Mikey McCormick's parents say that the teenager has been left without a support package in place since finishing school more than a month ago and fear his social skills will suffer as a result.
The parents of a teenage boy with Down's Syndrome say he is being 'failed by the system' after being left with no support since finishing school over a month ago.
"The packages still haven't been put into place despite us meeting with social workers in January to discuss plans for him moving into adult services." "For his other package, we were told just days before that he was coming up to this last session. From Mikey's school, there are around seven or eight who have all left school so they're in a similar position."The only respite he has until October is the after-school club when the schools go back in August. Other than that there's nothing in place. It's not for a lack of funding from social work, the social care system is crippled and on its knees.
"When he was at school we got a bit of rest and my oldest daughter has been helping by watching him for spells. She's hopefully going to uni soon so I'll have to drop my commitments to look after Mikey
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