I contacted social services a few months back looking for support for my daughters. It was decided that they should be put under a child in need plan but it's been a long, slow process and despite me asking repeatedly no one will tell me what's happening. We had a child in need meeting at the start of September but the social worker didn't turn up. We discussed the situation anyway as we weren't sure if she would turn up, and minutes were taken.
I then saw the social worker at home about two weeks later but she wouldn't discuss anything about the process because she was there to see the girls.
Last Friday I got an email saying the clinician wanted to come out to start mental health work with the girls.
I have responded saying that I'm happy to discuss what they want to do but as we have not yet had a child in need meeting and there is no child in need plan, that we need to do that first.
I know I sound very defensive but my girls have a variety of problems including asd and severe anxiety and no one seems prepared to take this into account. So far we're on a fourth social worker and have never seen anyone more than once. Information never seems to be shared and no one in the unit seems happy to let me know what's happening.
After a few requests they sent the minutes from the meeting in early September this morning. These state that the unit are happy to consider this to have been the child in need meeting. I'm really concerned about this. Do I have any right to disagree and to want a proper meeting? They won't tell me what there plans are, what I'm required to do and what the consequences will be if I disagree with them.
Does anyone know what my rights are in this situation? Aibu to ask to have some input into the plan?