|
I'm glad to hear you feel a burden to keep these kids together. They will always be siblings no matter what, so it's important to keep them together.
I would email the SW and her supervisor. Specifically ask for a response. If you do not get one, email again.
When is the next court hearing? I would attend this and make your concerns known to the Judge that there should be an attempt to keep the kids together. I don't know if this happens everywhere, but our county's Judge always asks the foster parents if we have anything to add during the court proceedings. Hopefully you are given that opportunity.
Also, do any of the kids see a therapist? Get the therapist on board with this.
Also, I just thought of this, but if you send a letter to the court (DO NOT ADDRESS IT TO THE JUDGE- IT MAY GET THROWN OUT OR RETURNED) and put the child's court file number on it, (and "PLEASE ADD TO COURT'S FILE") it may make it into the court file, then it may get in front of the judge as he reviews the file. Don't make it a long two-page thing, but short and concise. I don't know if this would actually work or not, but it's worth a try.
Bless you for swimming upstream in the system. Sometimes it can be frustrating to not have the "team" concerned about what's best. It really takes the sqeaky wheel to get stuff done- let us know what happens!
Cam
|