I said yes

I talked to the case worker yesterday.  Yes, she called me back.  This could be the start of something big I tell ya!  I'm hoping that she is one of the rare case workers that tries to stay in the same lane as her cases and not on another road altogether.

As an aside, I do really admire the case workers.  They are underpaid, overworked and they always have someone pissed off at them about something.  There is a reason why I never went back to school and got my MSW.  I was thinking seriously about it before I spent 3 years as a CASA.  I realized that as much as I wanted to work with kids (particularly those in foster care), I would lose my ever lovin' mind if I went to work for The Department of Such Matters.

I got some more info from Case Worker (CW) about the kids.  They are the oldest of five and have been in care for a few months now.  Their three youngest siblings are in another home and they haven't seen them very often since they were removed from care.  That is one of the goals of moving them is that they would get more sibling contact.  The Department of Such Matters doesn't have the resources to arrange sibling visits as well as parent/child visits, so that falls onto the foster parents shoulders.  I am okay with this and the provider for the younger sibs is on board for getting the kids together as well.

There still isn't a ton of info about the kids.  By all accounts they are doing fairly well and are behaving appropriately for their ages.  The oldest one is in love with Justin Beiber (oh, joy!) and the youngest is a big fan of Dora the Explorer (Oh.Dear.Lord.  I'll take The Beibs over squeaky Dora and her creepy backpack.)  They are of mixed opinions on school.  The oldest is very - meh, about the whole idea.  The youngest is excited about starting 1st grade in the fall.

I talk to the CW again tomorrow.   She had to talk to her staffing team, the kids attorney and any other powers that be on the case.  We are hoping to set up an in person meeting with her, the kids and me in the next week and then develop a timeline for placement.

I can't believe this is happening so fast.  Or quite frankly that this is happening at all.  It's very surreal.