We had arranged a pre approval visit with a social worker for the 18th July, it was after I put down the phone that I realised that I'd be free the following week. I phoned to rearrange and the lady was extremely concerned that the date was convenient for us. There are new targets in place to make sure that people get the appointments that are suitable for them.
I spent a couple of days panicking about the visit and making sure that the house was immaculate and I knew she would want a tour. We talked about everything, excluding our own birth stories. How we met, our childhoods and families, why we want to adopt and our experiences with children. For me the most interesting question was whether or not we had experienced trauma in our lives. While we have been luck enough to have survived our respective childhoods, I was keen to stress that I had suffered my own traumas. As a forces child, every couple of years I would leave the friends and routines that I has come to know and love, pick up sticks and move to another town or country. I know this doesn't compare to a bereavement but the SW was keen to highlight that I would have an empathy with children who were leaving their homes and family.
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