The hymn sheet variety ?
Simply say that this meeting will be recorded , and a friend has taken your pet rottweiler for a walk but is due back soon.
Strange how that hymn sheet soon disappears ?
15 love to you ....
It's often the case of those in some form of authority quote chapter and verse at you just as their sign of superiority ?
No easy answer to the hymn sheet variety , especially if whatever is being quoted is factually correct.
Perhaps one should treat such a meeting the same as " Helping with our enquiries " ... either plead the Fifth or have one's legal representative present ?
For most social workers , pleading the Fifth comes before the usual " Good mourning " greeting ... in case it's the afternoon ?
For any social worker , their first priority is to be employed and put food on the table. Their employer , usually a LA , also have a first priority ... to balance the books and to cut services accordingly.
Put the two priorities together and any bets that 2 + 2 doesn't equal 4 ?
Care Act ? What has that got to do with overriding priorities ?
And don't let anyone tell you any different , it's what in reality is happening for so many.
If they do , tell them to put their money on the table and you will then take legal action ... score so far ?
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As far as " Has auntie made her will ? " .... my immediate reaction would be what's the motive behind the question ?
Hardly a purely out of interest question ... is it ?
If nothing else , your average social worker is very good at fishing ... quite often , not for fish ?
Don't fall head , line and sinker for that one ... some of them out there would put the Gestapo to shame !