Cafcass advice

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I have a Cafcass phone interview tomorrow. There's some questionable, controlling things my ex has done recently. Does anyone have any advice on how to approach this in the call? I want to explain without coming across like I'm just bitter and bashing ex. Anyone have any advice who's had experience of Cafcass before?

Just tell the truth and be honest.. I'm sure you're not bitter!

I have 2 bad experiences unfortunately of telephone interviews with CAFCASS. But 2 very good experiences of face to face interviews with them. I think face to face you can assess better whether you've explained yourself properly and been understood. The telephone interviews seemed to lead to misunderstandings that meant the reports were not accurate at all.
If I had to do it again I would be very clear in advance what are the issues I want to raise and the exact words I want to use to explain them. Don't talk in generalities and hope they get the gist - they won't. Be really clear why you are telling them something - if it doesn't affect the case you want to make don't mention it. If you mention something be clear why you are doing so and how it affects your child. I don't think there's a big conspiracy to misrepresent people but I do think the phone interviews are very cursory and do not lead to good reports. don't treat it like a chat with a sympathetic friend - it's not. They are only noting down key points of conflict between you and your ex - they are not doing in-depth assessment. Not trying to stress you because you can only be honest and do your best so try not to worry too much. Good luck 😁