When does social services pay you visit if you've been reported

gizmo111

burtons said:

Rambosmum said:

If you are worried a referral has been made, just call them. They'll tell you.  

The only thing I'm worried about if we have a visit is the state of the house as we're decorating every room and while we decorate my 10 year old's daughter bedroom she's sleeping in our room.  The person that's threatening to phone social services is my girlfriends mother for not allowing our 13 years old go and visit her for three weeks. I guess social services won't do anything about he not visiting but what's worrying me is what things can she make up.

I wouldn't worry about the house.
At the point she calls she will be told this is a private law matter and to take legal advice - highly unlikely they will even contact you. If she does make further allegations then that is the time to discuss them with the social worker if contacted.

diggingdude

As a former child protection social worker (moved to fostering now), I wouldn't worry too much. Firstly for any referral to get through to a social worker it would be fairly serious as our thresholds are now fairly high. You might get a visit off a family support worker/early help team depending on the area.
If it gets through to a duty and assessment social worker they will make contact and come out. It should be fairly obvious quite quickly whether it's a melicious referral or not. Social worker will have a chat, a look round the house and speak to a 13 year old. If everything checks out I doubt it will go any further 

burtons

diggingdude said:

As a former child protection social worker (moved to fostering now), I wouldn't worry too much. Firstly for any referral to get through to a social worker it would be fairly serious as our thresholds are now fairly high. You might get a visit off a family support worker/early help team depending on the area.
If it gets through to a duty and assessment social worker they will make contact and come out. It should be fairly obvious quite quickly whether it's a melicious referral or not. Social worker will have a chat, a look round the house and speak to a 13 year old. If everything checks out I doubt it will go any further 

We had a phone call today from social services saying my girlfriends mother phoned them to say she haven't seen her for 4 weeks and when she's gone past she's seen my daughter in the window crying and the neighbours have told her she's always crying in the window. So what can we do as we are waiting for another call as the woman had to speak to her boss.

Comms69

burtons said:

diggingdude said:

As a former child protection social worker (moved to fostering now), I wouldn't worry too much. Firstly for any referral to get through to a social worker it would be fairly serious as our thresholds are now fairly high. You might get a visit off a family support worker/early help team depending on the area.
If it gets through to a duty and assessment social worker they will make contact and come out. It should be fairly obvious quite quickly whether it's a melicious referral or not. Social worker will have a chat, a look round the house and speak to a 13 year old. If everything checks out I doubt it will go any further 

We had a phone call today from social services saying my girlfriends mother phoned them to say she haven't seen her for 4 weeks and when she's gone past she's seen my daughter in the window crying and the neighbours have told her she's always crying in the window. So what can we do as we are waiting for another call as the woman had to speak to her boss.

None of that is anything social services would be concerned about, perhaps beyond a phone call to check she's ok. 

She's an adult, and assuming she has capacity, she can do as she wishes.

gizmo111

Comms69 said:

burtons said:

diggingdude said:

As a former child protection social worker (moved to fostering now), I wouldn't worry too much. Firstly for any referral to get through to a social worker it would be fairly serious as our thresholds are now fairly high. You might get a visit off a family support worker/early help team depending on the area.
If it gets through to a duty and assessment social worker they will make contact and come out. It should be fairly obvious quite quickly whether it's a melicious referral or not. Social worker will have a chat, a look round the house and speak to a 13 year old. If everything checks out I doubt it will go any further 

We had a phone call today from social services saying my girlfriends mother phoned them to say she haven't seen her for 4 weeks and when she's gone past she's seen my daughter in the window crying and the neighbours have told her she's always crying in the window. So what can we do as we are waiting for another call as the woman had to speak to her boss.

None of that is anything social services would be concerned about, perhaps beyond a phone call to check she's ok. 

She's an adult, and assuming she has capacity, she can do as she wishes.

They will most likely do a welfare check as this could be a sign of domestic abuse, but it is likely to be limited to agency checks - ie checking with schools if they have any concerns, if they have seen your girlfriend etc.

Comms69

gizmo111 said:

Comms69 said:

burtons said:

diggingdude said:

As a former child protection social worker (moved to fostering now), I wouldn't worry too much. Firstly for any referral to get through to a social worker it would be fairly serious as our thresholds are now fairly high. You might get a visit off a family support worker/early help team depending on the area.
If it gets through to a duty and assessment social worker they will make contact and come out. It should be fairly obvious quite quickly whether it's a melicious referral or not. Social worker will have a chat, a look round the house and speak to a 13 year old. If everything checks out I doubt it will go any further 

We had a phone call today from social services saying my girlfriends mother phoned them to say she haven't seen her for 4 weeks and when she's gone past she's seen my daughter in the window crying and the neighbours have told her she's always crying in the window. So what can we do as we are waiting for another call as the woman had to speak to her boss.

