Our insight into trauma.
2020 for us, is what a childhood is like for children in foster care.
I just can’t seem to make my voice loud enough.
I can’t seem to find the right platform, or speaker.
I am constantly searching for something to amplify my voice to the millions.
I have a relentless dull rage flowing through me, gently growing. A rage for children who I believe, are mostly forgotten.
We have looked at the experience of the child, caseworker, and birth parents, and their distinct OOHC journeys and experience with TLSW. Today we will consider the role of the Foster Carer. The integral, foundational role that requires so much of the individual, and can in turn give back so much.
Steadfast. Resilient. Compassionate.
Challenging. Rewarding.
Adjectives synonymous with the identity of the Foster Carer and their journey.
We have looked closely over the last few weeks at TLSW and the effects and benefits of this impactful program in the OOHC sector. We looked first through the eyes of the child, and then through the eyes of the caseworker, and could see so very clearly how positive this program is to their journeys. Today we look through perhaps the hardest lense, and that is through the eyes of the biological parent.
Welcome to our blog mini-series featuring the program Therapeutic Life Story Work. We will be releasing one blog per week over a six-week period to help our audience discover and understand this valuable program.
Find out more how to become a foster carer in the inner west of Sydney
Number One ~ The Benefits
The economic downturn could have a e, because people are more likely to volunteer as carers.
As harsher quarantine measures to combat the COVID-19 outbreak start to take effect across the country, people are becoming more and more physically isolated.
Now, consider if your world wasn’t safe to begin with. This is the reality for Australia’s children in out-of-home care.