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Seasons Greeting from John
As you can see from that glorious picture on
the cover the leaves are falling and it’s
beginning to look a bit autumnal. The heaters
are in the office and arrangements are being made
for Christmas festivities and the Christmas rush
for goodies.
So what’s new from me you are all asking……
It looks as if we are finally starting to harness
technology and one kind carer is working with
me to design and publish a web site. This will
provide an alternative to our Yellow Pages adverts
and enable us to provide more information regarding
the role of foster carers and the initial enquiry
stage.
Continuing on the theme of technology I have
engaged the services of a computer programmer
to design an internal web based information system
that can eventually be extended to carers to access
publications and announcements. As its technology
and they use a different language to you and I
anything can happen but the intent is there.
I was asked the question yesterday how big should
the company grow for it to be too big?
The answer was relatively easy, as this question
was in the founder members minds from day one.
It was always believed that the carer/social worker
relationship was important so the company decided
to limit the number of carers allocated to each
social worker. This hopefully will ensure that
social workers are not over burdened with excessive
workloads, reducing stress and enable good working
relationships with the carers. It was also decided
that I would be easily accessible to staff, prospective
carers and carers alike. To this end size would
not matter! (he says with a smile).
Well, on that note I think I’ve written
enough, so all that remains for me to say is a
sincere thank to you all for your hard work and
efforts in securing quality placements for looked
after children.
Have a Happy Christmas
John |
