Hi all,
The adoption order has just been granted for our LO. It has been delayed a long time due to various delays and then covid. We had calls the same day from our SW and hers saying congratulations and we’d be discharged now. A life story book will be sent through, but there will be a delay, the admin team are doing a deep dive as the photos of birth mum taken during contact to put in life story are missing as the person who took them has left.
I’m so concerned about her life story and that she’s being dropped now she’s adopted officially with no more effort to go in.
We don’t know who her father is which can’t be helped obviously. Her mum has not been in touch with SS and they haven’t tried to contact her to set up letterbox. We know she has a sister living with a grandparent who we would like letterbox contact with and have continuously pushed for this but SW has not been able to set this up. They know the address, phone number etc but I feel haven’t tried very hard to contact. We have the address of the grandparent, would anyone else write to them or is that ridiculous?? They were assessed 2yrs ago to look after her, they were turned down and opted not to tell the sister then as they knew LO was likely to be adopted and weren’t sure how to explain that. Since then they have not been informed that she’s no longer in foster care and has been adopted or that they could have letter contact.
We have NO letterbox arrangements and NO photos of birth mum or sister, grandparents or any other family. There’s almost nothing to tell her and nothing to show her if they don’t find these photos. Does anyone have any advice of how to advocate for her now and also respond in future to her with such little info?
Thanks in advance xx
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ItsNotTimeToWorryYetScout · 17/08/2020 23:23
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