Can you move authorities when you're on benefits?

[Hurr1cane]

Like apply for a council house elsewhere?

Because I've had just about enough of this shitty council with it's shitty schools and shitty social workers and it's shitty hospitals making DS even more Ill all while claiming they're a brilliant 'pathfinder authority'

I need to get out of here before I punch all the buildings down, or spontaneously combust.

I can't answer that question, but just want to say I understand your frustrations, and I hope someone can answer your question soon.

but where would you move to?

and can i come with you, please?

Most councils are asking for proof that you have a connection to the area before you can apply for a council house now. In some areas you have to have lived there for a certain time before you can apply. You need to check the criteria for where you want to apply.
Failing that you could try and get an exchange.

Tbh most LA's are are shitty as each other.

I don't know. Away. Final straw today, after the shitty brand new "more specialist" school they pushed him into has messed him about and made him stressed and given him seizure after seizure.

'Crossroads' call me and say social services said they can take him out for respite. Even though I fucking told the stupid man that he doesn't like strangers, they scare him and he will be dealing with enough from September by being in a new (and very shit it seems) school.

I'd have rather have them tell me no then just prove they didn't bother listening to a single fucking word I said.

I know fairgame. They probably are -all shit, but this one claims to be amazing even though one of it's special schools has been in the news for abuse cases that they don't bother looking into.

I've had enough.

I knew I shouldn't bother applying. It only causes more stress. A woman from the council put direct payments on his EHC plan and that's why I had to fucking apply.

I give up. I'm pulling him out, home schooling him and selling organs to enable me to afford it. Fuck it.

they are all shit, ours is shit too

the 'local offer' fb page [hhm] is empty, Parent Partnership are advising parents NOT to apply for EHCPs, schools are fit to bursting and our SENCO hasn't got a clue about how DDs needs affect her day to day (ASD)

we're a Pathfinder authority too, but all our issues are because it's a rural county

Thanks jenny. I know I'm being ridiculous but I just feel like I want to take him and run away, but there's nowhere to run to

He needs to be in a school to develop his social and independence skills, but school is making him ill.

I need respite to sleep. I've got someone waiting because we were told we would get direct payments, but what they offered us was more strangers with limited training to come and make him even more ill.

I'm sick of it all.

I know money doesn't equal happiness but if I won the lottery tomorrow I wouldn't have to beg for support, therapy or wait years for medical tests that end up being mis read and then wait years again I could just buy it all. I wish I could just buy it all and make him happy and well.

My LA isn't too bad according to the stats (only 3 appeals 2012-2013) but we have similar problems.
All ss are oversubscribed. Nobody knows what is happening with ECHP's. Direct payments are more hassle than they are worth (probably to stop you applying and save them a few quid).
I had to appeal to get DS in a decent ss. It's a great school but it's 40 odd miles away!!
I daren't move nearer to it as the LA that's it's in is a pathfinder and i don't want to lose the place as it's an indie ss.
Ideally i would love to move to Devon to be with DP but there is absolutely nothing for DS down there. It's appalling. And now our relationship is probably pretty much done because long distance is not working out for us.
Not only that but i had to give up my job to get legal aid for the SENDIST appeal.
Basically in order to get DS into a decent school i've had to give up my job (which i went to uni for 3 years for!), give up my relationship and give up any chance of moving anywhere nice.
Life is one battle after another when your child has SEN.

If you live in a council house then you can go on various council home swap sites and see if you can do a straight swop with someone else in another area. There's quite a few groups on Facebook as well.

Fairgame. It's not fair is it?

I live in a rented house at the moment. I had a good job that I had to give up in order to get DS to and from school because he couldn't get transport. He's now in a special school 17 miles away but in the same authority, which has turned out to be shit.

They said he could go to an independent special school in a different authority but they did a U turn after their abusive school had been in the news and they started losing children from there and tried to force me to put him in there. I kept him out and got him into a special school here but it's not good. Nt good at all.

It's shit. I want to give up but I can't because it's DS not me.

Social services number seems to be on a constant voicemail. Argh.

When I win the lottery I'll buy my own island and build my own wonderful school and you can all come.

Till then I best carry on ringing this number until a human answers

we're actually looking to move house so that at least DDs home environment will totally tick all her boxes.

given up on looking for ideal school, she wants to be HE, but can't do it in this house, we need a different set up

I hope you choose a nice tropical island Hurr1cane so we can all sunbathe while our DC's are being educated in their fab school.

Right. I've rang a charity here that help parents with 'the system' and they said that the social worker should have sent me a copy of his assessment and recommendations before anything went to panel. I didn't get that so she is ringing him up saying that if he doesn't reconsider we will be going to appeal and down the complaints route.

She is also ringing DSs school and telling them off for me,

Then she's going on her annual leave.

Poor woman will be ready for her holiday after my phone call.

The fucker actually recommended crossroads! Recommended it! Even though I told him it wouldn't meet his needs. I'm fuming.

And he's on annual leave so I any even fume at him.

Are you skint enough for legal aid?
Lawyers seem to work slightly better than being - which gets ignored

Well I'm a single mum and now a full time carer of DS, so I'd think so. The woman from the charity called school and now he suddenly has a new, totally different permanent TA... So that's something, if it is in fact true.

But I have to wait until Thursday to talk to the social worker.

Sounds like your charity person is on it

Hurricane what charity is this?

and OP would you be able and willing to name and shame?

cos they all end up up shit.

we left the Surrey area cos they were shit there (shits too good a word for them).

we're now somewhere else and theirs just as shit, we did a council move so you can do that.

I don't want to say because I think it's one that's a local one and I'll out myself