Literally worried sick :'(

peachyprice

rubbish_at_usernames wrote: »

If only I could I did say that's what I felt like doing and I was told I'd get myself arrested and the baby would be given straight back. We're in North Wales x x

Does your daughter actually want help. Would she willingly let you take the baby to safety or is she in a similar place as her boyfriend?

whitewing

Osman letter is a Threat to Life warning but I don't really know much more about it. Police can issue to it cover themselves if the person (potential victim/your daughter) won't listen.

Drastic step but could you apply for temporary custody of your grandchild?

Could you also find out if your grandchild is entitled to legal aid in their own right and get a solicitor involved on behalf of grandchild?

Toooldforthis

Call the police and ask for it to be logged as a child at risk. Also casll social services and ask for the duty to investigate drug taken in the home of a child. Explain that when ss visited it was arranged and the house hold was clear.
If he is receiving help from a drug service then ring them and tell them a child is at risk and they will call ss and flag it. Log all calls time and dates etc

savingmummy

I think the police would 100% help, more so if social services have been involved beforehand!


Maybe give them call and see what they say?


I really hope you get some help quickly

rubbish_at_usernames

Unfortunately, my daughter wants to be with him so we can't take her out of the situation and there are no legal grounds at the moment where we could go and get the baby

whitewing

You could also try changing the title of this thread to

Urgent - grandchild at serious risk of harm from violent father. This may get some of the social workers/carers/experienced people etc on here to give you advice more quickly if their attention is drawn to the thread. r

Ms_Chocaholic

rubbish_at_usernames wrote: »

Will the police do that? I didn't know!!

Yes I'm sure most forces will.

Many years ago, we couldn't get in touch with my partner's mum who lived over 200 miles away. We kept ringing and either there was no answer on the house phone or it was engaged (sorry I can't remember). She was never one to go out and about for long periods.

We rang the local Police, explained our concerns and they went round to check she was okay. She was okay thankfully, just had been having a problem with her phone and hadn't thought we'd be worried about her many miles away.

Ms_Chocaholic

savingmummy wrote: »

My friend called the nspcc to report ongoing issues from a neighbour (drug user/violent) and that's what she was told would happen, and it did indeed happen.
The inital response team called my friend to go through a few things and had said a report would be filed and social services would be informed if needs be.

The couple in question are now getting help, and the children have been removed from the home.

Are you saying that your friend called NSPCC and that she received a call back to confirm a few details and that a referral would be made to Social Services or that NSPCC called the couple who had been reported.

If it's the former, tell me what use NSPCC did that was really helpful; I may as well have been the go between. They took the phone call, jotted down a few details on a referral form, rang your friend back to confirm a few things and then sent the referral to Children's Social Care.

rubbish_at_usernames

We're on the phone to the police now. One of my daughter's friends just called to sat the baby has been left on her own in the flat screaming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ms_Chocaholic

Good luck, let us know how you get on x