Mums Advice

General advice from parent to parent

Our Stories

Social services have bullied and victimized me-Bring my baby home

My 2-year-old son with special needs was removed last week after a desperate fight to keep him at home . All I ask is that you support me in my quest to have Levi returned home immediately . I need  the community, family and friends to work with me in helping make this happen.

 
My little boy Levi is partially non verbal he says 3 words and was making sounds to try to say more. He has mild hearing difficulties but did not allow audiology to complete all the tests as he was fearful of the equipment they put in his ears. 

As a lone mother I always made his health my priority never-failing to meet his needs. 
Social services are saying that he has failed to meet his communication milestones but what they failed to mention was this was the other area he needed to work on and that his gross motor and mobility skills were fine . 

Levi is under pediatric at RBH we were due to be issued a portage worker that would teach me and Levi Makaton sign language to improve our communication through the use of visual cards. We were also recommended a social group by Peads with special needs children so he could meet other young children similar to himself to help improve his confidence . I thought this was a fantastic idea and couldn’t wait for this to begin .

 
Social services have bullied and victimized me . They tried to remove Levi before I had a chance to obtain any legal representation . They FAILED at their countless attempts to remove Levi then maliciously put false information in front of the judge that I hadn’t let in welfare professionals resulting in the third time them succeeding in the removal of Levi .

 
I have frantically been contacting out of hours social services in hope that I would be given updates on my sons wellbeing but had no success.

Dismally Levi’s health is deteriorating at his foster placement he has a cold and by the sounds of It a chest infection 😢The foster carer does not have his medical details and hasn’t taken Levi to the GP . 

The handover did not happen as it should have and the foster carer has no details on Levi’s likes and dislikes, allergies or medical records which is appalling as Levi has special needs . She also does not have his red book or medical notes / letters . 

Local authority should be ashamed of themselves . 

My social worker told me that contact was not happening yesterday then abruptly hung up the phone . 

I still arrived half an hour early and was told I was not allowed to take pictures on my mobile but could use the digital camera they provided . 

The foster carer brought Levi 10 mins late and I was told this could not be made up due to room availability . 

I dressed Levi up in his Halloween costume ghost 👻 and enjoyed cuddles . 

I am really worried about his health as the foster carer wrote that she needed more details on likes and dislikes . I assume he was hungry as he was trying to pick the crumbs out the carpet . 💔 I miss him so much already I can’t wait for our reunion at contact on Thursday . Keep strong little man .

Emotionally I’m breaking down, I’m finding it difficult eating and staying positive . 

I am attending all appointments. 

I went to the GP the other day and had concerning results back on my blood test

My body is struggling to fight with the stress since mine and Levi’s separation . The doctor told me the results were concerning and he hadn’t seen such high levels in my thyroid results . My anxiety is rocketing sky-high and I feel powerless . Me and Levi are being targeted and discriminated daily.

To follow Levi’s fight take a look here https://www.facebook.com/Bring-Home-Levi-Chapman-138208093569708/

 

 

 

Leave a Reply