Children's social services

Summary

If you or your child is involved with children's services you may feel confused or scared. You may be worried about what could happen. We created guides for Roma families on child protection but the information in them is also relevant for any other parents living in England who are contacted by children's services about their children. We developed resources specifically for Roma parents because of the increase in the number of Roma children being taken into care by local authorities in England. We always work in partnership with Roma organisations. Getting free one-to-one advice about benefits is hard. All advice services are extremely busy. We are here to help everyone who cannot get in at an advice service and cannot afford to pay for legal help. We give you the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need to deal with the issue yourself, or with the help of friends or family. If you need more help than you can get from our advice guides and self-help tools, we explain how to try to find advice.

Key information

• •If you or your child is involved with children's services you may feel confused or scared. You may be worried about what could happen.
• •We created guides for Roma families on child protection but the information in them is also relevant for any other parents living in England who are contacted by children's services about their children.
• •We developed resources specifically for Roma parents because of the increase in the number of Roma children being taken into care by local authorities in England. We always work in partnership with Roma organisations.
• •Video Our resources for Roma parents Videos and guides made for and with Roma parents  Information What to expect when working with social workers How to work with social workers and what to do about common problems faced by Roma parents  Information Child protection for Roma parents Understand the different ways children’s services can become involved with your family, and the best way for you to respond. 
• •Chosen for you Adoption Understand rights on issues around adoption. Includes the rights of birth parents and adoptive parents, and the child's rights to information about their birth parents.  Chosen for you Child abuse and neglect Learn about children's rights to protection against assault, sexual abuse and neglect.  Chosen for you Child protection Learn about the child protection process, when children's services investigate the safety and care of a child.  Chosen for you Fostering and kinship care Find out about fostering a child, or stepping up to raise a child you already know through kinship care.  Chosen for you Local authority care Understand how a child comes to be placed in the care of children's services. Includes the rights of the child, and of families. 
• •Getting free one-to-one advice about benefits is hard. All advice services are extremely busy. We are here to help everyone who cannot get in at an advice service and cannot afford to pay for legal help.
• •We give you the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need to deal with the issue yourself, or with the help of friends or family. If you need more help than you can get from our advice guides and self-help tools, we explain how to try to find advice.

Practical guidance

• •Source: [Children's social services](https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/family-and-children/childrens-social-services)

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