what was life like for you and your family before amy got involved? it was hard, we didn t know where to go for support, to access support. she was going missing regularly, getting into other things like bad crowds and drinking. her education was also starting to fail as well. it put a strain on our marriage, a strain on the siblings and the children. they wanted her to go into care. if not for amy s help, do you think your child would be in care at the moment? i think my child would probably still be in crisis. i think us as a family and the other children would have just broken down. tell me how your family is doing now. amazing. that sibling closeness is coming back again, where they all want to interact with each other, do tiktoks in the bedroom with each other, football in the garden. meeting that family was so moving. something that was probably a bit harder to stomach was the fact that the mum said the siblings wanted the child to be removed from the house. that was hard to hear
there? i ve no idea what happened in there? i ve no idea what happened in the last ten years. that s not what you want and it s not like we come into this role. i’m you want and it s not like we come into this role. into this role. i m feeling shattered into this role. i m feeling shattered after into this role. i m feeling shattered after that - into this role. i m feeling | shattered after that chat. into this role. i m feeling i shattered after that chat. it into this role. i m feeling - shattered after that chat. it was great to see roselyn but even just talking to her for ten great to see roselyn but even just talking to herfor ten minutes, i see how many unanswered issues there are as it pertains to my time in care but it now makes me think that there are so many siblings in the system who are estranged from relatives and they are not getting the support that they need. the more you move, the more you. because you rejust you move, the more you. because you re just letting
we are going to meet. we are going to meet a mum who has had support from us across the services. they were facing a range of issues, the young lady going missing, violent and aggressive in the home, she was at risk of being exploited in the community. we have protected the identity of the mum for the safety of her daughter. what was life like for you and your family before amy got involved? it was hard, we didn t know where to go for support, to access support. she was going missing regularly, getting into other things like bad crowds and drinking. her education was also starting to fail as well. it was a strain on our marriage, a strain on the siblings and the children. they wanted her to go into care. if not for amy s help, do you think your child would be in care at the moment? i think my child would probably still be in crisis. i think us as a family and the other children would have just broken down. tell me how your family is doing now. amazing. that sibling closeness is coming
i had seen how they had managed my sister s situation. sister s situation. is this what led ou then, sister s situation. is this what led you then. to sister s situation. is this what led you then, to then sister s situation. is this what led you then, to then set sister s situation. is this what led you then, to then set up - sister s situation. is this what led you then, to then set up the i sister s situation. is this what led i you then, to then set up the group i ve been spiked, did you want to take some control of the situation? yes, in some ways i started i ve been spiked in a kind of selfish way, because i wanted to find answers for myself. through sharing my story on social media, i realise how many people it was happening to, so i started the platform because when i got spiked, there was not anything online that there was literally an nhs choices page that was it. i wanted to a hub of information, allowing a safe space for people to share their stories and access suppo
amy is one of the practitioners. tell me about this team and the work you re doing. the tell me about this team and the work you re doing- you re doing. the stay together team was an idea you re doing. the stay together team was an idea from you re doing. the stay together team was an idea from the you re doing. the stay together team was an idea from the edge you re doing. the stay together team was an idea from the edge of - you re doing. the stay together team was an idea from the edge of service | was an idea from the edge of service where they are highlighting the children in care and increasing local and identifying that there is a need to work with complex families where children may be at risk of going into the care system. basically helping families before the children are sent into care. to the children are sent into care. in keep those children within their family home. is keep those children within their family home- keep those children within their famil home. ,