I am struggling with DS nearly 12. He is autistic, has anxiety and showing signs of ocd. He has learning delays and working at year 2 level at school. It always seems worse at Christmas even though he 'loves' Christmas he easily becomes overwhelmed, especially at school.
we get no support at home, never had since he was diagnosed aged 4. We are struggling to function as a family. His behaviour can be very challenging, we don't get a break.
there is no let up.
out of desperation I rang up my the referral hub at my local council to see if there's any support. We did have a family support worker for a short time but the woman left the role and we were never assigned a new one - this wasn't through social care, it was another service that work under statutory social care.
we have tried referring to Camhs but it was rejected!
his school aren't overly supportive. He needs to be in a sen school but it's all such a fight.
the woman I spoke to said the best course of action is speaking to social services.
i am scared, you hear such bad things about them and I'm sure there's tons of good too, but I feel like such a crap mum at the minute, I feel I will be judged. I lose my temper too quickly and shout which doesn't help at all.
my youngest has additional needs too but doesn't have any challenging behaviours like DS.
what can social care do to help?