tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934655191016661822.post4898613300025843647..comments2023-05-07T09:47:41.527+01:00Comments on A journey into adoption: Chapter 23 – Cross References: Home-study visits continuedAdoptionJourneyBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08595687208169295883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934655191016661822.post-86594292389551899612013-10-04T20:20:07.675+01:002013-10-04T20:20:07.675+01:00Well our references ended up being being my sister...Well our references ended up being being my sister & brother-in-law, T's parents and our great friend. the latter two involved some travel - and T's parents were not originally nominated as a reference I must add - my mother and another friend both gave us written references as well. Still have no idea what anyone wrote or said but apparently our friend was very useful when our SW visited her even if it did cause some issues in other ways (due to safeguarding issue with someone in her vicinity). When my sister was approved first time I chatted to her SW from our family as our Mum was other end of country - then again one of her references was also a great friend of Mum's which probably helped. rhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433093291773020983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934655191016661822.post-34637502699356811792013-10-04T15:28:57.836+01:002013-10-04T15:28:57.836+01:00I love reading your blog and re-living the whole t...I love reading your blog and re-living the whole thing! We had a distance problem as well as my parents live abroad - they had to do the interview over the phone in the end.Rebecca Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323122949121536943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934655191016661822.post-76985420732991323542013-10-04T09:42:25.040+01:002013-10-04T09:42:25.040+01:00I can recall this part of the process clearly. I c...I can recall this part of the process clearly. I can remember watching the clock when I knew our social worker was talking to our friends and family, I couldn't help but think what questions she was asking and what answers they were giving. Our social worker spent about and hour and a half with each of our three referees... a long time in my opinion, what could she be asking that takes that long. lol! Looking forward to reading about the one more big discussion that you had.... Three Pink Diamonds and A Blue Sapphirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251145746422148533noreply@blogger.com