Hi, my husband and I have applied to foster with our LA. I filled the first form in and went to an information evening in July. At that evening they said they aimed for the whole process of applying through to getting approved to take 6 months. So I was hoping for January.
Filled a couple more forms in, as soon as I was sent them, and had someone visiting us at home. Then we got a letter in October saying they hoped it would be 6 months from then.
Since then I have filled in loads of paperwork (family backgrounds, beliefs etc) and our DBS checks have come through. We've also both had medicals. We are booked in for training in January, but I'm not sure what other steps there are before we get to panel? And how close we are to the end of the process.
I just wondered if anyone had any info of what else we can expect. The lady who is dealing with our case is lovely but I don't want her to think we're hassling her so I don't like to ask her too much outside of actual meetings. But at the same time if things aren't happening as quickly as they could be I would like to move things on a bit. I did have an issue in September because I didn't contact anyone over the holidays to see if they'd got a form I'd sent in as I knew various people would be off, but when I did get in touch they had no record of it and it took a while to get things moving again.
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3catsnokids · 31/12/2013 18:05
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