AM I A MAD WOMAN

Am i a mad woman for campaigning for hours on the internet to get justice for my children ?

Am i a mad woman for protesting for the same ?

Am i a mad woman for bombarding social services with emails trying to get answers?

Am i a mad woman for getting local press to report on their failings ?

Am i a mad woman for not giving up ?

Social Services seem to think i am despite me not being under any psychiatric services despite me having absolutely no contact whatsoever with my GP for a year.Despite me not being on any form of medication.

They will not increase my contact based on this opinion which is entirely theirs not a psychiatrists or a psychologists.

The actual truth is they are being vexatious because im exposing them and they are using my child as a weapon against me like an abusive ex would !!!

PARENTS TELL WOMAN THEY HAVE SAME PROBLEMS

PARENTS TELL WOMAN THEY HAVE SAME PROBLEMSBacking for mum over files access

By Lyn Grainger

The Stafford mother battling to have access to Social Services files on her children has received nationwide support after telling her story to the Post.

The woman who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been fighting for 18 months to see Staffordshire County council reports on her family which she says are inaccurate and may have affected court proceedings and the access she has to her sons.

Under data protection law she should have been given the information within 40 days.

Earlier this year Stafford’s MP David Kidney joined her fight and said he was “ spitting mad “ after being assured in April she would be given the files.

And now on the Stafford mother’s online blog, parents across the country have backed her call for the reports – and have revealed that many of them are in the same situation.

One local parent wrote ; “I had the same problem with Staffordshire County Council trying to get information.When it was finally sent six months later some of the information had been deleted. I know this as I had original copies of some of the papers.”

And parents from across the country raised concerns about their own local authorities and social services.

One wrote :” This happened to me. In my case they had 40 days to reply but they said that because they shared parental responsibility with me ( which means they are in control )they can decide if I have that information.”

Another commented: “Many years after my daughter was adopted against my wishes I found that a letter sent to Social Services contained a typing error which conveyed the opposite intention to that which had been meant regards my parental abilities. This typing error may have contributed directly to the awful course of events that prevented my having my baby back. I believe it was used to discredit me despite the hospital writing again to correct the mistake “

Alison Stevens, of the campaign group Parents Against Injustice, said the organisation was aware of many cases dragging their heels over information requests.

“ Local Authorities have to send the requested files within 40 days but they are often not following public law guidelines. “

She added “ We have been quite successful, with regards to parents obtaining their social services files, under the data protection act, using a template letter and another letter we have drafted for the Information Commissioner.”

A spokesperson for Staffordshire County Council issued this statement last week : “ The issue of supplying case files extends further than a data protection issue, which would carry a deadline of 40 days.

“ Now we have received advice from the Information Commissioner a meeting will be held imminently to discuss this matter to agree what information she will be provided with.

 

one thing that will never change

I will never stop seeking justice and
> accountability.There are serious failings with my case and
> others.It will take along time to gather evidence and expose
> misconduct, failures in implementing Victoria Climbie
> recommendations,failures to take domestic violence
> seriously,abuse of children within the care system including
> Pindown,Riverside childrens home , Chadswell assessment
> centre, police officer in charge of investigating child
> abuse jailed for child abuse , children being assaulted in
> foster care by a carer , hit over the head with an axe,
> guardians always taking time off sick , misconduct of social
> workers, mothers being persecuted, evidence not being
> submitted to court and reports not written deliberately to
> persecute the mother. All this going on in staffordshire.I
> have loads of research and gather it i have enough
> documented evidence to sink social services and cafcass in
> stafford and as soon as i can expose it i will have very
> good reporter at
> daily mail who wants it.I dont care if you or social
> services dislike me IT SHOULD BE ABOUT BEST INTERESTS OF THE
> CHILD not a case of we dont like jane because she makes
> complaints and reports us to ofsted,lgo,nalgro,Gscc, Mps if
> you all did you job properly and made relevent enquiries
> gathered proof and were professional and open and honest
> SIMPLE FACT IS I WOULDNT HAVE TO after 3 yrs of
> gathering evidence finally im being listened to and the
> corruption is being exposed call in your expert witnesses
> like last time to try and slate me and say im mentally ill
> .I have all the evidence to say im not and all the paperwork
> to expose the corruption and four other local parents to
> back me up that im not on my own.We welcome
> the opening up of family courts and im in talks with local
> journalists opening their eyes to opinion based
> evidence,perjury so called expert witnesses such as dr
> hibbert who comes under fire after final hearing.Rather than
> print all the emails off to present to court to suggest i
> may be near a breakdown like last time which was totally
> wrong and dismissed by dr pilgrim ( real reason was if he
> said i was you could maybe have gotton away with constantly
> fobbing my concerns off ) show the judge this one it sums
> everything up.When i have finished my degree i will be
> making a documentary about all of the above.I fully
> understand the law and would protect my childrens
> confidentiality at all times however i will not be
> protecting the agencies involved in corruption !!!!!
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PLEA FOR INFORMATION ON SONS:MOTHER HITS OUT AT SOCIAL SERVICES

MP JOINS ROW OVER WAIT FOR KEY FILES

Stafford’s MP David Kidney has blasted social services for failing to provide a local mother with files about her children that she claims contain inaccurate information which led to the limited access she has to her sons.
The distraught woman who cannot be named for legal reasons has been waiting for 18 months to see the reports.
And now Mr Kidney has called for an investigation to establish whether staffordshire County Council has breeched the Data Protection Act as it should have handed over the files within 40 days.
The Stafford mother first requested to see all the information Staffordshire County Council held on her children in January 2008.
She told the post she understands the files contain inaccuracies about her which could have affected family court proceedings.
In April this year David Kidney recieved a pledge the files would be released within 40 days after he contacted the authority on her behalf.
” She came to me because she had already been waiting far too long,” he said ” I am spitting mad because the council then wrote to me and said they were going to give her the information and she still does not have it.Some light needs shining on this situation. “
He has written to the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) calling for an investigation into the councils actions.
In April the woman had a partial victory when her claims that the council had failed to respond to an information request and that inaccurate information was held was partially upheld.
However , she has STILL not been given access to the files.
She told the Post: ” Social services expect parents to be open and transparent so i do not think it is unreasonable for parents to expect the same in return.
” All i want is justice and accountability ” The issue of local authorities ” dragging their heals’over information has recently been raised by family campaign groupParents Against Injustice.
Speaking earlier this year Alison Stevens, head of the organisation, said ” Local Authorities have to send the requested files within 40 days but they are often not following public law guidelines.”
A spokesperson for Staffordshire County Council said this week ” The issue of supplying case files concerning ( her ) children extends further than a data protection issue , which would normally carry a deadline of 40 days.
We have recently taken advice from the Information Commissioner , as we have to balence her right of access to information with the childrens best interests and their right to confidentiality.
Now we have recieved the advice from the Information Commissioner, a meeting will be held imminently to discuss this matter to agree what information she will be provided with.”

as reported in Stafford Post Wednesday 27th August 2009

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