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I think it depends how long its been my rule of thumb is about 3 weeks Somthing like Hi .......hope all is well really enjoyed prep group yada yada just wondering if there is any news regarding homestudy so we can put request in for leave as soon as possible.Its what i would put i sure others will have more ideas

hi. thank you for your advice. if thats Ok I will use your email response tomorrow morning. really appreciate it, G

Hi Gerbertus,When we stepped on to the pathway for adoption we were in a similar situation.I think something to consider is the holiday season, as half our LA appear to be somewhere sunny at the moment.However, a phone call can not hurt; I left it a couple of weeks and then made a friendly call just asking if 'there was anything I could be doing' whilst waiting. Hope this helps.Yellow x

hi yellowyes you are right about holiday season. I think I will learn the skill of waiting in this adoption process......I think the new 2 part system also has SW confused. not sure how they can meet 4 months to panel target as 1 month has gone already. am I correct in thinking that the clock starts ticking for LA from the time you submit application? G

I think were kidding ourselves thre is no skill in waiting actually i think its slighty crule and un professional I think we all kid ourselfs that i will stand it in good sted as a parent i have a teenage child and it dose not There is not a school event or hospital appointemnt that i havent have pripor notice for with excact dates well in advance even birthday parties you are usually given good notice so i aafraid its somthing sw say to make us feel better Dealing with ss is pretty much the only people i have ever delt with that have been so disorgnized Its simplle really thaey can make us wait for how long they like not return our calls and not even akowldge our emails messages and then expect them to meet up with them at a moments noticeBecause they can in any other fiield this behaviour would be highy frowned upon and unprofessional We will take the waiting because there is nothing else we can do we cant comaplin and even if you did and one there is no legal mechanism to force the LA/VA to keep you on

Sorry just having a rant just been sent my chronology form to fill out again for the 3rd time because its been lost again and i am due at panel in a few days gurrrr

Isn't it eight months to panel under the guidelines? Four months would be virtually impossible given paperwork has to be submitted a month in advance in our LA!

Personally I have found a quick call can't hurt in fact I personally think it shows how keen you are!I'd say maybe hold off if you had rung a few times but sometimes I have found a little nudge gets them on their wayPersonally when I have rung up it has been..."Really sorry to bother you but here is where we are up to ad who we are, I was just wondering if you could give me any idea how long we can expect to wait until we are assigned a sw for homestudy" we understand how busy you are but just to give us an idea"Always been well received by our LA and in fact they have even passed us straight onto sw to organize when we called! Good luckButtercup x

good evening allfishwife - I fully understand your rant. agree with what you say.kstar - yes the new 2 stage system is 4 months for second stage. first stage is 2 months phone call to intro etc and second stage is 4 months from application to panel. thats using the new par form. well thats the plan in theory....I have had a very polite and organised email from SW apologising for delay. hope to get call back in couple of weeks. but no way are they going to meet the planned time line.any ideas on what to do in the delay? CRB came back ok yesterday, had medicals last week, have read margot sunderland cover to cover and today had PACE book delivered. is there anything more I could do to fill in time productively? G

For the home study you will need to produce things like your family tree, a diagram of your support network, all the addresses you have ever lived at from childhood, and a chronology of major life events. You will also be asked to talk and/or write about how you think you will parent a damaged child, your own childhood and what you learned from it, how you have coped with/ moved on from any fertility issues you may have had. Essentially you could get cracking and write your own PAR! lol.

Thanks kstar. good idea. I will review the new PAR and write all the homework in advance. that will give me something to do and will look good to SW when I can present it as soon as they ask for it.G