Essay On Foster Father

The case manager was able to visit the home of Mrs. Campbell where the child is placed. During the visit, the case manager was able to introduce herself to the foster parents and let them know that she is the new case manger on the case. Upon arrival, the case manager was able to hold the child, though she was sleeping, moments later the child woke up for a brief moment. While watching the interactions between the foster parents and the child, the case manager noticed that they showed affection and care towards the child. The foster parents relayed to the case manager that they received the child when she was four days old and stated that she was very small, since she was born three weeks early. Now, the child is around six months and seems to be quite healthy and progressively gaining weight. The case manager asked the foster parents about the child's sleeping schedule and also the child's doctor visits. The foster parents …show more content…
The foster parent earlier during the day called the mom to discussed plans for unsupervised visits. The foster parent made the case manager aware that the mom comes off two strong and when addressing the visits , the mother of the child needed to call her back since she was working on something important. Both foster parents discussed with the case manager how the mother had previous visits scheduled for the child but never returned phone calls to see the baby and the foster parents had everything set up for the visit to happen. Also, the foster parents stated that the mother of the child has only seen the child once and that the child was sleeping. The foster parents told the case manager that they do not mind co-parenting because they want the mother to be reunited with her child. The case manager addressed the issue with the foster parents and let them know to keep reaching out to the mother and to contact the case manager if there is any