by 39-admin | Jun 12, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
We got readied for contact. The babies had been fed, changed and dressed as had we. The car was then loaded with babies, bags and other things required for the journey. We got in the car and drove literally 20 yards when my phone rang and it was the Local Authority...
by 39-admin | Jun 7, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
Following on from my last blog regarding starting off in Fostering, you have been through your form F and have been through panel and approved for you required number of children and for the required period, short term, long term or respite. The feeling of...
by 39-admin | Jun 5, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
I was contacted last week by somebody interested in becoming a Foster Carer and wanting to know the process and what is involved. Well, it is a long process and it can also become quite intrusive for some people. You will, initially, be visited by a Social Worker who...
by 39-admin | May 31, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
Mum has been given an extra, extra chance to redeem herself and have some meaningful contact with her babies. A date has been booked for next week and Mum’s request that we do not drop off or collect the babies has been refused by the Social Work Manager. As Foster...
by 39-admin | May 29, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
Mum has been in touch to ask for contact to be renewed but this has been put on hold pending a face to face meeting between her and the Social Worker. Added on to this was Mums request that the children are collected and not brought over by us. This was swiftly...
by 39-admin | May 24, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
So Contact had been stopped for the foreseeable future, a decision that didn’t really upset us that much. The babies being so young they weren’t really affected by the decision and were pretty oblivious to it. The difference in the behaviour of the eldest, who had...
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