social services took my beautiful children

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it really is not fair to do it to someone who absolutely loves and adores them they really need me and are probably so unhappy i am so done with life and really really want them with me

Nancy it might be kinder to just back off a bit... Your posts smack of interrogation.

If you haven't had the court decision yet, they've been removed for 72 hours. The hearing will be soon, maybe next week.

Post at 22.24 doesn't say it was a court decision

can you please tell me how on earth it was a court decision when i have had absolutely no warnings about it at all my eldest had been using childline for a few weeks and apparently his last call made them fear for his safety and the police were there to collect him from his last location and then people came to my house and how the fuck is that any type of warning or any court decision

Nancy, the op didn't say it was a court decision. She said how could it be a court decision. However childline would have had serious concerns to break confidentiality.

You wouldn't get a date in advance of an emergency hearing. You will for the next one and have the opportunity to be legally represented and be advised of the grounds in the meantime. Whatever ds has reported was serious enough for them to consider all 3 vulnerable and at risk.

Surely the police can't just take away children without some explanation?

We're all three children removed from somewhere other than your home? You can't have had a visit from both police and social services and still not know why they've been removed?

I don't think we should be picking on the op about terminology right now

Yes I know she asked it as a question but I couldn't see a previous poster who had suggested that it was a court decision so I inferred she must have been referring to what she had been told in real life. Perhaps that's incorrect, if so, my bad.

If OP has not had a court hearing yet, all well and good. She will be given notice, she will have the chance to get legal aid representation, and she will find out what the issues are.

I'm on the same page Papergirl but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt in case.

OP, I get that you're obviously very upset.

But can you just answer the question, 'When did this happen?'

Otherwise no-one here can really help/advise you.

Ss don't just randomly take children with no prior warning, I'm a social worker and it just doesn't happen

I would guess that the police and SS must have a very serious concern to remove your kids like this. Do you have any idea what your son was discussing on childline?

In a way I hope the op is a troll....

What were the children's "last locations", op?

childline/ss must have thought there was a real and immediate risk to the children to have done this, but I find it hard to imagine that they would not have given the op some idea of why they felt it was needed during the visit to the house.

There must a reason that all children were removed from the home. I can only assume your son made an allegation that meant ss didn't believe he would be safe if he stayed at home.

I think the ins and outs are irrelevant at this stage. Anything could have happened and it would not be right to judge. Even op doesn't know what's going on. I think it best just to make sure op is OK emotionally at this difficult time and is getting help ineeded real life and has a way of finding out what happened for herself and no one else

From what you have mentioned, it sounds like what ever your son has been discussing with childline, has triggered them to contact the police and social services, as they have concerns for him and his siblings safety.

Therefore, your children have been removed from you until social services can conduct a full investigation and ensure their safety.

When the children left were you given any paperwork, or advised what the next steps would be?

I understand that you are upset and angry, however your children wouldn't have been removed if there wasn't a threat to their safety.

Can you think of anything that would trigger safety concerns? Such as arguments between your son and yourself, or your son and your partner, or arguments etc between you and your partner?

Try and take a moment to think about what is happening at home at the moment, and work with social services to change things if needed.

It's the pic from the blog of the day about soft play...

Well if she didn't ask either the police or the social workers; how are you going to do that, gandalf?

the police did not come to see me it was social services and you have 0 idea how the conversation went so why are a bunch of you having a go at me when you have no idea what was said i do not know the allegations my son has made no i dont and i was told a very long thing about how this will not be disclosed if they believe it will cause something or another with an investigation but dont quote me on what i have just said then as honestly i dont know the exact wording i was told that the nspcc had got involved and thats obviously childline and i was told about the calls and the risk he is at and whatever else but no i do not know the exact risk believe me dont believe me i have had enough i thought some people might be able to just give me a little bit of advice but oh no you all just want to jump on me and i have no fucking clue what you are on about with the picture of a baby seriously if you would have any idea what this even feels like