Get every thing on file from all sources.
The first thing I advise anyone who is embroiled with Social Services is to get everything on file from all sources – Social Services, Health Services, school documentation, doctors’ documentation, credit report, CRB, police reports, the Children’s Database, etc. etc. It is absolutely amazing what is on file about individuals and their families, and how much is often either very wrong or woefully distorted.
Absolutely, I will say it again:
ReplyDeleteDocument, document, document!!!
It is vital to have a paper trail that is well-organized and includes names and dates of all persons and circumstances involved!
YES,don't be fobbed off, under section 7 of the data protection act 1998, you are entitled to all agency files.
ReplyDeleteThey have 40 working days, to comply with your request, if this fails, write to the Information commissioner, based in Cheshire.
Draft letters, can be obtained by e mailing alison.stevens4@tesco.net