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[quote=Anonymous]I did the courses and planned to foster a teen however by the end of the assessment, we had mutually decided (the case worker and I) that it wouldn't work.

They have a lot of rules that you have to follow. These are to protect you and the teen but it felt restrictive and unnatural in some ways.

They also expected that I would be available at any time for the teen. For example if the school called in the middle of the day due to an issue - I would be expected to be able to be there. For appointments, visits, runnig away etc. You really need a SAHP. They told me it could be 8-10 times some weeks that I have to be available during working hours.

They also told me that the majority of the teens currently awaiting placement had significant substance use issues and therefore theft and taking off at night / not coming home was to be expected. They said there would likely to be police and court involvement.

Overall the commitment was just not feasible and they didn't think my work schedule would be conducive. There were four other families in the course who were also interested in teens and only one ended up making it through the approval process. The one family they accepted were kind of very simple people who just nodded and smiled and didn't ask questions and were very keen to please the assessors / instructors / case managers. [/quote]

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