What do you do when a Criminal Records Bureau check shows some worrying information about otherwise suitable family members who are applying to foster four young children?
A children's guardian explains how she hopes to intervene to ensure the couple can continue caring for the children
I am working on a difficult case involving four siblings - two very young children and two school-age children - who have been placed with their aunt and uncle because their mother and father are heroin addicts.
The children have been living with their aunt and uncle for more than a year now and the couple are currently going through a fostering assessment with the local authority to be able to provide long-term care.
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