My Family Moments: Boo Boos Galore

Friday, March 21, 2014

Boo Boos Galore

Hate this part of the foster parent gig. Having a toddler boy who runs every chance he gets. If he's not running he's climbing anything or sharing his skills of walking backwards or spinning in circles, conveniently taught by his big brother. He hasn't even mastered the walking with balance piece. It's all setting up the perfect BooBoo! And why is it always on his face? It's because he knows that I love having to pin him down for a picture. Then, I immensely enjoy writing the report of how he hurt himself... when, where and who was there. I have to send it to my Angel's worker along with the picture and if the BooBoo is bad enough then she must write a report and send it to the SW. This immediately pings the Licensing Dept. and we have to hope they don't decide to do a surprise investigation visit. Makes me nervous but my Angel's worker always reminds me that BooBoo's on toddler boys are normal. It is odd though, how the title of Foster Momma changes how I feel about bruises from falling on some blocks. I will say that "Little Man" is a tough little boy. He stumbles, trips and falls like other little ones learning to balance and walk, but he gets right back up. Such a good boy!

It's Friday!
Amy

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"Foster Family" Terminology

SW: Social Worker = This is a professionally trained (at times I feel from a YouTube video) individual who works for any County or private organization. My foster baby will have a SW and I will have a SW who is also known as a CCW. (see below)

CCW: Clinical Case Worker = This is a professionally trained individual, also known as a Social Worker who works for Angel’s Foster Family Network. They are assigned to a maximum of 12 families at one time and lead them through the fostering system. They are our right hand gal. (no males as of yet) This person does all the legal pushing and pulling on our behalf so we can focus solely on loving and caring for our foster babies. I would not and will not ever do my job as a foster mom without these people.

Supervised Visit = The bioparent has rights to see their child no matter the circumstances. Most often the visits begin as 1 to 2 hours, 1 to 2 times a week. An adult that is approved must watch the parent with the child at all times. (sometimes a lot of work and sometimes boring as heck)

Unsupervised Visit = The bioparent has rights to see their child no matter the circumstances before. If they are improving their situation then they will eventually get the right to have visits without supervision. The foster parent must drop off the child at an approved location and pick them up later. Most often the visit is for 2-6 hours 1 to 2 times a week. And these will only increase in length as the situation improves. (super hard for the foster parent to move to this step)

Foster Baby/Child = A child that has been removed from their biological family due to many different reasons affecting the welfare of the child. They are then placed in protective custody under the County and State.