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We will speak to 2. The 34 bus from / or the 90 service • your child’s Social Worker (both stop on Minard Road • your child’s foster carer and Shawlands Academy is a • your child’s Health Visitor couple of minutes walk from • any other people who are there). involved such as Addiction Workers 3. Various buses from the city • the Children’s Panel centre, Union Street (3, 38 and 57). Get off at The Granary pub Everyone involved will meet at (one stop after Queen’s Park). least three times-at the beginning, Across from this pub you’ll see The Family Assessment middle and end of the assessment. a large church (Shawlands Kirk). and Contact Service You will be present for part of these Walk along the right side of the meetings. church which is Moss-side Road and we are at the far side of Information for families Shawlands Academy.

Directions To get to our base get any bus that goes to Parkhead Our Shawlands base is located in a Forge/Cross (e.g. 2 and 61 from house next to Shawlands Academy. ArgyleStreet). Get off near or You can get there as follows walk towards the top of Tollcross Road. You can either walk down 1. Train from Central Station to Springfield Road and we are the (exit the station, second street on the left, or walk turn right, right again onto down Helenvale Street, take second Minard Road and then take the on the right, then first left on to street on your right. Walk East Whitby Street which leads on down that road until you see to West Whitby Street. Who We Are Our Philosophy 1. Observing you and your child having contact. This will The Family Assessment and Babies and young children need normally be once per Contact Service (FACS) work with warm, nurturing and consistent week and will take place at one parents who have a child under care. We help parents whose of our two bases children are in Foster care: who is in foster care. 2. Interviews with you (normally six) speaking about things like Our job is to write a report, called • to understand how things that have happened to them in their your background, your an assessment, which will help lives might affect how they look understanding of your child and your child’s Social Work team to after their child why they came into care make decisions about whether 3. Looking at information from your child should be returned • to understand how important being a parent is records and on your family to your care or should enter as well as speaking to other permanent care (for example, • to learn ways to make sure people who have worked adoption). that their children are safe and with your family. This helps us protected. understand more about you and We are a City Council your child. service and our staff are Social Workers and Social Care Workers. At the end of our assessment we will write a report which will The way that The Assessment include our recommendation about works with children who are in future arrangements for your Foster care is being evaluated just Before the assessment can start child’s care to make sure he/she now. If your child is aged between everyone involved is expected to gets the best lifelong care. six months and five years you will sign a Working Agreement which be asked if you want to take part sets out everyone’s responsibilities, in an evaluation process. You may including yours, and what you can already have heard about this at expect from us. your child’s planning meeting. Whether you consent to take part The assessment usually takes three in the evaluation or not you will months and is made up of three still receive an assessment. parts:-