None of that is anything social services would be concerned about, perhaps beyond a phone call to check she's ok. 

She's an adult, and assuming she has capacity, she can do as she wishes.

They will most likely do a welfare check as this could be a sign of domestic abuse, but it is likely to be limited to agency checks - ie checking with schools if they have any concerns, if they have seen your girlfriend etc.

Potentially, but if i was her and found out about this, i'd be livid. 

Then again i think the state oversteps the boundaries on a daily basis, so...

burtons

gizmo111 said:

Comms69 said:

burtons said:

diggingdude said:

As a former child protection social worker (moved to fostering now), I wouldn't worry too much. Firstly for any referral to get through to a social worker it would be fairly serious as our thresholds are now fairly high. You might get a visit off a family support worker/early help team depending on the area.
If it gets through to a duty and assessment social worker they will make contact and come out. It should be fairly obvious quite quickly whether it's a melicious referral or not. Social worker will have a chat, a look round the house and speak to a 13 year old. If everything checks out I doubt it will go any further 

We had a phone call today from social services saying my girlfriends mother phoned them to say she haven't seen her for 4 weeks and when she's gone past she's seen my daughter in the window crying and the neighbours have told her she's always crying in the window. So what can we do as we are waiting for another call as the woman had to speak to her boss.

None of that is anything social services would be concerned about, perhaps beyond a phone call to check she's ok. 

She's an adult, and assuming she has capacity, she can do as she wishes.

They will most likely do a welfare check as this could be a sign of domestic abuse, but it is likely to be limited to agency checks - ie checking with schools if they have any concerns, if they have seen your girlfriend etc.

My girlfriend phoned back social service and they said my daughter is always screaming in the window and she had a black eye so now we got to wait for a phone call.

Comms69

burtons said:

gizmo111 said:

Comms69 said:

burtons said:

diggingdude said:

As a former child protection social worker (moved to fostering now), I wouldn't worry too much. Firstly for any referral to get through to a social worker it would be fairly serious as our thresholds are now fairly high. You might get a visit off a family support worker/early help team depending on the area.
If it gets through to a duty and assessment social worker they will make contact and come out. It should be fairly obvious quite quickly whether it's a melicious referral or not. Social worker will have a chat, a look round the house and speak to a 13 year old. If everything checks out I doubt it will go any further 

We had a phone call today from social services saying my girlfriends mother phoned them to say she haven't seen her for 4 weeks and when she's gone past she's seen my daughter in the window crying and the neighbours have told her she's always crying in the window. So what can we do as we are waiting for another call as the woman had to speak to her boss.

None of that is anything social services would be concerned about, perhaps beyond a phone call to check she's ok. 

She's an adult, and assuming she has capacity, she can do as she wishes.

They will most likely do a welfare check as this could be a sign of domestic abuse, but it is likely to be limited to agency checks - ie checking with schools if they have any concerns, if they have seen your girlfriend etc.

My girlfriend phoned back social service and they said my daughter is always screaming in the window and she had a black eye so now we got to wait for a phone call.

And you corrected them obviously? 

And you've also messaged the MIL and told her in no uncertain terms, she's not welcome at your property, and you will be reporting her for harassment if she turns up again?

ZaSa1418

burtons said:

gizmo111 said:

Comms69 said:

burtons said:

diggingdude said:

As a former child protection social worker (moved to fostering now), I wouldn't worry too much. Firstly for any referral to get through to a social worker it would be fairly serious as our thresholds are now fairly high. You might get a visit off a family support worker/early help team depending on the area.
If it gets through to a duty and assessment social worker they will make contact and come out. It should be fairly obvious quite quickly whether it's a melicious referral or not. Social worker will have a chat, a look round the house and speak to a 13 year old. If everything checks out I doubt it will go any further 

We had a phone call today from social services saying my girlfriends mother phoned them to say she haven't seen her for 4 weeks and when she's gone past she's seen my daughter in the window crying and the neighbours have told her she's always crying in the window. So what can we do as we are waiting for another call as the woman had to speak to her boss.

None of that is anything social services would be concerned about, perhaps beyond a phone call to check she's ok. 

She's an adult, and assuming she has capacity, she can do as she wishes.

They will most likely do a welfare check as this could be a sign of domestic abuse, but it is likely to be limited to agency checks - ie checking with schools if they have any concerns, if they have seen your girlfriend etc.

My girlfriend phoned back social service and they said my daughter is always screaming in the window and she had a black eye so now we got to wait for a phone call.

What has your gf said about this? If they were super worried they would have just shown up at your door rather than call so hopefully they think it's all bs 

Barny1979

Comms69 said:

She's an adult, and assuming she has capacity, she can do as she wishes.

Adult at 13 years old?