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Evening all
So we have an almost 4 week old baby, we had 'contact' today where social worker came to my home, partner arrived shortly after and we went to register baby's birth.
Partner had approx 15 mins with baby only second time he's held him, before we then made our way back home.
Has crossed my mind this really was not fair, he was driving, due to c section I'm not yet able to so he spent majority of that visit behind the wheel.
We have at least another 2 weeks for next contact which he/will have to fund costing £95 an hour. Weve been advised the only way borough will pay is if baby goes into care!
Just venting!
So we have an almost 4 week old baby, we had 'contact' today where social worker came to my home, partner arrived shortly after and we went to register baby's birth.
Partner had approx 15 mins with baby only second time he's held him, before we then made our way back home.
Has crossed my mind this really was not fair, he was driving, due to c section I'm not yet able to so he spent majority of that visit behind the wheel.
We have at least another 2 weeks for next contact which he/will have to fund costing £95 an hour. Weve been advised the only way borough will pay is if baby goes into care!
Just venting!
Is there a restriction on supervision being a social worker? Are you able to have a family member or friend supervise if they have full knowledge of the risks? Can you develop a safety plan that guides what your friend or family member do and get this signed off by CS?
Thank you for the reply.
That is still in the process of being done. Unfortunately both our parents have screwed us over in the sense of in their old age forgetting details discussed with them and so SW does not agree that they can facilitate as they are not aware of the threats that he could pose.
Sw also does not like that with my partners job he was able to pass a dbs check and so is reluctant to allow friends/family to facilitate as they may not be able to fully protect the children.
I am not able to facilitate as sw feels I may have been supporting partner.
We have been told they have to think worst case scenario and so atm the risk is too high and so contact can only be at centres. They do speak of futures where it could be a friend/family member but I am really struggling to see light at the end of the tunnell.
That is still in the process of being done. Unfortunately both our parents have screwed us over in the sense of in their old age forgetting details discussed with them and so SW does not agree that they can facilitate as they are not aware of the threats that he could pose.
Sw also does not like that with my partners job he was able to pass a dbs check and so is reluctant to allow friends/family to facilitate as they may not be able to fully protect the children.
I am not able to facilitate as sw feels I may have been supporting partner.
We have been told they have to think worst case scenario and so atm the risk is too high and so contact can only be at centres. They do speak of futures where it could be a friend/family member but I am really struggling to see light at the end of the tunnell.