Cafcass Bewertungen 

Wrong information put into legal documents. Unable to contact officer. Biassed opinions. Ignored safeguarding concerns.

My experience with Cafcass was unacceptable. Reports contained inaccuracies and clear misrepresentations, which completely undermined trust.
Most concerning, my child was not made to feel safe, supported, or even properly listened to. And full of lies.
For an organisation responsible for protecting children, this is a serious failure.
I have no confidence in CAFCASS.

I am the partner to a parent currently going through proceedings. I was reluctant to speak with Cafcass due to repercussions of false allegations about me and my children (not to my current partner) from the mother of my partners son. Previous false allegations to social care and my children's school. I was assured by the Cafcass officer it would not be recorded in the section 7 report and he would not do anything I was not comfortable with or against my will. I explained that although I understood the importance of the section 7 in safeguarding the child in the middle of ongoing proceedings that by being involved in communication with cafcass it would put my 2 children at risk. The Cafcass officer reassured me no end that it would not be included in the report so I had an open and honest discussion with him thinking me and my children were safe. The section 7 report arrives and not only did he include the conversation, it had its own heading with a full reiteration of our conversation - only not only did he gather information through lies and false pretences, he also recorded it wrong. Our conversation held no weight to the recommendations made, I didn't tell him anything he didn't already know but as a result me and my 2 children are now at risk. Do not believe a word that comes out of their mouth, they are liars, gain information through deceit and then misreport. I now find myself having to put extra measures in place with my childrens school as an organisation put in place to protect children has done the complete opposite. According to their own policy, Cafcass are to inform parties that their information may be recorded in reports, I was told the complete opposite, he even read out what he was going to write in the report to protect my identity but when the report arrived he had lied about this. Cafcass lack integrity and as a result have put 2 children not part of proceedings at risk. Disgusting organisation, not fit for purpose. Formal complaint made and if I have to take this to the Ombudsman I will.

I Was a victim of domestic violence and abuse. My children were witnesses to physical abuse and also put in danger by other parent and none of this was taken into consideration. Now other parents has access to children and the abuse to them and myself continues! Seriously corrupt organisation!

Monster Mum only had to play victim and i already lost, took her word right from the go, wasn’t interested in my side at all. Turned up 3 days before court, rushed the report in taking mums side. Barely a mention of what I’d said to them.
Horrible people, they’re power hungry skum at best .
Gave the narcissistic mum all the back up she wanted
Cafcass are probably atleast half the reason dads commit suicide

If I could give zero stars I would.

Ruined the lives of my children through inaccurate reporting, believing lies on one side and not doing their primary role which is to act in the best interests of children.

This organisation needs to be held to account.

Unfortunately not a good experience as many others have said.
At first I felt listened to however as time went on they continually refused to speak to my son who was old enough to view his thoughts and was already doing so at school however apparently “school reports” aren’t professional enough…. But a Cafcass report who has never met my child, spoken to me once and refused to speak with my child is enough of a professional opinion and unfortunately the courts go along with whatever Cafcass say too.
I will say that the lady who attended court for our first hearing was lovely however still I do not believe they have the children’s best interests at heart and it’s a lot of tick boxes.
I was told by court in the final hearing that Cafcass would be there however contacted Cafcass who said they wouldn’t be there as the case was closed although it was very much on going and I am left with a child who has to face the bad decision made by Cafcass and the court every day and live this while they just carry on messing up someone else’s child lives.
Do I believe they really truly have the child’s best interest at heart….. No.
And unfortunately they don’t class the mental health of my child due to numerous situations that happened at his dad’s house as a safeguarding issue.

Terrible service claiming to have the child’s best interests in Exeter. They do completely the opposite. After coparenting 50/50 for over a year I entered in to a new relationship so contact was stopped. They spoke to me for 10 minutes on the phone then spoke to the mum. They then recommended no contact or indirect so I could send magazines and books! How does that have my sons best interests when he has only ever known his mum and dad on a 50:50 basis. Due to the court process being so slow I then went a year without seeing my son. He was only 2. When he was 3 I finally got to see him in a contact centre where we both burst in to tears with relief. He had not forgotten me because I had such a strong influence on his life. How do they get away with this?? Complaint made but supportive of the staff member without answering my questions and then closed down with no right to appeal.

If I could give less I would! One star is generous.
Contradictions in report, blatant omissions, rushed timelines. Decisions made quickly and then even when presented with contrary evidence instead of being accountable doubling down on backing mistake. My child has lost trust in adults as they failed to listen to his voice. He sobbed “she looked me in the face and lied to me!” It breaks my heart to have to send them back to an abuser whilst we have followed all the rules shown evidence and documented lies but no one cares! I was critiqued for minute details but nothing was even mentioned about me being assaulted infront of kids… how is that fair or just? What person can disregard domestic abuse. If I was still in that relationship and the children said what they said I would be held accountable for not leaving, but leave and safe guard children and I am criticised and forced to send them back! It’s insane. I am sure there are some decent ones but it was not my experience. They were biased, illogical and dismissive of the abusive life we lived, it makes me sick. How can one person who took little time and interest put my children’s well being in to question. I am their safe parent… no one listened!

