Sing in the rain

I explained a high level view on the process back in my ' The Process' blog post This post is more focussed on stage three - the matching process (briefly touching on stage four at the end). ** Currently most approved adopters are being matched within 6–12 months, but for some it may take a little longer.  Once you have been approved as suitable to adopt, your social worker will work with the family finding team to identify children whose needs you could meet. Your social worker or family finder look at the profiles of children. You only find out about them when it looks like it’s a good match. I've written about this in 'Searching...'. So what happens after you've expressed interest in someone and they agree to take that forward? Shortlisting  Sometimes the family finder thinks there’s more than one adopter that’s a good match for the child(ren). If that happens, they’ll visit everyone and see what they have to offer the child(ren) through a shortlisting interv...

Timesavers and single parent survival thinking So there's a lot that i've been looking into for how i'd answer questions about what i'd do to help myself as a single parent. So here's a few ideas so far to refer back to, for real life later so i don't forget, and for answering interview questions... - Children's shows in the car the night before - Sort the children's clothes into a tidy pile in the order they need to be put on and the right way around. - Do everything you can the night before, including setting the table - quick and easy food options -do the two kids washing on different days so that they don't get tangled up together - easier to sort out afterwards - Save hours by stopping yourself from asking pointless questions like ' well, where is the other one'  - Precook and freezing meals - Ordering supermarket online  - Couple of Go Bags / Easy play options*     - for when ill     - for in case of emergency * Colouring sets, comics/B...