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karl719 · 03/12/2018 23:05

are social work aloud to make a partner leave the house due to being abused both as a child and adult and after making alligations that are not true to force her to leave home and make her homeless, through mental health and them offering her the help she needs and then not even an hour later saying she is not aloud at the family home and not aloud near my son or even to say goodbye, until assesments have been done which can take 6 months and asking me to restrict my own contact to a couple of hours a week whilst my son is in nursery and that he still can have contact aslong as a person is there to supervise the contact that is not myself and that is the same for my own contact with her it has to be supervised so they know what we say to each other at all times and don't want us to use social media to keep in contact

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Dirtybadger · 03/12/2018 23:26

I'm not sure I 100% follow, but...

Someone I know was advised by SS to make their partner leave the home. They didn't.

So their kids were put in the care of another couple (the grandparents). They were then only to have contact with the parents under the supervision of grandparents who were caring for them.

One day the grandfather had a heart attack
The grandmother attended hospital leaving them with their dad unattended. SS attended and the children were removed immediately and taken into local foster care. They then saw their parent(s) in a contact centre until they stopped having any contact whatsoever.

So yes it can happen. Please please do what social services say. They will do what they are suggesting (or what I imagine is implied).

The couple are now separated. The mother was never accused of anything directly just not of protecting them. And now she has nothing. Take it seriously

Justlikedevon · 03/12/2018 23:29

Your post doesn't make sense I'm afraid.

Dirtybadger · 03/12/2018 23:34

I think (!!).....SS told his partner she had to leave. Then said she couldn't come back for at least 6 months whilst there is an assessment.
And the child isnt allowed to see mum without a third party (not OP as they don't trust him to supervise contact) and also the OP isn't to see his DP whilst DC is around or to communicate via social media.

I can't figure out what the reason is though. Because she has a MH condition? Unclear.

Mumtoboy123 · 03/12/2018 23:41

Short answer: yes they can set whatever rules they like. Not following their rules will result in you being deemed to have placed your own needs above that of the child and your child being placed on a protection plan (sounds like they already are). When this is in place, you must demonstrate you are doing all in your power to protect the child. If you are deemed not to have done this then child will be placed elsewhere (with family or foster parents).
Follow the rules they set and you'll be fine

KeepServingTheDrinks · 04/12/2018 00:20

I didn't follow your OP either, but I can tell you that yes: If SS are carrying out an assessment and they deem a child to be at risk because of an adult in the home, they can recommend that the adult leaves the home and stops contact while the assessment is carried out. (Even if the adult has parental responsibility).

If you choose not to enforce their recommendation, they factor this into their assessment and generally (unless there's REALLY strong evidence) consider that this means that the other adult isn't prioritising the protection of the child as well. Therefore, the other adult is NOT seen as a protective factor and is therefore deemed to be another risk to the child. They also factor this into their assessment.

Where I live, assessments are supposed to be done within 3 months, not 6.

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