April

- Had a phone call from our social worker on 2nd regarding potential parents for H+2. They were advised of a couple living nearer the children who have just been approved for 3 children aged 6 and under. As they are closer to the children and are more likely to be able to provide a better cultural reflection of their birth family, they have decided to put us (and the other couple) on hold for now until they can meet up with this new couple.
- We have now been advised that they are going to go with the other couple so that's it for those children.
- We are thinking about the other set of children (S+2) and what we can do to progress those. Our social worker has still had no contact from their social workers.
- We have now had contact from S+2's social workers, who is now on holiday for two weeks!
- Social workers from a place called 'N' have a sibling group of three in mind for us. They are carrying out a sibling assessment to see if all three should be adopted together. This assessment will take six or so weeks, so they are very much on the back burner.
- Social workers from a place called 'L' have a sibling group of three who are all under 4! The oldest had suffered an incident at 4 or 6 months, then at 3 and 1 the oldest two were taken into care. The youngest has been in care since birth. As it stands, we are the only couple being looked at - but as we know from bitter experience this means diddly squat!