A social worker tells how the fostering panel reached its decision
- A few months ago I was part of a fostering panel that had to make adifficult decision about whether to approve a man as a fosterparent.
The man had recently moved in with a female foster carer we had beenworking with for some time. The carer had two children of her own and afoster child. She was experienced and well thought of. But there were anumber of question marks over the man.
A fostering assessment on him raised several issues. His ex-wife wasinterviewed as part of the assessment. She alleged that he was violenttowards her during their marriage. He denied this, but admitted that hewas angry with her after discovering that she was having an affair andsaid the relationship ended after a bitter argument triggered by thisdiscovery.
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