Social Services

[ScottishMummy12]

Wondering if anyone has any advice on dealing with social services. I had a phone call from them on the 11/5/18 saying my dd made allegations at school that I had hit her and they wanted to come out and do an initial assessment. On the phone I said that was fine and they said they would be out by the 18th May. They still haven’t shown up and I don’t know what to do.
So not to drip feed my dd is 5 and has asd and adhd, I didn’t hit her but grabbed her arm to stop her running out on to the road she went to school and told the teacher that I hit her on the arm. I have tried to contact social services to see when they would be coming out but no one could tell me, I just can’t put up with this stress anymore.

Sorry you're going through this it sounds really difficult. On the bright side, if they had major concerns they would have come out to visit you quickly so it might be a case of waiting to see what they do next I think. They will probably do a visit and want to talk to them in which case try to be open and honest and cooperate as fully as possible. It isn't pleasant but bear in mind that they're only doing their job, they're NOT out to get you. In the meantime, school obviously made the referral so it's worth having a chat with them too. Again try to be open and honest. When you're stressed it's easy to get defensive and short with people but it won't help. Good luck, fingers crossed it's a storm in a teacup.