Child protection experts will meet couple to see if their twins are at risk

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Kate and Gerry McCann are to be questioned by social workers about the welfare of their twins, Sean and Amelie, at a face-to-face meeting later this week, The Times has learnt.
The request from Leicester Social Services comes as the Portuguese prosecutor begins to review the case files against the McCanns, raising the prospect that he will order their return to the Algarve to face charges of killing their daughter.
Social workers and police in Leicester held a meeting yesterday to be briefed on the allegations against Mr and Mrs McCann and to discuss the children’s future.
Child protection experts will now meet the couple to assess whether the twins are at risk. Child welfare experts told The Times that involvement by social services was inevitable and did not mean that the children would be taken into care.
If the alleged offence had taken place in Britain, police would share all evidence with social services to help them to make a decision on whether other children were at risk. In this case, it is uncertain how much evidence has been shared with Leicestershire police by the authorities in Portugal that could be passed on to the social workers. The meeting with social services is part of an initial assessment on whether the children are at risk. If it is decided that they are not, the matter will not go any further.
However, a decision could be taken that a further detailed assessment, known as a “core assessment”, needs to be made. If that goes ahead other agencies such as the GP, the local hospital and police, would be involved. All this is standard procedure.
If there was any suspicion of imminent danger, social workers could move very quickly to remove a child from its home or require a parent to leave the family home. Social workers in this case have decided there is no immediate threat.