Child protection plan

[Kevinh1287]

Me & partner attended a meeting when she was around 12 weeks pregnant with social workers mental health workers and we were told that they supported us having baby and there was no mentioning of my partners gurdainship affecting her keeping baby and there was no mentioning her receiving so much support in her life would also lead to her not being able to keep baby either, children services came out to our house for a few visits for a few catch ups just finding out more about my partner but still no mention of anything like our baby potentially being put on a child protection plan? So we believed everything was great so me and partner got excited and we started getting everything in for our baby boy but at 30 weeks pregnant the children services called us to let us know that we have a children protection conference and the following week our baby was put on a child protection plan at the highest level and we didn't get much options, me and my partner are absolutely heartbroken and disgusted with how everything has been handled from the social workers themselves because they should have told us about this sooner but didn't, there's no punishment for them they can just get away with this and that's ok ? Me and my partner feel like we've been treated so wrongly which we will be taking further but our main focus is on getting our baby boy home with us when born.

Me and my partner fully understand the concerns they have for our unborn baby and we understand why our unborn baby is on the protection plan but what we don't understand is why we didn't get told about these concerns before 30 weeks pregnant ? Many of these concerns could have been assessed on and changed in time for our baby boy being born but again they left us to 30 weeks pregnant before letting us know 8 weeks before our babies due date is wrong, what should be our happiest time of our life's getting ready to bring our new baby boy into the world has turned into a an absolute nightmare that I hope no parents go through especially at so late in pregnancy, I'll be speaking to local MPs too because this to big of a problem that needs sorted, no family should find out at 30 weeks pregnant that they might not be bringing their baby home and it might need to go to foster care.

If you can see what the problems are, why hadn't you been trying to fix them anyway? They should have advised you to do that anyway, I agree, but if you're aware things aren't right surely you'd want to fix them plan or not.

Their aim is to protect the baby

have you made a plan to fix the “issues”?

have you had kids before ?

Ok so there are concerns there .

The visits will have been part of the assessment .

The number one concern is the safety of the baby for whatever reason the risk high

Agree with previous poster, their visits have all been part of the investigation and decision making. It’s simply not possible (depending on the risks) for them to have confidently said at 12 weeks pregnant what measures would be necessary/not necessary.

It sounds like you accept and agree with the plan, so the risks and concerns obviously are valid, and a plan doesn’t necessarily mean baby wouldn’t be coming home with you- that is an absolute last resort.

Trust the process, and good luck.

@Kevinh1287

Surely the key word here is 'might,'
You seem to be accepting that there are issues that SWs are rightly concerned about.
I'm not saying the implications shouldn't have been explained to you earlier.
But at the moment I think your time might be better spent addressing those issues than complaining to your MP.
Are you accessing any support services

Looks like they have assessed you both over a number of months and have reached the decision only recently.

What are the concerns?

The plan will set out what is required from your side and so do what they ask and it should be fine

You want SWs "punished" for trying to protect your baby, because you think their timing is wrong?

I’m sure it's very uncomfortable to have your capacity to be a safe parent questioned, but your reaction is worrying. Your energy and time need to be devoted to supporting your partner and preparing for your baby's arrival, not writing to your MP because you don't like the SW's processes and timing.