Unsettling

Today was or monthly home check. It sure as heck didn't put warm fuzzies in my heart & body.  The reorganization kinda freaks me out.   And I guess from what I have heard it will be good for the social workers case load, not exactly sure it is good for the kiddo's entering the system...  An organization will be taking the placement calls, then go between IFS or CSSW. So say a call comes into PSG (group fielding the calls), they look on there list to see if it is IFS's turn or CSSW's turn. Then calls group, the group has 30 minutes to find a match, if they can't the placement goes to the other group. Ok, so my explanation isn't that good, but our cw didn't explain it much better. He made a point to say that it was now competitive. To me, this really doesn't sound like it is good for the kids.

The one thing that made me a little frownier was that he said when talking about putting our license on hold for the month of January because of trip at the end of January, and he said our "team" hasn't had any children in our age range for a few months. Yes that's encouraging.

So it sounds like they are working on the finer details still/now... i don't know exactly. But our guy doesn't know yet which "group" we will be in yet, IFS or CSSW. We are currently with CSSW, and if we change we will have a new worker.  So yeah we are kinda in icky spot. The reason we are being divided into two groups is because IFS got a contract or something to place foster children.  But they have no "people" or a worse term "Available Beds" since they are starting, so CSSW has to share some of their "waiting homes" with IFS

One thing, I am just hoping this may give us a better chance to get a placement of a child, since they will pretty much eliminate the "matching" to some degree. We didn't talk about the thought we are on the wrong track, since it is all changing in the new year.  Although I am pretty nervous on the whole reorganization, I am also cautiously enthusiastic.

Our CW also strongly apologized for the Whole Sprout situation. I reiterated what I have said on here, We just want the best for him, and it seams like current fmom is probably the best situation for him, so I hope all goes well on her side. We were also reminded that if the case doesn't go the way the fmom had hopped we are the first ones they will call for placement.