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Experience shared by Sam Beevers: Contact or family relationships, Complaints handling, Professional conduct, Support or reunification

September 10, 2026

Sam Beevers · Personal experience

Council or local authority

Calderdale council social services west yorkshire

Main issues

  • Contact or family relationships
  • Complaints handling
  • Professional conduct
  • Support or reunification

What happened

Calderdale council social services are the nastiest people ever we gave birth to a baby boy at calderdale royal hospital and then they forced us to get in their car to drive us both to barnsley mother and baby unit for 3 months far from home away from both familes then we had our little dude taken from us saying we couldn't look after him and went onto discriminating me and my fiancee using my mild learning disability and my autisum and my fiancees eupd and ptsd against her and also the word spectrum against me in our adoption case at court and they also used my temper and anger against me and branded me as a shit dad a criminal a thug we are new parents to our little dude and they also pushed both families out of his life for good which they are curroupted and full of currouption me and my fiancee want to help new families and new parents that have or are going through the adoption period we really want to get involved and help out as much as we can

Impact on the family

Really bad

What needs to change

Reunifcation give babys back to every family