Hi, new here, I am not a mum but I am an auntie to 4 wild nephews and one amazing niece. My newest nephew is just 14 weeks. My sister and her partner moved out of my mums house (very toxic environment) when baby was about 12 weeks. She's taken him to all his appointments, done everything right, then they noticed bruises on his arm and his side. They showed them to the health visitor on a routine visit and the health visitor sent them to the hospital for checks. Medically everything came back fine except they said he'll have bad excema when he grows up. Social services are involved and have said for now they have to have 24/7 supervision and can't be alone with him. They have been staying at her partners sisters house for now.
Myself and the partners sister are down as "named people" who they trust to feel comfortable around and trust to help look after baby. There is a meeting on 24th Feb to say what will happen next. They have a few options, they either stay at the sisters which means she is losing money as she is self employed, OR if social services allow it they come here to live with me and my husband where we both work from home. We are in a different local authority (about an hour away from where they are now) and although we can't watch 24/7 I only work 6.5 hours a day and can check on them every half hour/every hour if the 24/7 supervision is reduced.
My sister knows this will likely go on for another few months and the best option is for them to move in with us and this is something they both want however myself and my husband would still need to work as we can't afford not to, especially with 3 more people in the house. I am just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this situation before and how likely we would be to be accepted as an option and they be allowed to live with us? We are financially stable, have our own transport and own our own home (not sure if any of that makes any difference).
At the moment they do not have unannounced visits, the social worker always tells them when she's coming and she has said they're looking to reduce the supervision.