CHILDREN IN CARE SPEAK

[Alison J Stevens]

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/content/download/10586/126600/file/Keeping...


A report of children’s experience by the Children’s Rights Director for England.

We asked 370 children in care, through a survey and discussion groups, for their views about keeping in touch – and losing contact – with their families and friends while in care.

[Melizza Moore]

Notts L.A are trying their hardest to keep family away from my kids. My kids are missing them desperatley. So like they do things behind our backs. I did the same back to SS. I will NOT be their obediant little sheep. I have signed NO contract that specifies I will do as Im told, and hand in everything for my kids to them to check for appropriateness/suitability. No blooming way. Thats called "control". So for my now 13 year old son, he has a facebook page, email account and a spanking new mobile phone with credit with all the family names and numbers on it. The social worker has a copy of the family telephone numbers too on file, so its not like I am being "deceitful" Well they have been gone for ten months and not seen their relatives.We the parents instructed the boy to not hand it over, its HIS, THOUGH REGISTERED IN MY NAME AND ADRESS. Three meetings, talked about, agreed and STALLED. Well now my boy can contact HIS relatives when he wants. Im waiting for that social worker ( dESMOND dARLING) to "start". We pointed out to contact supervisors that they have "no legal right" to stop this. I will let you know if his phone goes "missing, lost or stolen", but he still has it.