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I'm Linda Roberts
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and I'm a support worker within the
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children's social services team.
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The purpose of my job is to support families,
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I escort children living with foster families
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to see their families.
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Often the families have experienced difficulties
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and the children are not allowed to live with them.
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I started the job occasionally initially
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but I got a taste for the job and now I'm full time.
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Every day in my job is rewarding,
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I enjoy my job.
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If I thought of an aspect that's particularly rewarding
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for example when the court
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allows a child to go back and live with their parents,
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after a period with us and the Edge of Care team,
that is very rewarding.
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People, I feel, tend to think that
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we just escort children to contact meetings
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but the job means much more than that.
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We support the family as a whole
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and we write detailed reports and report back.
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We work very closely with Social Workers.
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Every family is different,
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so we, before we go in to work with a family.
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have to think ahead and act professionally every time
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to ensure fairness to them.
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I would suggest to anyone interested to come and work in care.
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It's rewarding, and no two days are the same.
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