Justice For Sam

Samantha Black (Sam) is a loving mother to two beautiful daughters but one day Sam asked for help by a system that was set up to support people like her but little did Sam know that same system would destroy her life so this is Sam's Story in her own words.

Sam’s Story. I asked social work for help, I was a single mother with no support with a daughter who has Autism and another daughter I needed help with, I admitted I could not cope, my boy friend had just recently died and it made me very unwell, I took amphetamine to help me cope and to block out the pain. I was suffering, I asked social work to help me as I did not want my girls to suffer because I could not give them the proper care I thought they deserved, my girls ended up in care, at that time which I felt it was best, I have been diagnosed with anxiety disorder, panic disorder and manic depression, I was given an assessment by Bernardos a week before my diagnosis.

I was told I had failed the assessment because of my anxiety levels and my kids are going up for adoption, a week before my diagnosis a week before I was put on the correct medication, I was offered no second chances, now I am ready to get my girls home, I have moved in to a new home and started a new life I have found my own support networks, all in the space of a year my boyfriend died my kids were lifted from school and nursery without my consent ripped away from the only parent that ever took care of them, my grandfather passed away which I was distraught about I loved him dearly, and I had a cancer scare and a major operation I am amazed I am still here, I got better and I am fighting to get my children returned the social work have made up so much false allegations about me I intend to clear my name now I have the strength to fight, I love my children with all my heart I know I can be a amazing mother now I am a better and have hundreds of people behind me willing to support me, I will never give up, I was a neglected child my mother didn't understand me because of my mental health she kicked me out at 15 years old because she couldn't understand my behaviour, I swore I would never be like my mother, it broke me growing up thinking no one cared about me, I told my children I would never give up and I have not.

I have till August to get my children returned the are in foster care that's not a permanent carer they don't adopt, I am now ready to get them home mentally and physically, I have a new home waiting and a bedroom ready for them, all I ever wanted was to be a good mother I just need guidance because I grew up with no nurture from my mother, I will do everything in my power to win this, I did everything the social work asked of me and more, they labelled me because of my mental health that is wrong and should not be allowed to happen, they have just made me a stronger person, they tried to break me time and time again well they have failed.

THATS MY STORY, SAD BUT TRUE. I AM A SURVIVOR. NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW.
Samantha Black.