Being a referee

[toastedbeagle]

Hope no-one minds me posting but have been asked by some friends to be a referee for them as they are hoping to adopt. Happy to do so but just wondered if anyone can give me an idea of what they might ask?

[MintyLizzy9]

Hi. My referees received a questionnaire mainly covering things such as how long they knew me, did they trust me with kids, how did I behave around kids, any reasons they didn't think I would be suitable, how do I handle stress etc etc. this was then followed up with a visit from the social worker for a very informal chat about the answers they had given in the questionnaire. All my refs were so nervous but said that it really did just feel like a chat and not an interrogation

[toastedbeagle]

Thanks

[tldr]

There's loads of threads about this. Try an AS looking for reference or referee.

This was a useful one: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/adoptions/2124761-Being-a-referee-for-would-be-adopters