taking residency of my daughter and having time off work

ssc_dougal

I am due to take residency of my 7 year old daughter.

For reason to much to explain i have not been able to be involved with her before, and now social services have removed her from her mother, i want to put as much effort as i can into the first few weeks she is living with me.

my question is am i entitled to take time of as parental leave instead of using all my annual leave days as i will need these to try an cover school holidays etc.

is there any other scheme that relates to my circumstances ( i know you can get leave for adopting and wondered if there was anything similar for someone in my position)

any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

i am willing to provide a bit more info if needed just pm me as i would rather not place it on a public forum.

cheers in advance

-BA-

I would suggest that your first port of call needs to be your company's absence/sickness/holiday policies to find out their angle on family/parental leave.

catenorfolk

Ask for special leave, it may be unpaid tho

cte1111

As your daughter is over 5, it looks like parental leave will not apply. Like other posters, I would suggest talking to your boss / HR department to see if they would allow you to take unpaid leave / leave of absence to allow you to spend time with your daughter.