Advice in regards to past social care failure

mick192

Good morning 
Hope everyone is well

I'm doing a post for a family member 

When she was 8 she was on child protection
During that time she confided in a social worker that she was being sexually abused 
Being so young she assumed social services would do what they could to help her 
But as time went on and she was taken off child protection and started to live a somewhat normal life 
She always wondered why the police or her parents didn't speak with her 
After many years of living with this trauma 
Social services handed her social records over to her ex husband 
Very silly move 
She did sue them and was compensated for the data breach 
But once she got her records back off him 
She saw that social services didn't even make a big deal of it and basically made it sound like she was just touched 
When showing her records to her parents they were shocked they was never made aware of her abuse by them 
Police or school wasn't even informed 

She is still recovering and receiving help 
But her family support worker as helped her do a complaint about how she was failed 
Her support worker is giving her so much hope on how not only will she justice or answers as to why it was never taken seriously but also told her she will most likely be compensated for this 

But now she had done this complaint she feels like nothing will be done due to it being so long ago 
And they will probably tell her that too much time as passed and she should of done the justice side her self
She is full of more doubt now she is going on this journey 
Than she was before she started this journey for answers and justice 
Can someone give her some hope that this complaint will be taken seriously 
I just feel she has been failed so much by so many 
And its time she got answers for all these failings

Thank you

Tori_Scope

This sounds really awful @mick192, and I can imagine that making the complaint might have brought up some difficult feelings and memories.

I wouldn't be able to say what'll happen as a result of the complaint, or whether she'll be taken seriously. That being said, I obviously hope that they do take her seriously, and that there's a positive outcome!

It's good to hear that she's getting some help from her support worker with this. I'm wondering whether NAPAC may also be able to support her, or give her any advice on this.