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	My Blog : Fostering Administrator Fostering Administrator Pushing private lives into the public eye; Morally right? 31-Jan-12 11:53 We as human beings are by nature, nosey. We enjoy knowing what’s going on not only with celebrity culture but also with anything that we interpret as being shrouded in mystery. We simply cannot help ourselves, we feel the need to know all and see all as much as many will deny this fact. Have you ever heard the phrase “I pay no attention until people start whispering, that’s when things get good”? And I have to say I completely agree, if I’m in a room full of people and I spy someone across the room whispering, it suddenly becomes a possibility that the content of that conversation is much more interesting than any other going on in the room, why else would they be whispering? Social workers and the work they do has always seemed mysterious and interesting, from the outside view they have the right to delve into anybodies lives and dig up as much dirt as possible. Well that’s some see it, others realise that social workers are the people dedicated to ensuring children are looked after, safe, happy and healthy in an environment when where that is the least that should be given. Some people may not like how they gather information or the process they must go through to get it, but if you look at all the cases of serious child neglect or death occurring at the hands of the child’s own parent, you’d understand why they must go to such serious lengths to ensure that all children are in a secure, safe environment. As I said before, people are nosey and television seems to reflect this, we love all these “inside” programs showing us the nitty gritty reality of life in some of the world’s most mysterious places. But is it right that we also poke into things that until now have been considered private and confidential? The BBC recently did a program about the ins and outs of how social workers protect children, they spent months, a year even getting permission from courts, parents, social services etc but were they right in this pursuit? Are we pushing the boundaries too far by allowing camera crews to follow families and children when they are working with social services? I have mixed views of this to be honest, I think it’s interesting for people on the outside to get a view of what it’s like but at the same time, that’s someone’s life! Are we publicly humiliating these parents by broadcasting to the world that they may be "inadequate" when it comes to caring for their children? What’s your view on this subject? Do you believe we have the right to publicise these kinds of topics? Tags: About Care, Care in Rotherham, Carer, Fostering, Young People next: Army of Ageing Foster Carers. previous Council in London "revolutionising" adoption process. Subscribe to feed Print

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Navigate to the blogs page, which can be located on the smaller navigation bar at the top of the page to the right of the main headers.

Once on the page at the top right will be a small stunt to ‘post a blog’, which will then take you to a small, short form to fill out your information.

The form has been made as user friendly as possible and requires only minimal information.

Start off by inputting your title. This can generally be a small or long as you want however, short titles are recommended and generally more eye catching.

Next you have the option to input a thumbnail image to give with your blog. These are not necessary, but again recommended in drawing attention.

Keyword tags – once you click on this box it will open up into a window were you can choose from a variety of different words or input your own in the top box. It is very important to fill this in with as many different words applicable to the content of your blog. This helps it appear in numerous places throughout the site and also ranks it higher up on a Google search. Separate each word with a comma and when you’re finished click the ‘Attach’ button which will return you back to the form with your keywords in place.

NOTE: If you wish to put a phrase or a string of words in together you will need to put them in speech marks as the function automatically breaks up words.
After this there is the option to add a main image, again this is not necessary but will appear at the top of your blog when people access it and can make it more engaging and interesting to view.

Next is the ‘ Blog Intro’ box where you can write an introduction to go with your blog that once listed, will display with your thumbnail (if you decide to add one) to entice readers to on the link to read your blog.

Following this is another box ‘Blog Entry’, where you can input your content. You can write directly into the box or copy and paste from a document into the box, just remember to space it out again afterwards.

After this your blog is complete and you can click the ‘Save’ button at the top of the page. After this your blog should appear in the listing on the Blogs page that you entered through and any other pages you tagged too.

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