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Hi Shef
It's not After Care it's these people, who you have to go to if you were adopted from care.
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/familyconnections.htm
Despite their publicity material I don't think I've ever met quite such a shower of unprofessionalism. And in my business that's surprising most journalists have a lot more integrity than most social workers I've whilst trying to find my family.
From what I have been reading not everyone in the UK has had quite such a good experience of After Care as you seem to have had. A lot is down to the individual SW Helen who I saw when I first went back to Barnardos was very good at her job, her bosses who are still there are not.
Robin
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