How Does Someone Go About Getting In Contact With A Social Worker

[sandyRoe]

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[woofgang]

Phone your local council (county council) and ask to speak to one. You can also look on your council's website, most of them will have the info there including contact details.

[anneasquith]

sandy, there should be a social work office in many towns, check the phone book, and ask to speak to the duty social worker , give them your details/reason for contacting them and they should advise you what department you require.

[sandyRoe]

My sister, who hasn't been well for some time(very anxious and wouldn't be left alone) has started to accuse me of stealing her things. The stress of looking after her was bad enough but I think this is the final straw.
If I don't get a social worker to help me with her somebody will need to get one for me.

[anneasquith]

you require advice from gp/social worker from care of the elderly. age uk may also give you some advice. good luck.

[beejay1124]

Sandy - give your local citizens advice a ring(they are v good nowadays) they will put you in the right direction

[pixie373]

Is the GP helping her with the anxiety?

[Tilly2]

Sandy, is your sister elderly? Our local council has an Older People's team. They are social workers who are trained to deal with the elderly. Try the council.

[murraymints]

I would go through GP ...they are afforded more credibility and treated more importantly and urgently than if you make an approach yourself..

[cupid04]

I don't know the answer sandyRoe, but I hope you and your sister get the help you need. All the best. cupid04. xx

[mazie]

Start with your GP sandy. Good luck with it x

[woofgang]

oh Sandy so sorry to hear that. Whichever route you go, you should get fairly fast action as she qualifies as a vulnerable person. Let us know how you get on?

[KARL]

Going by my neighbour's experience there is a sure-fire formula: Criticise a nursing home's treatment of a parent. What will then follow is the home's management colluding with the attached social-worker-and-manager to ban you from visiting either of your parents at the home (at £7000 per month). Following on from that, the social worker's manager will put your (different) area's social workers up to contacting your children's school and also visiting you and your spouse to check up on reports that you are a danger to your children.

If you are as lucky as he, your area's social workers will see the truth of the matter and walk away with a promise never to return. But you will have had the dubious pleasure of direct contact with a social worker (why would you want that ?).

You think I made this up - I didn't. It is the very sad truth. But more awful even than the story is the fact that there seems to be absolutely nothing he can do about it (he has looked and tried). Wonderful country, isn't it ? Proud of it, isn't everyone ?

[woofgang]

KARL it sounds like you had a terrible experience. It doesn't mean that everyone gets the same experience. The majority of people do get the help they need.

[saxy_jag]

Woofgang has given you the best advice. You will need to contact the council for where your sister lives. You'll probably be put through to the duty desk and will either be able to speak to a social worker immediately, or one will call you back as soon as they can.

[Kassee]

Your sister might be suffering from the early signs of Alzheimer's. My mum was like that, very very worried and anxious about everything, and then accusing people of doing various things, stealing being one of them, but at other times she was her old self. Very sad.