Case Notes dated: 16 March 2012
Nicola Slavin
I picked Child up from School and spoke with his foster carer, Trish at their home.
I had been ask by our Legal Team to clarify their position with regard to long-term foster care. Trish said that they would defiantly offer long-term care to Child, but would not consider Adopting him. I ask her why, to which Trish said that she is concerned that in time she may not be able to manage his behaviour in time and she would like to know that if this did happen, then she would like to think that later on another Placement could then be found more appropriate for him.
I ask her to think about Special Guardianship and ask them to get back to me.
However it is clear that at The Meeting on the 12 April 2012, they decided no adoption and no Special Guardianship and only foster care, which could be long-term,
So Trish had been saying he had no problems at home and only School had issues with his behaviour and also that we as Parents had had some problems with his behaviour and so nothing does make sense, as she is saying within Case notes that she wants to continue receiving help and support and so would not want to adopt and is not help and support all we ever ask for as Parents in the first place.
Also long-term foster care and support and possibility that if she couldn’t manage anymore, that then another more appropriate Placement could be found and she would be concerned about adolescence.
So No on 16 March 2012 and No again on 12 April 2012. Only yes to long-term foster care at that time for as long as it suited them.
So at last family member had been put forward and they all had details just before all this in March and then we were called to that Urgent Court Hearing on 21 March 2012.
However we were in fact never, ever told that they had ask the foster carer about adoption and Special Guardian after we got family member put forward.
