A Chance to be a Dad


A Chance to be a Dad Nov 2011 I have a daughter who is now 1 year and 5 days old. She was taken into care when she was only a day and a half old, a day and a half before Christmas. She now lives in my dads house, I can see her all the time but my dad is the main carer and I am not allowed to take my daughter out. She has not seen her dad since she was a day and a half old. Social Work took my daughter into care because of allegations against my partner of leud and libidinous practices against 2 children aged 6 and 8 when he was 14 years old, later that year my partner went into care because his father past away and there was nobody who could take him in, while in care several other allegations were made against him of inappropriate touching of female residents and he was accused of accessing inappropriate sites, he later accepted part of the grounds at court, accepting the touching of females and the offences of indecent exposure to one boy aged 6. Social Work refuse to give him any contact as they say he is a high risk to our daughter and would cause her harm. They do not believe I would protect her because initially I believed that he did not do those things he was accused of because he told me he didn’t. He done a risk assessment in 2006 and 2009 it was updated by same person, this assessment said he was of high risk but this assessment was later criticised by professionals, for being wrongly undertaken. He then done another assessment 2011 before he accepted the grounds, which said he was of low likely-hood of re-offending. After he accepted the grounds social work asked for an update of the physiologists position as some of the information had changed and now my partner is undertaking another risk assessment which is due to be completed in february, I am currently pregnant (unplanned) and expecting our second child in early february where he/she will be given to my dads care. Social work initially refused contact saying it was because of my partners violence and aggression, this was only through words not physical violence but now they say he would sexually harm her. I am at a lose end now and no longer know what to do. I stay at my dads most nights now and me and my partner spend few days together. I just want him to get the chance to be a dad to our daughter instead of being labelled because of historic problems associated with his childhood.
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