A warning NOT to accept any so-called helpfrom the Family Support Worker.
A very good friend of mine in my town went through a terrible ordeal with Social Services after her child broke his leg.
Even though the bone scans and doctors ruled out abuse,
Social Services stayed involved and tried their best to find any reason at all to remove her children.
They told the mom that she needed "respite" and needed a few days away from her children. They asked her to sign a form that would allow her to have this break that they said she really needed. She did not, and found out later that if she had signed that form it would have been actually giving permission to them to remove all her children into government care.
She accepted their 'help' of a house cleaner.
But then the cleaner allowed the Social Worker to enter her home when she was not home, and search throughout her home for any evidence that they could use against her.
Their 'help' is NOT real 'help.'
But what an ordeal for your friend, I sure hope everything worked out for them. That is just terrible.
Just to think that those people would go through someones things is unthinkable. They do things that are illegal to anyone else and get away with it. I was a bit worried myself, because when the 'help' was here and we were all leaving, somehow I didn't manage to turn the key. The woman said: 'No worries, I never lock my door.' I didn't feel comfortable at all that she knew that my door wasn't locked but I had to go to collect my daughter. Lucky for us we have two big dogs who would never allow anyone to just enter, but I got the lock fixed right away after we got back just in case. And then I read this, I think I wasn't overly concerned...Just imagine.
Yes, my friend ended up okay. But she had to stay on her toes. The Social Worker also kept trying really hard to get her to say something bad about her husband, and told her that she should leave her husband. (Even though he is a GREAT guy!)
They simply want to destroy families -- period.
The only thing that the Social Worker found in her house was a messy laundry room that she tried to make her feel badly about.
However, after all of that ordeal she still felt very nervous ... and ended up leaving our province. She did not want to stay in this town anymore after being treated that way. So I lost my good friend that I used to visit with regularly, and my daughter lost her best little friend too.
And yes ... I'm glad that you changed the locks!
I know, they can't be trusted. They didn't ask me if I wanted help, they just appointed her. Only now I heard that it's voluntarily. But she's only here once a week and I'd rather deal with her than the other one to be honest.