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0:01 morning J morning B I'm good thank you
0:05 how are you yes everybody good you
0:08 fantastic my name is Gerald Walker and
0:10 I'm a social worker for foster Wales you
0:12 ready for cup up oh I would love one
0:14 thanks a big part of my job is
0:16 supporting Foster carers how was a
0:18 family and my role is to provide
0:21 supervision training give guidance it's
0:24 about the journey and supporting the
0:26 Foster Career and and keeping children
0:27 safe we've been Foster carers for the
0:30 last 24 years over the 24 years we've
0:32 fostered over a 100 children we've had
0:34 lovely photos off for the last well last
0:37 week was night it is a journey and you
0:39 see the child coming in and you you work
0:42 really hard with that child and then
0:44 when you see the outcome it's so
0:46 rewarding oh
0:49 lovely gosh a child's life has been
0:51 improved by coming to you that's the
0:54 best part of being Foster Career I think
0:56 anyone who is considering taking up
0:59 Foster obviously could be a bit daunting
1:01 for you if you've never dealt with
1:03 social workers before at the end of the
1:05 day when you meet a social worker
1:07 somebody like Gerald you realize the
1:08 main priority is just looking after the
1:12 children I never really knew what a
1:15 social worker's role was to be honest
1:17 there's a lot of stigma unfortunately
1:19 about social workers but I can't
1:21 recommend them highly enough oh she's
1:23 not sh no's not at all she absolutely
1:27 left it Gerald has been a massive
1:29 support for for us he's part of the
1:31 family we just love him one of the
1:33 children we cared for was of um mixed
1:36 Heritage and unfortunately we had some
1:39 issues in school with racism I phoned
1:43 Gerald straight away to get some advice
1:46 and his information and knowledge was
1:48 invaluable and I can never thank him
1:50 enough for that i' would like to say
1:52 thank you to all FS seeing those
1:55 children grow reaching their potential
1:57 it is really touching and that is what
2:01 social work is all about for me if
2:04 you're considering being a Foster Career
2:06 there is no age barrier you don't have
2:08 to be married you can be single you can
2:10 be same sex couple you could have a
2:13 disability all these Foster carers have
2:16 got a loving heart they can share that
2:18 love they can share their experience and
2:20 sharing that through the community I
2:22 believe that more people will come
2:23 forward to become Foster CS
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