You can always ask! However, in UK family law the court has no power to force the local authority to change the social worker. Think about why you are not getting along. Social workers have a very difficult job to do – and they have to say some unpleasant things to parents. Will it really make any difference if it is someone else? Will they say anything different? If you succeed in getting a new social worker it is another change for your child and this is not necessarily good. At some point we all have to deal with people we don’t like and make it work anyway. Then there is the devil you know argument. The next one might be worse. Get a critical friend and your lawyer to help you think this through. It is never easy hearing someone say your house is in a right state and you don’t look after your children well – especially when you don’t beat them or deliberately mistreat them. But sometimes what you do is just not good enough even with the best will in the world. So check it out with an independent person before you carry on banging that drum.
this is right ,no matter how much i hate what has happened with social services taking the boys into care, no matter how much ive tried to blame my ex boyfriend,knowing ive never abused or beaten my children and knowing im the best person for them to be with at the end of the day i have to accept that as much as i hate to admit it the house was a mess and the conditions we were living in were totally unacceptable .trying to change that and turn it around has been hard on my own but at last i seem to have got some where now lets hoipe i can get my boys back..tanya east
yes u have every legal right to ask to change your social worker i done it but u need to do it the rite way get a complaint form from the council where they work it will tell you how to complain and add in it what u wish to happen is to have a change of social workers and why dont b scared of the power freaks u have more rights than they would like u 2 think there r difrrent levels of complaining it will explain all this in the leaflet its easy to do and worth it theres more revolting ass hole social workers out there than we would like 2 brlive a lot lie or / and twist the truth more intreasted in power and getting brownie points for takeing your kids off u sick power freaks stand up 2 the bully complain copmplain and dont stop standing up to them but oin the rite way then u will ahve the power i did my x social worker told lie after lie and then twisted everything i put in a complaint and won but these evil soacial workers will not stop bullyying u or trying to get there power over u unless u stand up to them they r not the law there nothing u must put in a complaint belive in yourselve and see a soliciiter for support u must dont let it happen i did i won do u know they can b struck off if u put in the effort to complain and take it all the way actully thats what a lot of these idiots desreve i belive a lot of these socail workers go in2 this job 4 one thing only money money and power they get that by snacthing your kids dont trust them they r trained to win your trust and tap in to you dont fall 4 it even if they seem trustworthy there trained to do that 2 find thigs on u evn twist stuff that is there to make it worst MAKEING EVRYTHING IN TO A ABUSE CASE EVEN WHEN ITS NOT complain get a leaflet at your council how to complain and go rite to the end then wacth the cow back down good luck i reaaly feel 4 anyone who has these freaks at there door the goverment need to b putting in some sort of investigations in to these bloody socail workers b 4 they destroy more chrildrens lives
Thank you, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, they will FU*K you over if you do not, they lie and lie, and the naive people out there think there doing a good job, wake up or you will be next. A much smarter person than me said –
Injustice for one is injustice for all……….
My childs social worker has done nothing to help and has caused us nothing but trouble, they was suposed to help with my daughters behaviour but have done nothing and she doesn't explain things to us when she should and she also lies aswell.I asked my solicitor if I could change her but he said I may just end up with someone worse then her but I don't know if u could get any worse than that.she don't seem to like us much,can tell by her attitude and by doing nothing to help and just making things worse says it all really don't ya think.? So I can definitly change the social worker then yes.?
You are very unlikely to be able to get the Sw changed unless you can show in a slam dunk no argument sort of way that they are bang out of order. This is usually not possible. So try a different tack. Could they have a point? About something, if not everything? Are you not getting your point across well? Maybe you need to set up a meeting, involve a solicitor or supportive friend / advocate to make sure you get your point across. Listen to what they are saying the concerns are and see if you can show that they are wrong or get it all sorted. EG – house is a mess – can the family sort it out, ask the SW round to see, take photos showing it is sorted? And think through carefully – what do you want help with? SWs cannot offer much practical support such as a new washing machine – even if it would make all the difference. So what could they help with? if nothing which would help see if family and friends could club together – baby sit, buy a new washing machine etc. Let me know if I could say more
Is there any info u can provide that will help parents 2 fight back especially when there is no justifiation.Is there anyone who can intervene with social work.It seems like the powers that be band together and destroy more lives than they help.
Of course I could, in theory, but would need to know a bit more. Why don’t you ask me some specific questions broken down into sections? EG how do we find a lawyer? how do we deal with allegations that the house is a mess? then I can do much more to contribute. You can send me a private email on the contact me page – then you can tell me a bit more about your own situation,if you wish to.
The difficulty is they tell lies and without ethical education ,the system will become increasingly corrupt.
It is the type of people going into Social work that is the problem, dominant, arrogant, desperate for control and power types. The country needs social workers with a heart.
The *powers need to be with the Police not social workers who are working to targets for forced adoption as the Council’s receive large amounts of cash for each child.