questions on adoption

Mojisola

red_devil wrote: »

it would be really good to hear from someone who really knows whether the ss are likely to know.

I don't think that is the central question - systems don't always work, people make mistakes, others tell lies.

You know something important and need to pass it on. If it's already been considered, nothing is lost. If it hasn't arisen, you are providing the opportunity for it to be looked at.

whitewing

Phone or email the NSPCC. You'll be able to explain the circumstances more privately than you can do on a public forum.

Contains_Mild_Peril

Since I don't know the details, I'm really not sure about the best way to handle the situation, but I'm reasonably sure phoning the NSPCC isn't it. They have a history of scaremongering (remember the satanic panic in the early '90s?) and I wouldn't trust them to respect your confidentiality or respond with any sense of perspective.
One question to consider: what would happen if the prospective adoptive parents have not disclosed something they ought to have and it gets found out further down the line? We've recently seen a news story about a foster couple having children removed from their care because of their political affiliation which someone, possibly out of quite genuine albeit misguided concern, saw fit to report. I'd hate to think of a happy family being broken up years from now because SS just found out about something that had been kept from them at the time.

Poppie68

As you are aware of the conviction and questioning procedures you obvioulsy have concerns, bite the bullet make an anonymous call to the social service team concerned. The family would most probably think background checks have uncovered the conviction and therefore no suspect anyone.