my daughter 16 has a baby can she claim tax credits?

Ms_Chocaholic

I doubt Children's s Services will get involved at this stage. Both mum (OP's daughter) and her daughter are not at any risk living with OP. I can't remember from the last thread whether the daughter's boyfriend has a violent history. If the couple were to live together with the baby then a referral may be accepted but there needs to be some level of risk identified rather than just he's a bad un.

A mother and baby placement :rotfl:Do you know how much these cost. Thousands! M&B placements are there to assess the risk a mother may pose to her child, they have CCTV and 24 hour surveillance. From what's been said, the mum poses no risk to her baby so CSC would definitely not fund this.

Just to add, I assume all contact between the baby and it's father is supervised by mum, ie baby isn't left alone with dad at any time. Therefore the risk to the baby in that situation is minimised too.

Ms_Chocaholic

Mojisola wrote: »

Have you put any of your concerns in writing?

It's much harder for the relevant people to ignore an issue when there is a paper trail.

All information received by CSC is logged on a computer database, even those calls/emails that do not progress to a referral/assessment, the info is still logged. A written letter would make no difference.

Ms_Chocaholic

Here you go, here's some info on the cost of M&B placements:

£2,608 per ‘mother and baby unit’ per week
£1,266.50 per ‘mother and baby foster placement’ per week

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/mother_and_babies_looked_after_b_9

Therefore they are only used in the most serious of cases.

Poppie68

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

I doubt Children's s Services will get involved at this stage. Both mum (OP's daughter) and her daughter are not at any risk living with OP. I can't remember from the last thread whether the daughter's boyfriend has a violent history. If the couple were to live together with the baby then a referral may be accepted but there needs to be some level of risk identified rather than just he's a bad un.

A mother and baby placement :rotfl:Do you know how much these cost. Thousands! M&B placements are there to assess the risk a mother may pose to her child, they have CCTV and 24 hour surveillance. From what's been said, the mum poses no risk to her baby so CSC would definitely not fund this.

Just to add, I assume all contact between the baby and it's father is supervised by mum, ie baby isn't left alone with dad at any time. Therefore the risk to the baby in that situation is minimised too.

Very strange why you think my comment regarding a mother and baby unit is funny?
Our local unit accepts mums and babies for a variety of reasons and not just because the mother maybe a risk...
The OP has stated the boyfriend has anger issues and a tendency to smash things, as both mum and baby spend nights with him and his cannabis smoking dad in a freezing flat i would be concerned enough to try and get help.

kerry13238

me or my daughter don't leave him alone with baby. my daughter doesn't comment on it but she lets me take baby for the day but doesn't let him.

they will be hard pushed to find a place i would imagine they are full benefits 16 and 19 and have a dog that she will be taking with her

also what will happen regarding his dads child tax claim the boy is only achieving 61% attendance at college do they check this? will the money have to be paid back?

duchy

If college kick him out for non attendance he'd need to sign on.

It might be that your daughter needs to try living with him to discover that the awfulness of the week living at his Dad's was as much down to him as his Dad. Sometimes we have to let them make their own mistakes. Finding somewhere that will accept such a young couple with a baby on benefits with a dog will likely take a while and every day it takes is a day longer for the penny to drop with your daughter to realize what a loser he is ........and a day longer for him to get fed up with the restrictions that fatherhood brings. Time may very well be your friend.

SnooksNJ

What's the age of consent in the UK?
Since he's so interested in subsidized housing too bad he doesn't live in the US because he would be getting free room and board. Probably about 3-5 years.

kerry13238

my dad is coming to talk to them today and hopefully he will get through.

Podge52

How old is your Daughter?

in post 26 you say under 16 then in post 29 you say she is 16.

grandma247

She needs to read info on abusive relationships. There is info out there. This is just one site I found. Another. She also needs help to build her self respect and parents are best placed to do that. At her age she still needs her parents to stand up for her even if she does not realise it herself but it must be done in a way that does not belittle her or take away her right to make her own decisions.