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NFCAM believes that foster carers need
ongoing training and support to properly deal with the special problems
that children currently being placed in foster care have. Knowledge and
skills are needed to help these children who have severe problems and
are very demanding.
Children in care have been damaged in ways that affect their behaviour
for years. They are unable to trust, lack a sense a honesty and
responsibility, are sometimes anti social and rude. These children often
lie and play around with the carer’s feelings who sometimes does not
understand that this is coming from the child’s prior experience.
After a lot of rejections they seem to cannot accept that there are
adults they can trust. That there are adults who will love them and be
there for them no matter what. They sometimes jeopardize the security
and stability of the foster family. It is not easy to live with such a
child 24 hours a day.
This is why foster carers need ongoing training and support from
professionals in this field. We make our appeal to Agenzija Appogg to
provide ongoing training and support for us. In fact later this year
during tne month of November NFCAM together with IFCO and Appogg are
organizing a Training Seminar. More information check on website at
www.malta2007.ifco.info
Another appeal we made is to have support 24 hours a day. The support we
have from our social workers is till 5.00pm. Out of their own good will
these social workers give us their mobile numbers but this is definitely
not the way it should be done. To call 179 is just not enough for us and
most of the times urgent things arise during weekends so this is when we
need a social worker on call to meet some of the urgent issues that
arise.
Heidi Farrugia
President
NFCAM
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