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Grandkids in state care.

Grandkids in state care.

My 2 grandsons are in state care and the department unfairly took advantage of me as a person living with mental health in regards to placing children with family. I am the maternal grandfather, raised my daughter on my own with a final order in the Family Courts of WA in 2007. Raised her with no issues untill she became a teenager . Dcp interferes unfairly and places her in a disgusting dive that was one of their other case files, where there was no rules and no school and no hygiene. The department placed her there when she was 14. My daughter was 2 weeks away from completing her year 10 certificate. She never completed year 10 and proceeded to kick in the departments circles of ' dcp children' that she was introduced to. Oh may I add that the police brought my daughter back to me from the department care arrangements. My daughter meets a dcp raised kid who is 20 they have kids are using drugs and I never see them for years. Then the department takes the kids , write me off as an option and court proceeding begin without my knowledge and final orders are handed down. Now for the last 12 months I've been engaging with the department and I get one frisking visit of 1 hour in 12 months!! They are continuing to deny these boys relationship with their family line and over protective Narcissist and have discriminated against me hard and these boys are separated in state care when they should be together, with family . Thank you for listening.

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Re: Grandkids in state care.

hey there @AntiWokeBloke welcome to the forums.

i'm so sorry to hear about your experience with dcp, i can hear how painful and overwhelming this whole process has been for you and your family. you deserve to be heard, and i would really like you to lodge a complaint to them directly so that change can be made:

i can see you care so much for your family and you're doing your best to look out for them. i hope those links can help you get one step closer to receiving better support and care. 💙

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Re: Grandkids in state care.

State intervention in families can be a problem. Sorry you have experienced it in that way. @AntiWokeBloke I have my own experiences, was a kid in care, at one stage. The department can do a lot of over reach and make mistakes…. If only legal aid… were a little more together too…they are extremely talented at sending links…

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