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CouthyMow · 23/01/2014 11:03

DD school refused this morning. First she refused to give DS1 back his iPod that he had kindly lent to her yesterday because hers is broken.

I insisted she give it back. She then decided

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CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 17:29

She's NOT on the streets - the first Social Worker LIED to me, blatantly, when she told me that.

DD is still in Social Care Reception, and they are now finding her an emergency placement.

I am assuming they thought I would change my mind if they told me she would be on the streets...

I don't think they bargained on me contacting YOTS, who they share an office with...

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ThatVikRinA22 · 27/01/2014 17:29

doh.....

just found update. ffs!

phew.

i need to give up the laptop now for DD to do her assignment but please feel free to phone me if you need to talk....

you had my dander up then! i was on the phone and getting all manner of folk outraged on your behalf!
im glad it was a bluff. now - balls of steel required.

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StolenStollen · 27/01/2014 17:31

I've been lurking. My dd has lds and othet issues. She's in a unit at the moment getting treatment gfor her eating disorder.
She has smashed things, refused school, hit me. I am appalled at the sw. I'd be putting jn a complaint.

ThatVikRinA22 · 27/01/2014 17:32

contact details all posted on previous page....my contact details are in a pm.

good luck. you know where i am if you need anything. ill be back later.

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CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 17:34

Oh, I think the lady from YOTS was suitably horrified when a) I asked her if SS were allowed to release a vulnerable teen that THEY had left in the care if SS (cones back on them, too, if SS HAD done that) and b) when she found out that the SW, whose name she knew, had LIED to me like that about my DD...

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CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 17:36

I still haven't spoken to her, but I asked the (nicer, non-lying...) SW to pass on the message that I love her, and this WILL get better.

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kickassangel · 27/01/2014 17:40

County, no practical advice, but my lovely and awesome SIL adopted a child with similar problems to your dd. She manages a hospital dept for vulnerable adults with MH problems and is extremely knowledgeable and capable inher job.

She has watched her adopted child go through exactly the same as your dd, and seen him go to prison as a young man (but one for people with MH and LD). He currently has a flat, a job and a girlfriend, which is more than she ever hoped for. He's mid 20s.

I just wanted you to know that you are not the only parent to go through this, even where that parent is an expert in the field, they cannot live their child's life and make their decisions for them.

She is also an expert at detaching. When crisis hit she would put her brain in work mode, see him as a client, do the best she could, then deal with her own emotions later. I think it's the only way to cope, so use mn as your place to vent, then go and deal with the crap in rl before coming back here.

So wishing you all the best outcome for tonight.

WynkenBlynkenandNod · 27/01/2014 17:41

You have done brilliantly. When the time comes for making a complaint this thread might be handy. I know you've been making notes but it has a record of times etc. worth saving a copy if you decide you want to have it deleted at any point.

ExcuseTypos · 27/01/2014 17:48

Gosh Couthy- I can't believe what that SS did! I should imagine she will be in big trouble.
What a day you've had, it's utterly disgraceful the way you haven't been kept informed.
At least you managed to get a message to your dd.

Do follow Wynken's idea and save this thread so you have a good timeline of what has happened.

PacificDogwood · 27/01/2014 17:50

Yes, I too think you've done brilliantly and the Nerves of Steel are now officially upgraded to Balls of Steel Grin - you have been a proper mother lioness to ALL your cubs.

I so hope that this horrible and distressing episode will be the low-point and that it's all onwards and upwards from here on

VicarInATute, you deserve a medal - I know you've been so helpful to posters before, but your inside knowledge is just invaluable when the shit hits the fan like it (seemingly) was about to do here Thanks.

Commander6 · 27/01/2014 17:52

Well done with all of this. Glad you are getting some practical help from some, in the know posters, on here.

And I would suggest you keep posting on here, so that you have a detailed log of all that has happened and is happening.

One other thing. In complicated circumstances, I start asking for the names of everyone I speak too. One, so that I have a record, and two, to ask for specific people that will help, rather than hinder, a delicate situation.

SauvignonBlanche · 27/01/2014 17:53

God, you've been through it! Angry

CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 18:25

They're picking up some clothes for DD. No underwear though, as DD has refused to bring her laundry downstairs for 3 weeks. Ex has grabbed some & put them on a fastwash, but SW will be here before it finishes. Have managed to scrape together one set of day clothes and a set of pyjamas that are clean.

Will have yo wash the rest later / tomorrow.

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CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 18:27

Oh yes, names & times of calls are logged, learnt that one 15 years ago when dealing with SS...

I pointed out that if the help that they had promised last June had materialised, I might not have got to crisis point.

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Mishmashfamily · 27/01/2014 19:07

op you should NC to balls of Steele .

You have been so brave! I've read through the thread in amazement . I think I would have caved and it all would have been for nothing .

I wish my cousin was as brave as you as what you discribed your dd to be and the events in her life where like a tick list to her dd- same age too .

She was believed to have bi polar and other sn. There has been many a time I have had to intervene when she was younger but she is now physically bigger than us so my cousin is actually at her mercy.

She has smashed her home to pieces and battered her mother so many times. Cahms was involved as she was self harming but nothing came of it. Cousin won't involve SS as she thinks there is shame to it.

I know what your going through so I take my hat of to you.

Hope there is good news x

ToffeeOwnsTheSausage · 27/01/2014 19:13

CouthyMow - I have just read this thread from start to finish for the first time with Shock[anger]Sad[close to tears].

I would love to be able to buy you some boots. Have you any idea how much ones you need cost? I can't promise I can afford them but I would like to try. Maybe someone else would chip in?

I am in the SE too. I can definitely bring you cake if your little ones would like that.

I wish there was something I could do. I could bake you some bread?

CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 19:15

Now that I can relax (!) knowing that DD is safe AND the DS's are safe, I'm realising how depressed this was making me. I seem to have got a bit of 'verve' back tonight.

DD is accommodated under a Section 20. The nice SW seemed a bit shifty when I asked her yo confirm the lying SW's surname (unusual spelling). But HAS said that she will bring me out complaint forms.

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CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 19:18

She's buying DD some new knicks as hers weren't finished washing by the time she got here. I'm guessing by the fact that the SW said not to worry about school uniform for tomorrow, that DD is placed some way from her school.

It's an emergency placement though, I'm sure they will sort something closer when they can.

I put a little note in with DD's toiletries to remind her that I live her, even if it doesn't seem like it right now. Blush

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CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 19:18

LOVE. I hate autocorrect!

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ashtrayheart · 27/01/2014 19:21

Phew!
Now try and relax this evening, she is safe and you don't have to have a battle with her over anything tonight. I never realised quite how much stress I was under until dd was no longer living at home ThanksWine

colleysmill · 27/01/2014 19:51

I can't begin to imagine how stressful today has been for you. Hope you get a decent nights rest tonight

FreakinScaryCaaw · 27/01/2014 20:07

So glad to hear something is happening. Hope you can get some rest?

PacificDogwood · 27/01/2014 20:08

Cake and/or Wine tonight - you so deserve a little breather Smile