False reports to SS

[HeadDoctor]

What would you do if you found out someone had made a false report to social services about you/your immediate family?

Does anyone know what would happen next?

It depends on your area and if a phone number for you is known.
they might phone you, write to you, or call round out of the blue.

there is nothing you can DO as such, just sit and wait. Do not get upset or accusatory in front of the SW.

Okay thank you. I wasn't sure if it was better to contact them pre-emptively or whether to just sit and see what comes of it. Thankfully the person who made the report is already on record as having a bit of an agenda but it's still distressing.

I would wait for them to contact you and work with them. Show them the reports are unfounded.

We have this fairly frequently OP. My DSC live with us and have infrequent supervised contact with their DM after children's services became concerned about them in their mum's care. Been through court to get everything legally sorted and over with, case is closed to children's services.

However, every few months the DSC's mum gets bored and decides to give children's services a call to report some form of abuse she has conjured in her mind that we're inflicting on the children.

The first few times the social worker came to do an unannounced visit to see all was well, spoke to the children and that was it. She has our permission (don't know if she needs it) to go and speak to the children at school if there are any concerns, so now we don't even hear about the phone calls.

How do you know someone has made a report if ss have not yet contacted. .? Not meant to sound like I don't believe you, just intrigued to know how.

I work in SC it happens a lot unfortunately and is a MASSSIVE waste of our time.

We wouldn't normally do an unannounced visit unless we had immediate concerns or had made efforts to contact you which you had ignored.

If we had a phone number we would call failing that we'd write a letter.

Thanks all. That's really good to know.

Kittens, trying not to out myself. There are ongoing proceedings and we have been told as part of those. This sort of thing usually happens when there is either a hearing or contact increase. Hopefully any SS involvement will be able to put 2 and 2 together.

We have just been through this. MIL reported us to social servuces saying DD (4 months at the time) was miserable, filthy, not looked after etc. The first thing they did was speak to health visitor as she'd only been 2 days before the report. They were satisfied enough with her statement that it is clear DD is well looked after, adored, happy and thriving. They essentially said they weren't going to pursue it any further as they deem it to be a waste of their resources.

It probably helped that DD was down the hospital every single week for 14 weeks having scans and physio because of her hip so there were multiple health professionals in cotnact with her and all stating how well she is doing.