To report again?

[dontletthemugglesgetyoudownn]

I've reported my neighbour to social services twice and they've done nothing. He's always drunk, constantly angry, shouts at his kid all the time. We can hear them though the ceiling of our tenement flat. We live on the next street to his kids school, he never takes him.

He's drunk again tonight. I've just had surgery for a miscarriage and we could hear him shouting at his kid. I called the police and they said because it's a civil disturbance they won't come out. The kid is 6.

Do I keep reporting until social do something?

You can try

I’m surprised they won’t do anything if it’s as bad as you say? I had a malicious report made about me for much less than this and it was very hard to get rid of them.

Social services.
Nspcc?
Report online hourly to the police.

I might do it again. Can't hurt can it?

I'm so sorry about your miscarriage 💐

Thank you for being concerned & doing the right thing for your young neighbour www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/reporting-abuse/report/

I’m not sure that shouting at a child is something SS is going to take seriously

What can they do? Press charges for trying to protect a dc that they won't protect??

www.gov.uk/report-child-abuse

@TurnUpTurnip

I’m surprised they won’t do anything if it’s as bad as you say? I had a malicious report made about me for much less than this and it was very hard to get rid of them.

What happened? Our neighbours have made malicious reports about me amongst other things I'm worried

Go via nspcc they follow up all them calls. Also speak to the child's school.

@Rno3gfr we're talking screaming at them whilst the child is crying hysterically and hearing every word when we can't usually hear Anything at all. Screaming in the street, being so drunk they vomit in the street in front of their kid. Etc

I rang 999 on my ndn a couple of years ago. Police came in 6 minutes.
And the dc were adults...

Is there another parent?

@gogohm no, no mum.

I think I would phone 999 at this point

Please call everyone you can. Including the school tomorrow. Surely if you tell the police that you feel the child is at risk of harm as the only parent is out of control then they must act?

I’m sorry about your loss

Yes, keep reporting to social work. Ten years of Tory government means services are cut to the core and thresholds are worryingly high. So an accumulation of concerns and from different sources helps up the ante. If you see anything criminal like him being drunk and unfit to care, then 999 police. And shouting - if it is at a level of abuse, keep calling police. Sw and police aren’t being deliberately obstructive - the reduced numbers of them just mean the tariffs of what they are dealing with are so high, they can’t prioritise some situations that are less overt than others. Any evidence you can gather may help, clear recordings of the shouting etc.

Sw have to carry out an assessment of your referral and that should include contacting school and health so if he is not going to school then they should have concerns too.

@Theunamedcat

You can try

You HAVE to try It's emotional abuse, You'd never forgive yourself of something worse were to happen, the child has no voice, is invariably petrified, Badger the relevant services for action , it shouldn't be, but it's probably the only course, and RECORD what you can

Poor child x

Yes phone them again.

Also contact the school and log it with the safeguarding officer.

Repeat. Repeat. Repeat as necessary.

Don't let this child be the next Arthur.

I was about to say exactly what careerchange did. Do what you can and carry on reporting.

Yes, keep reporting, go through the NSPCC also. I’d also suggest if you know he is drunk, phone the police and report him being drunk in charge of a child.
It’s abhorrent that children are allowed to be subject to this kind of treatment, good for you for trying to stick up for him.

Thank you for persisting with this

Heart breaking !!!!!

It all could lead him to getting the serious help he needs to look after an innocent child

School school school

Ooh the school! I'll do that on Monday

First thing

Do not use emotive language or mention your miscarriage

Keep it factual.