Social services asking for a friend

[Lalamce1]

Hi all after advice for a friend but didn't know where to turn other than here does anyone know if a man and woman are together and the woman has a child before meeting man and social services get involved due to alligations if she dumps him and doesn't have contact with him will social services leave her alone hope this makes sense

They will want to know she is a responsible parent, if she removes a partner for the children's safety then that goes a long way to prove she is responsible and safeguarding the children. Without anymore detail no one could say if they'll close the case there.

Regardless, if its even a risk she should be getting the partner away immediately and not just to get social off her back

They won't just leave her alone - they need to make sure she's not just saying she's left him, that she's in a good place and is capable of keeping the child safe.

They will still have to do their job but it'll definitely help her case.

If he's bad enough for social services to be involved she should get rid for her child's sake anyway.

She should get rid of him.

In my experience once SS are sure the child is safe, they will back off (but a file will be kept - in fact they have files for a lot of children, and their parents/the child may never know).
They may want to speak to her and the children. They may suggest a parenting course or something like the Freedom programme. They can also offer access to support which is very hard to access in other ways (including such hard to get things as family counselling). they may also inform her how to make use of things like Claire's Law and Sarah's law.

When they are sure the children are safe, they will probably close the case with her agreement.

She needs to work with SS and do what they ask of her. First she needs to ask why they think this man is a risk to her child.

If she can prove that she can keep her child safe SS then they will not escalate child protection procedures.

But she needs to engage with them. The more she engages and shows willingness to follow what they say, the more happier they will be to close the case.