, porn addiction led to iioc.
Anyway our barrister has said ss will not get back involved due to work already done and that they probably won't even know he's been sentenced?
Anyone every has this said or experience of it?
I do so what to believe our barrister but that's not what I've picked up from this forum and others experiences. Xx
We are very similar in oh had to move out, I told ss I wanted him home as did my boys (12/15) knock was October 21 and after lots of meetings and a protective assessment and safety plan we did before ss asked, oh was allowed home end of Feb. Our safety plan included a camera on our bedroom door so it alarms when our door was approached on the inside and we were also asked to tell our boys what the risk was. I believe ss didn't think we would do this and were relying on this as a reason to keep oh away, we did tell them, porn addiction led to iioc.
Anyway our barrister has said ss will not get back involved due to work already done and that they probably won't even know he's been sentenced?
Anyone every has this said or experience of it?
I do so what to believe our barrister but that's not what I've picked up from this forum and others experiences. Xx
My understanding is that post sentencing the multi agency team supporting offenders includes social services when the offender has children. If your husband is already living at home and they're happy with how you're managing the risks, they may be happy for you to continue like that but I think you can expect ss to be back in touch.
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Thank you loulou