Caravan Break. As soon as our Supervising Social Worker left us on Tuesday, Peter and I packed the car to travel to visit the static caravan of a close friend on a local site. She had insisted that we have an overnight stay there (alone) to have a break from our...
Fostering Blog I was in touch with another foster carer – my friend Janet, (names changed) just after her placement ended on Friday , then a couple of times over the weekend. She described her feelings of disappointment in detail. James had refused to pack his...
BLOG 8 – Covid 19 Lockdown It takes a particular type of person to succeed as a foster carer – you really don’t know if it is for you unless you try. It can certainly be very rewarding, but it isn’t without challenge. I don’t regret the choice we made to pursue...
Pathway Planning Blog. Today Michael ( names changed ) met his new 16+ Local Authority Social Worker (LASW) for the first time. It was a garden visit, so luckily the weather was sunny. Michael isn’t ever keen on having visits from Social Workers, basically because he...
BLOG 6 – Covid 19 Lockdown The Coronavirus Lockdown has given many of us more time to reflect and reconnect. Today I told a relatively close college friend of over 40 years that we have been foster carers for the past 9 years. They confided in me that when we first...
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