Social services trying to get my kids adopted

[Mumofallboys]

Please don't judge me I dont really have no one to talk to I've been going through a court battle since June last year foghti g to keep my kids and everytime the judge Sat's they don't meet the threshold I recently joined a dating website out of stress and boredom I started talking to a guy and invited him to my house ss found out and
Threatened to go back to court to get my kids into care my final hearing is 6 weeks away and I'm scared I will lose my kids

I there such a thing as 'Risk of future emotional harm' in the UK?

I there such a thing as 'Risk of future emotional harm' in the UK?

In terms of is this a reason for removal then yes. Surely better a child is removed before it is harmed than hang around waiting for the inevitable harm to happen.

Yes.

Children who've witnessed dv can end up with ptsd, self harm, depression, low self esteem and can be vulnerable to bad relationship choices. That's emotional harm.

Last summer we roasted for months!

Op has said both that her kids were considered at risk of emotional harm, and that there were no concerns regarding her 7 month old.
This, despite support workers visiting her home twice daily.
She either really doesn’t understand what is going on around her or she’s being very selective with the truth.
None of it sounds good for her poor kids though, however many of them there turn out to be.

To be honest, if SS put a microscope on any one of us, not many of us would live up to their expectations
That’s really a gross misrepresentation and untrue.
Their expectations isn’t arbitrary judgement about your curtains, it’s a evidence based approach applying information and risk to inform a decision or intervention
Support workers in the home is an attempt to intervene change the situation modify behaviour

"I don’t understand how the children “don’t meet the threshold for foster care” but at the same time, the long term plan is for them to be adopted."

From what the OP has said, the children are currently subject to an Interim Care Order, but placed with the OP. That means that the Local Authority has shared parental responsibility so if there were an escalation in concerns re. safeguarding, technically the LA can just remove the children without recourse to the courts.

This means that the LA applied for an Interim Care Order. Presumably they initially asked for interim removal but the judge refused as the threshold for interim removal was not met.

The threshold criteria for a final care order to be made differs from the interim test for removal.

To be honest, if SS put a microscope on any one of us, not many of us would live up to their expectations.

That's crap I had ss involvement when my ds had done from his dads with massive bruises up his back. The school had reported it as he had been dropped there after a weekend with him. Anyway ss came round to my less than perfect single parent home and then saw their dad who admitted to causing the bruise and they did nothing and actively encouraged he still sees the children but warned him that the children will grow up to be violent if he carried on.