Hello,
Me and my husband are in the process of fostering application. We have our medical checks this week, had our DBS, references and initial assessment and have our first skills to foster weekend this friday and sat.
We have two children DD 4.5 and DS 2.5
We will be going for a 0-7 age range and can take two siblings.
Hubby is ex police, was in it for over 20 years, i used to work in a SEN school and a SEN respite centre but now work part time in a pre-school with two SEN children.
We have gone into this with our eyes open, hubby has had to remove countless children in his career with social services, knocking down doors etc and hated that he never knew what happened afterwards in most cases and is really looking forward to being at the other end of the fostering path. I was mentally and emotionally abused by my mum during my childhood, but have not been in contact for 5 years.
Anywho, thats a bit about us. Now that things are becoming more real im starting to dwell on all the negatives. Will it affect my children negatively?Is it right for our family, Is it the right time? All the usual things. I've spoken to lots of foster carers online and face to face as well as reading alot of forums, I did find it noteworthy that many of the foster carers that have positive threads and posts are those who started when their children were young or are fostering now while having young BC.
Its just a big life change i think and its starting to feel real.
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Mummypenny · 30/09/2013 12:34
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