First assessment

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My great niece is due to enter the world on Friday,

Myself and my wife offered to foster her as her parents are not able to. We did the telephone assessment answered the questions.

We have been rejected due to concerns about my step-son. Basically when he was about ten he was questioned by police in relation to an allegation by my niece (not the babies mum) that he sexually assaulted her. He was never charged with any crime and was cleared and even provided his clothes as evidence to prove he did not do this. Years later now at 21 they have brought this up. We did not mention it because actually we had forgot about it as it was something that was cleared up years ago. They have also mentioned that we reported him having mental health issues when he was younger as he struggled at school. Now he is 21 and works full-time and I have no idea why this is an issue now especially as he would never be alone with baby anyway as he always worked and has told us he is happy for us to offer this baby a chance of having loving parents but he doesn't want to get actively involved himself. I don't get how things when he was a young child over 10 years ago is affecting application now.