Telephone contact with children in Foster Care
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:43 pm
Hello
This is my first post. My cousin has three children in three separate foster homes. One foster carer is excellent and allows my cousin's daughter to speak with her mum every evening before bed. One refuses to answer her telephone and never returns her calls. One has refused telephone contact saying that it upsets the little boy.
The Social worker is fully aware of the situation and always avoids the issue or says nothing then it becomes obvious she has supported the foster carer.
Now my cousin has been told that the foster carer who refuses to return her calls and does not tell the little girl that her mother has been telephoning has got that social worker to agree to one telephone call a week at a fixed time on the same day every week with no flexibility if the time specified is missed.
My cousin is scared to complain as she has complained about another matter. She was nearly ill with stress over it and backed down without any resolution.
My cousin says her social worker keeps changing the rules and they are different according to the placement.
Sadly there is reason for the foster placements but my cousin now feels like walking away because it is too difficult to achieve reasonable telephone contact apart from the one who she is allowed to speak to every evening.
I'll be grateful for your opinions or suggestions as my cousin is so low she wants to give up trying to keep in contact.
Thank you.
Cousinsincare
This is my first post. My cousin has three children in three separate foster homes. One foster carer is excellent and allows my cousin's daughter to speak with her mum every evening before bed. One refuses to answer her telephone and never returns her calls. One has refused telephone contact saying that it upsets the little boy.
The Social worker is fully aware of the situation and always avoids the issue or says nothing then it becomes obvious she has supported the foster carer.
Now my cousin has been told that the foster carer who refuses to return her calls and does not tell the little girl that her mother has been telephoning has got that social worker to agree to one telephone call a week at a fixed time on the same day every week with no flexibility if the time specified is missed.
My cousin is scared to complain as she has complained about another matter. She was nearly ill with stress over it and backed down without any resolution.
My cousin says her social worker keeps changing the rules and they are different according to the placement.
Sadly there is reason for the foster placements but my cousin now feels like walking away because it is too difficult to achieve reasonable telephone contact apart from the one who she is allowed to speak to every evening.
I'll be grateful for your opinions or suggestions as my cousin is so low she wants to give up trying to keep in contact.
Thank you.
Cousinsincare