My step son (aged 23) has been with me and his natural father since 2000. He was diagnosed age 16, and to be honest we have never had much help from any agency. he has a social worker,, who says there are very limited services where we are, and those services available are aimed at children.
Over the last few years, our boy has got increasingly more and more violent towards us and the home. It took a long time but we finally got a PEP in place which we were informed meant that if he got so out of control again, he would be admitted to the local hospital ward for his own good.
well this last fortnight his behaviour had got more and more controlling and demanding of us, his is the only way, we work together in my retail business, and if I do not do as I am told, He will actually go and close the shop down. Friday was the breaking point, he attacked both myself and his father because my mother had come through to visit us at work (it was my birthday) He was breaking the house up, punching and screaming at us, until my husband managed too sneak out the house and call the police. The police came, we met them on the street as we were out searching for our son, we told them of the PEP and they contacted the ward regarding taking him in. they were told that the only way our son would be admitted was if HE wanted to be admitted, obviously this was not the case, He did not want to be admitted, so they had to leave. I said that we would press charges for the violence if that would get Son the help he needed, but they said they couldnt do it.
What rights do we as parents have, to not be abused in our own home?? The police just said to get a solicitor on to it if he wont leave!
We do not want to cast him out, but we desperately need help.
We are living in the Highlands of Scotand if that makes any difference
