MsAnais
Verified Clinical Psychologist (AU)
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Hi all! :seeya:
Have been avoiding the thread as I just find it so sad when a little one is missing....but then I started reading and can't keep my mouth shut, so I'm in.
I used to work as a psychologist for FCS - and indeed close family members can be foster carers if the parents are unable to care for the child. The system actually prefers that as they try to keep families together if possible.
And I think it's highly unusual that FCS would be involved in every missing children's case.....they are so desperately under-resourced - there is such a battle to get children in serious danger looked at on a daily basis - that they wouldn't just get involved in this case as part of 'standard operating procedure'. But that's MOO, of course.
Have been avoiding the thread as I just find it so sad when a little one is missing....but then I started reading and can't keep my mouth shut, so I'm in.
I used to work as a psychologist for FCS - and indeed close family members can be foster carers if the parents are unable to care for the child. The system actually prefers that as they try to keep families together if possible.
And I think it's highly unusual that FCS would be involved in every missing children's case.....they are so desperately under-resourced - there is such a battle to get children in serious danger looked at on a daily basis - that they wouldn't just get involved in this case as part of 'standard operating procedure'. But that's MOO, of course.