Disgustingly biased report, believing everything the mother of my children said and nothing of what I said. Fortunately I was granted an independent social worker to provide the family court with a S7 report which was a fantastic representation of the facts. Notably the ISW stated that the mother had no evidence for any of her allegations.

Initial cafcass officer had conflict of issue being that we worked together but she refused to hand over until I put a complaint. Her manager took over. Both officers ignored my reports of voilence and abuse to both myself and children. One minimised it to one occasion (there had been three non fatal strubgulatiobs and one break and enter with a knife being held to my throat in the middle of the night and threat to kill me. A number of death threats have been made. The other officer didn't record any abuse.
They changed what my daughter communicated ignoring that she was saying she didn't want to see her dad and quoting that she wanted to see him. They quoted so many things that they had just made up. They lied to the court and made out I was obstructive to get a special order to force my child with anxiety to see them. They lied about their experience to the judge to make it seem like they are qualified to work with children with anxiety disorders. They lied about what I said. They made no appointment with me to get my views. Their pen marked my new cream carpet and the spilled water over my sofa. They were inappropriate telling me about other clients. They were aggressive when I didn't have a parking permit for them. They had no understanding of domestic abuse or stalking and encouraged the stalking parent to give my daughter a banking card that tracked her spending in real time when ive had a number of non mols for his stalking behaviours. She stole money and only declared it when I reported it. Forced an appointment in the morning my other child had their first a level exam not caring at all for the needs of my it get child. The thing that most stands out is the amount of lies that cafcass officers told, even when witnesses were present.

The officer there sided with my child’s abuser , 4 years later today, my ex is physically assaulting our son and exposing him to porn and indecent adult sexual behaviour and other horrible things ! Shame on you caffcass !!

Carcass are the most useless agency and completely biased against fathers. They deal with things via phone calls and Not face-to-face. They don’t care about fathers they massively buy into the trope of where mothers will always be better than fathers. This whole system is completely corrupt and needs changing urgently there are too many children growing up without their father and too many mothers stripping away the father‘s legal rights through lies and deception and Cafcass our party to that.

This company lie in oath,persicute men. This company should be dissolved they investigate thereselves and tell serious lies against men. THEY SHOULD BE DISSOLVED NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE....

This is an absolutely shocking organisation they don't read any documents at all say they don't have time, make judgements after a 40min phone call that affects people's lives. My son is near suicidal because of them.

Carcass lie on oath in court and get away with it. They are not fit for the purpose.

Nothing but monsters! Pure evil! They destroyed my happy loving life with kids. Because of them and their lies my children are forced to contact with abusive father. Their manipulate, lie and false the evidence. Our cafcass officer still contacts father 3 months after the case still helping him and directing him on hiw to get full custody. thanks to her report all childrens reports of being abused mentally and physically are not taken seriously by any institution. She manipulated school, social care and even my sons therapist. I hope they get shoot down!! this corrupted institutions must disappear for the good of children !!!!!

In my view, the lives of children should not be placed in the hands of staff who treat their role as just a job, focusing only on duties rather than the real-life impact of their decisions and reasoning and/or real circumstances.
There is substantial evidence that children suffer long-term emotional harm when supported by incompetent staff. While this does not apply to everyone, a majority staff rely heavily on theory-based reasoning without considering individual children's circumstances and needs. In such a approach, in a theoretical view, every child may be at risk of harm — even within schools — when rigidness theory-based approaches are applied without practical judgment, the long term harm perhaps can only be view once child starts growing, until then the damage is done. We must have prevention in place, if children's decisions are made, they must also be made to include prevent of long term harm from the institutions and/or analysis of institutional harm.

Nasty, deceitful, lying, biased creatures with one objective - destroy relationships between fathers and their children to justify their existence and keep their incompetent, lazy, two-faced, backstabbing officers in a nice paid homeworking position.

Children
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I've given this a 2 star review for 2 reasons.

RE: Child Arrangements Order application

1) Prior to a First Court Hearing, CAFCASS will contact you so they can carry out the primary Safeguarding Phone Call/Interview to find out about you, your child and make some initial checks. In my experience, the advisor seemed to understand the situation between myself, my ex partner and my child - listened and took note of everything, when I received this letter, it was all nearly exactly word for word from what I said on the phone, so I thank the advisor for that - a true worker.

2) First Court Hearing - this is when a different CAFCASS advisor is supposed to work with both parents to understand, liase and try help the parents to make an agreement before reaching the courtroom. Complete waste of time, the specific advisor was very bias (with the mother), unprofessional and sarcastic. I won't go into too much detail due to safeguarding, confidentiality and security purposes but this advisor happily belittled me and although us (the child's parents) came to an agreement prior to the hearing - they STILL thought an order was relevant, based on what exactly? This advisor seemed to be nothing more than a jobsworth pencil pusher that seems to hate men as I'm aware other father's too have had similar run-ins with this advisor, I don't think they actually care much about safeguarding children at all and would rather make parents suffer a great deal of stress, they DO NOT support families.

All in all, be honest, but don't be too honest as they cannot handle the facts!