Where do i start....
Family services contacted me to take on a single mum and her child on a shift rota. I had room and agreed to do it sayign it would have to be a minimum number of hours per week. The parent is young and visited her child was lovely settled well on the visit. went thru paper work etc and we agreed to colelct paperwork this morning. So i drove to the address and OMG she openned the front door and shocked would not even cover what i saw.
The child was clean but the house was a s tip, the floor was heavily stained with allsorts crayon marks everywhere, plates stacked on the floor with dried food clearly been there for days. Rubbish scattered amongst belongings of pants, bags, dirty clothes fag packets total dump site. She was clearly ashamed but made no effort to pick up the dirty plates. the kitchen was awfull dirty plates cups mouldy food you name it it was there.
Anyway she wanted the child to visit again and i suggested i take the child back to mine with her for an hour. whilst at mine it transpires the child is on the risk register and known to social services. they rang her whilst she was with me and she wanted me to talk to them so i did. they asked me about the child and i told them what i saw with teh consent from the parent who in my opinion is crying out for someone to help her.
I made it clear that i would still be happy to care for the child and was willing to work with other agencies for the best interest of the child but i felt the parent needed support NOW and that they should visit her home asap.
I took the parent home and agreed to collect the child again on friday, since that i wondered what i should do about what i saw, and what action i took so i typed everything out of what happened times etc and who i spoke to.
Have i done enough to cover myself ?
Where should i keep this 3 page evidence ?
any suggestions please as i have only been registered 2 months and what a start.
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